Tourism to Peñasco Continues to Grow in 2015

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Dec 3, 2015 | Azucena Mazon |

The Puerto Peñasco Convention and Visitors Bureau (OCV) indicates 2015 has seen a 15% increase in tourism to Puerto Peñasco, both nationally and from abroad.

Sunsets in Winter are the Best!

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Dec 3, 2015 | Steve Franklin |

An argument can be made that the Sunsets in Rocky Point in the Winter are simply the Best! One thing for sure is; the sun always sets towards the West over the Baja Peninsula. But…in the winter the sun sets at 240 degrees in the West, where as in the Summer the sun sets at 300 degrees in the West. What does that mean you ask?

The Road to Rocky Point…Part I

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Dec 3, 2015 | Stephanie Wood |

In order to get to Rocky Point from almost anywhere in the US, you have to travel thru the towns of Gila Bend and Ajo, AZ. Most of the time you’re just trying to get to Mexico or trying to get home and don’t think about the two little towns that provide the only bathroom breaks and food along the way. (Why is not included here, because Why?)

Sea Turtle release in Rocky Point

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Dec 3, 2015 | Richard Scott |

“Can I touch one?” The boy stares at the 13 tiny creatures in the styrofoam cooler. A small crowd of people has followed the biologist as she carries the just-hatched Sea Turtles down to the spot where they were born. “Everyone please, we need to form groups. Each is responsible for one turtle.” Itzel Cardenas is the biologist in charge of protecting them. Today, she is here with representatives of PROFEPA (Mexico’s equivalent of the Environmental Protection Agency), Alma Yanes, Sub Director for Ecology in Puerto Peñasco, the Mexican Navy (Marines), as well as CEDO, the Intercultural Center for the Study of Deserts and Oceans. Together, they work to make sure that the nests of endangered sea turtles have the best chance of surviving until they are ready to venture out into the ocean

Santa Claus Club History and Information

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Dec 3, 2015 | Santa Claus Club |

A short history of the Santa Claus Club. We began in 1983 with a party on Christmas Day for 40 children in Cholla Bay. Over the next 31 years the party has grown to a record breaking year in 2013. In 2014 we shattered more records that have been kept with 60,040 pounds of food, 603 bicycles, 42,100 pounds of clothes, 1,501 family food boxes and 8,560 children given toys and school supplies. The party was held on Christmas Day thru 2006 and then in 2007 we changed to a year round format. We now go into the barrios on a weekly basis delivering door to door directly to the people that need our help the most. This gives us a better understanding of the day to day needs of the people we are trying to help. Our target group live in make-shift houses mostly construct

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