Here's where we're staying: http://www.cortijovadillo.com/
The weather has turned brutally hot with daytime temps regularly hitting 95-104. This has led us to move our workday a bit: now starting around 8 so that we can finish before it gets too hot. We will probably move it even earlier as it gets hotter.
I have built a fine chicken coop with salvaged doors and windows from old houses around here. It should hold 8-10 hens comfortably and fairly soon. Cade has been working in the garden and helping me with chicken coop design issues.
Last weekend was the 4th of July, a very patriotic American holiday... our indepedence day. So we thought it would be appropriate to spend the weekend camping at the Mediterranean with our English hosts.
On Friday afternoon, we travelled about 2 hours to a small cove southeast of Granada with a rocky and sandy beach that had a tiny camping area next to an open air bar. The bar had a fireplace on the north side that they used for grilling sardines. We ate a load of fresh seafood here... delicious!
The hills surrounding the beach were covered with Moorish rock terraces that at one time long ago grew foods of all kinds. At the top of one hill, you could see the remnants of an ancient windmill. There were large rocks marching into the sea, and from them you could see large Med resorts and towns up and down the coast... but this little cove was empty of buildings, save for the bar which did come in handy from time to time.
We all went swimming and snorkeling in water that was warm enough to stay in for as long as you wanted. There were small breakers that made it a bit difficult to get in and out of the water but were fun for body surfing. Both Isaiah and Diego are swimming really well and played a lot in the water.
We saw spear fishers with their catch, one of whom had an octopus. By day, we played in the surf and sand during and by night sat around the campfire telling stories and singing songs. The evening of the 4th, we had a cowboy stew with hot dogs in it... how patriotic!
On the north side of the cove, rocks pile out of the sea and at one spot you could jump from about 15 feet right into waves crashing the rocks. Time it just right and you were in a large swell about 600 yards from shore. Of course I jumped, and here I saw many fish and large schools of sardines.
All in all, our first experience at the Med was awesome: uncrowded beach, camping, open air bar, cliff jump, fresh fish and the Fourth of July. Couldn't have scripted it better.
The weather has turned brutally hot with daytime temps regularly hitting 95-104. This has led us to move our workday a bit: now starting around 8 so that we can finish before it gets too hot. We will probably move it even earlier as it gets hotter.
I have built a fine chicken coop with salvaged doors and windows from old houses around here. It should hold 8-10 hens comfortably and fairly soon. Cade has been working in the garden and helping me with chicken coop design issues.
Last weekend was the 4th of July, a very patriotic American holiday... our indepedence day. So we thought it would be appropriate to spend the weekend camping at the Mediterranean with our English hosts.
On Friday afternoon, we travelled about 2 hours to a small cove southeast of Granada with a rocky and sandy beach that had a tiny camping area next to an open air bar. The bar had a fireplace on the north side that they used for grilling sardines. We ate a load of fresh seafood here... delicious!
The hills surrounding the beach were covered with Moorish rock terraces that at one time long ago grew foods of all kinds. At the top of one hill, you could see the remnants of an ancient windmill. There were large rocks marching into the sea, and from them you could see large Med resorts and towns up and down the coast... but this little cove was empty of buildings, save for the bar which did come in handy from time to time.
We all went swimming and snorkeling in water that was warm enough to stay in for as long as you wanted. There were small breakers that made it a bit difficult to get in and out of the water but were fun for body surfing. Both Isaiah and Diego are swimming really well and played a lot in the water.
We saw spear fishers with their catch, one of whom had an octopus. By day, we played in the surf and sand during and by night sat around the campfire telling stories and singing songs. The evening of the 4th, we had a cowboy stew with hot dogs in it... how patriotic!
On the north side of the cove, rocks pile out of the sea and at one spot you could jump from about 15 feet right into waves crashing the rocks. Time it just right and you were in a large swell about 600 yards from shore. Of course I jumped, and here I saw many fish and large schools of sardines.
All in all, our first experience at the Med was awesome: uncrowded beach, camping, open air bar, cliff jump, fresh fish and the Fourth of July. Couldn't have scripted it better.
That sounds wonderful! How exciting!! Look forward to seeing the pics! Miss you! But am so happy to hear all your adventures. All is well here. San Fran was fun. Played 5 gigs in like 24hrs! Crazy. Glad you can keep in touch. Those are some lucky chickens, as I am sure the coup you & cade designed and made is top notch! xo to the Moylins!
ReplyDeleteYeah, that chicken coup looks sweet - add a disco ball and it's a party!
ReplyDeleteSo when you jumped in, you could just reach out and grab bobbing cans of sardines? - Spain really knows how to do it right.