San Carlos | Mexico | After Summer Storms

San Carlos, Mexico!  On the left, the double peak is the Tetakawi, the most familiar landmark in the area.  This day looks nice and peaceful, great weather.

However, last summer, the San Carlos area got hit by a couple hurricanes in the area, and caused quite a bit of damage.  Most buildings were safe.  Unfortunately, this poor sailboat was someone's home, but was grounded and damaged during one of the storms. 

 

Someone is now living in this boat, laundry out in the sun, as you can see from the photo below.

 

Other boats were also damaged and aground.

This staircase leads to the El Mar restaurant, but most of the steps are still buried in the sand that was brought up onto the beach during the storms.

The storms are over and the weather has turned mild and peaceful.

Pajama Parade | San Carlos | Sonora | Mexico

 

Everyone knows about pajama parties, right?  San Carlos has taken that concept a step further and plans a pajama parade on New Year's Day each year. 

 

 

This event is sponsored by the Sons of Freedom, a motorcycle club here in San Carlos.  Everyone meets at Delfine's, a popular restaurant.

 

Everyone is dressed in some version of what they consider their pajamas.

 

 

If you look at the left side of this next photo, you'll notice that we even had a police escort.  They blocked off the side streets for us also.

 

It was a bit chilly, but there were some people riding in the back of a pickup truck, as well as convertibles.

 

 

 

There were all types of vehicles, this Suburban I was riding in had been chopped a bit.

 

We arrived at Hammerhead's, another popular restaurant, for a while so people could refresh their drinks and socialize and then the crowd went to El Mar for breakfast and costume judging.

 

Obviously, San Carlos is a unique community!