Saturday, June 18th

This morning started at 8:00am for our group. We ate. Breakfast of toast, yogurt and oats, great for the stomach. :) We headed out to the community center here in Todos Santos. When we arrived, the center leaders asked for volunteers to mix the pseudo concrete we'd be using to build walls for a bathroom. Tom, Betsy and I eagerly took the job, as we would be mixing with our feet. And so we stomped. For about three hours the three of us were ankle deep in clay, sand, water and alfalfa. While we flipped and churned, the others were picking up a handful and forming them into sausages like shapes. Using a modernized ancient technique, a chain link fence was already in place and was used as the foundation for the wall. The sausages in between the spaces of the fence, then bent downward like scales to build up the wall. Lively debates sprouted as we worked, from grass vs. leaves (which is better?), pencils vs. pens, to just playing would you rather. It was around noon when we finished with our contribution to the bathroom shelter. We ate sack lunches at the community center before stopping back at the hotel. Then we hit the beach again to test our surfing skills, and I only wiped out like 5 times. The ocean here is slightly, yet noticeably warmer than back at home. When the water if roughly up to your waist, the water looks like it has flakes of gold in it, everywhere. As the waves roll in they upset the sand creating a golden Vortex. Later on we viewed colossal waves bashing so against rocks  near some great tide pools. There's nothing like the spray of ocean mist as you inspect the water for sea urchins. Since this was to be our last night in Todos Santos at the casitas, we went out to dinner at the Hotel California. We sampled delicious soups and cake. And that concluded our last night in Todos Santos.
Sincerely, Kara


"Que to producción sea tu medicina, que tu medicina sea tu alimento."