On Friday last week, Larry, our houseguest Patricia, and I escaped from the coastal heat to a little corner of paradise tucked up in the mountains between Tepic and Guadalajara. Santa Maria del Oro looked like an interesting little town, but not interesting enough to keep us from forging on through it to the lake beyond and below. First we stopped to look at it from above, then we drove down the narrow winding road to the lake itself. The drive around the lake is something I'm glad we did, but happy we don't have to do again. The road is pretty rough, and sometimes practically disappears. Maybe people get to those big pretty houses by boat rather than car.
We settled in for lunch at one of the shore-side restaurants.
It wasn't exactly crowded.
But there was a floor show -- one lone water skier who made pass after pass doing a flying flip on a wake board to our applause and cheers.
The temperature said 85, but with the humidity down in the 30% range it felt cool and pleasant. Santa Maria del Oro is just 40 minutes east of Tepic, even on the free road. I would think there would be a lot of visitors from there, but on that day we had the place practically to ourselves.
Here are a couple of links that have more photos and info.
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