It's not summer anymore

In my Nov 13 posting I was raving about a fabulous day that we were having, warm, low, low tide, soft breeze, etc. Well, after about 5 hours of this, we were parked on the porch gazing at our newly cleaned beach when the wind started coming up. Pretty soon it had come up to about 40 mph and the waves were crashing halfway up the beach, sand blowing everywhere and the furniture getting blown off the porch, not to mention Chief's rock piles all getting blown over! We were having a "norte", and it lasted for 4 days. Today was the first day that was normal, warm and sunny. Of course, all the efforts that we made during the beach cleanup came to naught, but it was a good way to get together and enjoy a beautiful day. The amount of trash and seaweed that came up on the beach was staggering, though. The strangest thing that I saw was a toilet seat covered in barnacles! I have to go back tomorrow and see if it's still there and get a picture. The funny thing about finding a toilet seat is the universal lack of them in any kind of public restroom. We are not sure why this is, but in Mexico one must be prepared and nobody goes anywhere without toilet paper in the purse!