The Gift of Light

Christmas on a beach.  A beach in Mexico.  In Mexico, down the Baja.  Down the Baja on the Sea of Cortez.  On the Sea of Cortez, in Conception Bay.  In Conception Bay, down the south end.  Down the south end, along the jouncey road, around the rock, along the shore….right there.  A light.  A light in a bag…one of 250 lights…outlining the bay, at dusk... dim…and shining brighter and brighter as it gets darker and darker.  

What is that all about?  Light…into the dark…becoming brighter as the night sky gets darker…outlining a path that becomes more and more clear, the darker it gets around us?  Much to ponder. Give it all a think.

We begin the lighting at dusk.

The night sky darkens….looking south.

Looking north back up the beach.

Campfires spring up...

 As the path appears on the beach…to the north and to the south…suddenly fireworks light up the night sky….soaring high into the blackness….and bursting forth with such force…announcing:  LIGHT!

We watch our special show…provided by Coyote campers John and Lori from California.  What a gift!

Fireworks!

 After some dinner we wander over to our neighbor's campsite…pulled in by the music and, yes, the magical campfire.

Inviting stop for a song or three into the night.

Our palapa tree

Steve has a "think"?

       Christmas Eve ends quietly.  A Silent Night as we are lead toward the daylight of Christmas Day.

Searching for Santa in the morning sky!

While the fur kids are hoping for a windfall of dog biscuits from the big sleigh in the sky…we get ready to deliver surprise treat bags to our neighbors.

Treat bag production in RV!

Our three Christmas ornaments

Digging out the provisions we brought from home we load up treat bags with dried apples and hazelnuts from our trees at  Froglanding and a candy cane from the Rite Aide drugstore tree in CA.  Our turn for a gifting opportunity.  25 bags for 25 camp sites on the beach!  We have help delivering…..

I bet there are doggie treats in there SOMEWHERE!!

 It's so grandly odd to awake to a bright, sunny and WARM Christmas Day.  This is our second time to experience this and we are equally amazed this year.  Warm sand between our toes, sunglasses on, we head up and down the beach to say "Feliz Navidad" and hand out the treats.  (yes, we did wrap a few biscuits for our dog camper friends)

Christmas Day potluck fed 70 people!

We say desserts FIRST!

Santa Norm pulls the piñata 

Swinger Georgia takes a go at it!

Swinger Parker up next!

Gathering the booty!

Only five kids on the beach this year for Christmas….but lots of turns at the piñata and lots and LOTS of candy in the end.

This day ends quietly too…the new daylight and warm slipping into dusk, then dark…cool and almost cold.  Jacket weather anyway.  Lightweight jackets.  The luminaries disappear…but the campfires will remain…and the palapa and rig lights still shine into the night.

Merry Christmas everyone…as we accept the gift of light given freely by mother Earth…and the gifts of friendship, song, firelight, walking the path created by lights on a beach…in Mexico…on the Baja, on the Sea of Cortez, in Conception Bay…this Christmas Day.