Puerto Vallarta Day Five

Well, we had an adventure today. We took a taxi through town for 20 minutes up into the mountains to play a golf course in the jungle. We got to see real Mexico. The poverty was astounding to me. To contrast our resort with what the people live like really was an eye opener. Heidi took photos most all day. I don't think I saw one car without big dents or parts missing.  Amazing what they let people drive in down here.  This golf course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and is up in the hills. The jungle is very dense, and we continually wondered how they must have bulldozed and cleared the course. The Champions Tour played here in 2002. Bruce Summerhays, a member at Oakridge was on the leaderboard. They still had the scores posted to look at. The wide farewares were typical Nicklaus design, with elevated greens guarded with lots of bunkers. I love his course designs.  Amazing flowers, trees, and wildlife.

We started the day with a workout after breakfast, and sitting as we were planning what to do, Heidi noticed an iguana sitting on the top of the light post from afar. We actually thought it was a statue until it moved. Then we noted two of them. Ugly critters, these are huge ones.  They can really climb.

Iquanas everywhere. On the cart paths, on the greens.

Lots of strange plants, and real Mexico. The jungle is so thick. We wondered about the Book of Mormon People.

The black tanks are individual apartments attop (Casitas). The are water filters.

I could not help but think of Kade, and our friend Daniel serving in Mexico. What humble poor people.

I'm sure it was even more so in Peru where Alan served.

No sunset shots today, no ice cream cones. We had a wonderful dinner on the beach to end the day though.

. PS The golf course was much easier than the course we played at the Marina next to the hotel. Easier to shoot a good score. Temps in the low 80s with nice breeze. Cool in the shade.

Love you all. We're hoping to go to an island today