Author: Rocky Point Times

Grandpa’s esc…

That esc button in the upper left hand corner of my computer is really handy. Sometimes I wish it could do more with daily life. If I hit the escape button I could head to Puerto Peñasco, Mexico more often. Given a chance to plan a trip to Peñasco, I will check the tide chart and plan my trip for a quarter moon. Generally a smaller tide makes it easier to manage my inflatable pontoon boat when I fly fish the estuaries. I have caught some of my best fish on the full moon, large tide swings, but the big tide swings will rush you past some good fishing structure.

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The Tigers of the Sky

The “Great Horned Owl”. First let’s look at the word “Great”. It’s the largest and most powerful owl in the world and the most abundant owl in North & South America. Their eyes are very large and compared to humans they would be as big as oranges. Their keen sense of eyesight allows them to see in the darkness of night as they become one of the best stealth predators in the world. Their keen sense of hearing allows them to hear and pinpoint the squeak of a mouse at 900 feet away.

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Finding Paradise

We have great food in some places that may seem unlikely to visitors and foreign residents not familiar with “street food”. You will want to seek these places out and try their food.
You will love the burritos at Burros Longos. A mother and daughter duo own the three Burros Longos stands in town. Mama, Margarita, owns two of them and daughter, Nohemi (Mimi) owns one. Both ladies say the most popular of their several types of burritos is the carne con chile colorado.

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Pinto Beans

About 360 million years ago, beans began to evolve along with other flowering plants. About 20,000 years ago, when the first people came to South America, they most likely began to pick and eat wild beans. Many cultures around the world owe their development to beans.

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RODEO DRIVE

Winter came – and we all blinked! It was gone in a flash. We’re well into our usual warm sunny spring weather. Tough when you’re living in paradise, but somebody’s got to do it. Now is a great time to stroll down “Rodeo Drive” and do some serious shopping. By far the most unique shopping area in Rocky Point with its fabulous selection of interesting and unusual items to enhance either your home or your wardrobe. Definitely not the run of the mill things you find other places.

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Alicia Grajeda
Rocky Point Times Newspaper
383-6325 / (480) 463-6255

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