This was my
first ever June in Salinas , Ecuador after retiring here almost three years
ago. Every other summer, usually starting in May, we have gone home to Canada
and Italy to visit our families.
Of course I
had heard (and experienced in later months) that in Salinas the months of June
to November usually brought cloudy skies and cooler temperatures. Well, OK, my Canadian friends, by cooler we are talking
+ or – 25celcius- LOL
This June
however, was glorious with sunny skies most days and warm ocean temperatures,
perfect for beaching! Woohoo!
We enjoyed
beersbee on the beach- a kind of team Frisbee where the idea is the knock the
empty beer bottle of the stick of the opposing team with your Frisbee throw!
Great fun to watch and yet another excuse for a get-together on our beach.
June also
saw the moving of several of our expat friends to our Chipipe beach area of
Salinas. For the last 3 years there had only been a handful of us living here
on the best beach but now our numbers had at least doubled. Do I hear a Chipipe
cocktail party coming up!
As well,
three of our good friends, Mary, Chavela & Lacey, had decided to move to
Cuenca, leaving the beach to try life in the mountains instead. We had an
excellent and fun farewell pub crawl. Starting at ‘Smokin’,
then to ‘Will’s
Hostel Aqui’ and ending at ‘Sin Bar’ partying at all 3 of our favorite expat
bars all in one evening.
June is also
the start of whale watching up and down the coast of Ecuador. The whales come
from the cold waters of Antartica to mate and birth their babies in our warmer
waters.
One of our
balconies faces the Pacific looking south ( Salinas is on an east-west peninsula).
Half way through June we saw our first whales. Even though we are more than ½ mile
from that ocean’s edge and the whales are further out, it is pretty easy to see
their huge splash when they breech or slap their enormous tails. Then out come
the binoculars so that we can get a closer look. Do we love living here or
what!
The other
awesome occurrence in June is that flocks of the Blue Footed Boobies come to
our shores to fish. We saw many flocks diving on our beach fishing.
One even
spent the night on our balcony.
Can’t wait
to see what July will bring- another new month for me here in Salinas.
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