Honey! Look there’s a Crane!

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Feb 5, 2015 | Steve Franklin |

Not so Fast. The tall lanky birds around the Rocky Point shorelines are either Herons or Egrets, but are frequently confused with Cranes. There are only two types of Cranes in North America. The Sand Hill Crane and the Whooping Crane and neither live around here. The main difference between the Herons and Cranes, besides their colors, is their neck. Cranes have long straight necks and Herons have “S” curved necks. Herons fly with their necks retracted while Cranes fly with an extended neck. In this month’s article we will talk about the three different Herons that live around Rocky Point and save an article for the Great White and Snowy Egrets for a later date.

Meet Steve Schwab, Founder and President of Sea Side Reservations

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Feb 5, 2015 | Rocky Point Times |

Lots of people around Puerto Peñasco know Steve Schwab. Some of them from his company, Seaside Reservations, some from his charity, Peñasco Children’s Foundation, and some from his restaurant, Colin’s Cantina. He also owns the convenience stores at both the Sonoran Sun and the Sonoran Sky Resorts. Whether you know Steve or not, his story is certainly interesting and inspirational.

Christmas in the Barrios with the Santa Claus Club

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Feb 5, 2015 | John C. Fowler |

Christmas in the barrios was held on Dec. 22, 2014. We passed out cookies, toys and diapers to 1600+ children. This was the culmination of another record breaking year. In 2013 we broke all the records that have been kept for 31 years. 2013 supplies delivered: pounds of food 58,760*, bicycles 516*, pounds of clothes 45,940*, family food boxes 1,369* and children with school supplies and toys 6,737*.

Finding Paradise

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Feb 5, 2015 | Sandy Spain |

Yes, I know this won’t appear until February, but I am writing just after New Year’s Day. We have quite a bonus here in Puerto Peñasco now regarding holiday celebrations. There was a Christmas concert by the municipal orchestra. There was a presentation of the Nutcracker by Destiny Dance Academy. There were various Posadas around town by businesses followed by Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, all of which saw lots of g

The Humble Peanut

Posted by Rocky Point Times | Feb 5, 2015 | Rosarie Salerno |

Archeologists have found proof that the ancient Nanchoc people, on the slopes of the Andean highlands and along the coast of Peru, where farming peanuts dating to around 9,000 years ago. The plant is not native to the area and it’s believed that the original domestication might have been in Paraguay or Bolivia, South America.

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