February 15, 2026 Breakfast - Yogurt and Granola and apple Lunch - Polo Club Dinner - Cold Shrimp, Leftover Julienned Sautéed Vegetables, and Bundles of steamed green beans wrapped in fried bacon

February 15, 2026 Breakfast - Yogurt and Granola and apple Lunch - Polo Club  Dinner - Cold Shrimp, Leftover Julienned Sautéed Vegetables, and Bundles of steamed green beans wrapped in fried bacon

Today was the best shell collecting day ever.

It started simply with peach yogurt and granola and an apple.

Then at 11:30 TR. drove us to the Polo grounds in San Pancho, a highly developed site where there were a series of cooking stations set up with grilled items, paella, quesadillas, chicken mole, chicharrones in salsa verde, mushrooms, waffles and fruit salad. Suzette liked the shrimp paella and chicken mole best. It was all delicious. we ate around noon.

                                         The grilled meats section

We were seated at a table with a divan and two side chairs along with fifteen or twenty other similar groups ten or fifteen feet from the side boards of the large polo field.

Then at 1:00 the polo match commenced with four riders on each team.

The match was divided into four chuckers of 7 1/2 minutes each with breaks between chuckers and a longer break after the first two chuckers to allow the attendees to go out onto the field to replace digits.

The match was tied at the end of the four chuckers so there were 8 penalty shots. 

After the match we drove home and rested until 4:30 when we decided to walk to the beach. I was very slow but with the aid of four glucose pills I made it. When we arrived at the beach we walked right toward large rocks and toward Sayulita. There were not many people on the beach. Soon Suzette began finding beach worn Robertsi cowries. We found 11 in all and 1 Isabella Mexicana and several other gastropods.

It was the best day of shelling in years, perhaps ever. Here is a photo of our finds.

We returned to the villa at Linda had prepared dinner,cold boiled shrimp, cocktail sauce, the leftover julienned vegetables from several nights ago and bundles of steamed green beans wrapped in fried bacon.

We ate and the talked with Bolla Pinot Grigio, beer, coke, and water. After dinner we shared a tube of Oreos.

We went to bed at 9:30.

Bon Appetit