Feliz Ano Nuevo... 2013 Arrives!

The boys are ready to zig and zag!

Feliz Ano Nuevo! 2013 Arrives!

We hike the Zig Zag Trail in the closing days of 2012.  No particular reason, except it’s a Sunday and cloudy, cool and breezy.  Someone says “Let’s hike the Zig Zag.  Meet up at 10 a.m. in the parking lot.”  That’s how 10 Coyote campers decide to trek to the top of hill.  Well, some of it was a hike.  A lot of it was what I call, “rock scrambling.”  A lot of that was straight up.  The zig and zag part was a relief as the trail traverses the steep hill and there is more trail than rock jumble.  Someone remarks that this was originally a burro trail used to transport supplies for building the road.  I wonder…hum…the original old Baja Road?  

Coyote hikers reach the tippy top!

My first big hike in a long time!

Steve begins to ring in the coming year....with rocks!

At the top, where the trail seems to end, there are huge boulders.  These are known as “the ringing rocks.”  Steve picks up a rock for a hammer, and begins to play the rocks. Many different tones ring out…or ring in the coming year! 

Three years ago Norm and Jerri set a geo-cache up here.  They unearth it, and retrieve the disposable camera. 8 photos have been taken. Eventually they will get it developed, but there is some speculation that the summer heat, times three summers, might have damaged the film.

I am one tired puppy when finally reaching the bottom, three hours after the start.  No, there wasn’t much time resting!  I realize, I have now officially kick started Nan’s Health Plan 2013. 

Limonada with mineral water!  A hiker's reward! (I work for gold stars too.)

New Year’s Eve there is a party down the beach in a house with an awesome patio overlooking the bay.  About 30 of us gather for barb-b-que and potluck at 4 p.m.  Everything happens here with a nod to the fact there is no electricity in this section of the Baja. (or cell reception)  No electricity means, not much for lighting and most of the Coyote beach campers follow the guideline the sun provides.  Up early with the sunrise…to bed early with the sunset. “Baja Midnight arrives at 9:00 p.m. 

What a feast!  Another Coyote incredible meal.

Barb-b-que with a tray that lowers to the coals.

What to do to welcome a brand new year?  Appreciate the sunrise!  Walk the morning walk down the beach and back.  Kayak a giant loop around the bay before the wind line appears to bring whitecaps and rolling waves rushing up the sandy beach. 

New Year's Day 2013!  

We begin the new year with a kayak around the bay.

Pancakes for breakfast on the grill in the palapa.

I think about this new year that surrounds us.  Finding these words in print weeks ago…saving them to consider…I decide to post them where my eyes will fall upon them often.  It seems like a wise way to live:

“Live with intention ~Walk to the edge ~ Listen hard ~ Practice wellness ~ Play with abandon ~ Laugh ~ Choose with no regret ~ Continue to learn ~ Appreciate your friends ~ Do what you love~ Live as if this is all there is."

Yo intendo.....