Olive goes to Oakley
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That’s about the only way to describe my private tour today of the Oakley World Headquarters. I will never buy any other sunglasses or apparel the rest of my life. They even supply the military elite with boots, back…
Landscape Research
I fulfilled the main purpose of my trip to visit the Butchart Gardens in Vancouver. http://www.butchartgardens.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 We took the ferry over from Anacortes and spent the night in downtown Vancouver. It’s a grea…
Yacht School
You can now call me Captan Kaelson. I completed the 3 day course in Anacortes, Washington last week. The first day was all in class and completing the written exam. Man, was I glad when that part was over. The next two days was all day on the boat…
“In all the Gin Halls of the world”
I arrived yesterday afternoon at Hotel Garza Blanca south of Puerto Vallarta. Lucas, the owner of Hotel Lagunita recommended it to me as a great new hotel. It’s an unbelievable 5 star hotel.As I was sitting at the reception desk checking in, I loo…
Leaving Yelapa
After dinner on the 24th we had birthday cake and singing. There is a tradition in Mexico that the person / persons celebrating their birthday are to take a bite out of the cake. Then someone sneaks up from behind and pushes your face down into th…
My Birthday in Yelapa
My birthday was spent hiking and exploring the mountains and village. I went swimming in the ocean, enjoyed great food, did 5 hours of yoga practice, and ending the day with a great dinner on the beach. I had a great hike with Jane up to the launc…
Newlywed, overfed and nearly dead!!!!
The comment “Newly married, too fat, soon to die” refers to the typical Puerto Vallarta American tourist. I get to see the “party boat” bring them over everyday from PV. While walking back to my hotel I walked past group of drunken Americans with …
Life has been a beach
Life has been good in the little village of Yelapa. My palapa #9 is 30 feet from the beach. All day long you continuously hear the sound of the waves gently coming on the beach. Every afternoon I have one Iguana that arrives on my windowsill to ba…
From Forge to Front Door
Last year when I came to Yelapa I brought two iron handles for the Yoga Room. I built them at Esalen during a Blacksmithing workshop. I got to see them installed for the first time yesterday. They look very happy in their new home.
Day 1 in Yelapa
I am back home in palapa #9. This has been my home for the past 4 winters while on yoga retreats. I have my usual Iguana that suns itself every day in the ledge of my open air view of the beach. The sound of the surf is medicine for the soulI have…