The last two day’s have been outstanding. We left yesterday morning at 8:00 AM for
Guaymas, Mexico. It was just over a 300
mile drive and everything went great.
Everyone made it to the RV Park with no problems.
It is hard to believe that families live like this and are
happy.
We must be getting close; there is a sign to Guaymas.
The traffic is not too bad, but the roads can get a little
narrow.
We stopped for a short break and we have 7 rigs following
us. I hope they are all still behind me!
Look at this they are all spaced out behind us, and to think
they think I know where I am going. Wait
until we make it to the park, I hope we don’t make any wrong turns.
After a great day of a wonderful drive and no one getting
lost, it was time for social. We had everyone
tell us about their trip today. Everyone
really enjoyed it.
And here is the other half of the group.
Just as we were heading over for dinner at the “Hotel Playa de Cortes” this was the sunset we saw from the court yard of the hotel. What a view.
Just as we were heading over for dinner at the “Hotel Playa de Cortes” this was the sunset we saw from the court yard of the hotel. What a view.
We had an outstanding dinner after a long drive day.
We had our choice of shrimp, fish, chicken and steak all fixed in the Mexican cuisine. They had a great Tortilla Soup with just the right amount of spices (not to hot but just right). After a long day everyone turned in early, because today we are heading to the Pearl Farm just around the corner.
We had our choice of shrimp, fish, chicken and steak all fixed in the Mexican cuisine. They had a great Tortilla Soup with just the right amount of spices (not to hot but just right). After a long day everyone turned in early, because today we are heading to the Pearl Farm just around the corner.
Here is a group walking, I took a few that could not walk in
our truck up to the Pearl farm.
We are listening to the gentleman explain how they get the oyster to produce the beautiful blue pearl.
It was a very interesting process, from the time the oyster is first impregnated with the small bead of a oyster shell from the fresh waters of the Mississippi. It was very interesting and how much work they put into raising these oysters.
We are listening to the gentleman explain how they get the oyster to produce the beautiful blue pearl.
It was a very interesting process, from the time the oyster is first impregnated with the small bead of a oyster shell from the fresh waters of the Mississippi. It was very interesting and how much work they put into raising these oysters.
When the mother of pearl oysters lay their eggs in the month
of November & December, these sacks are tied in the water to give them a
place to attach themselves too.
After a couple of months the sacks are brought out of the
water near the end of January first of February. They
are then put these traps to grow a little bit more. After about another year they are moved into
these traps.
Now the first trap, the sacks, these oysters are called babies. Then when they moved them to the little
pyramids, which are the nursery’s. Now the ones that are put in here are called
Teen’s. These oysters get a lot of
handing by humans; they take them out of the water to clean the shells of barnacles
and other parasites at least every month.
Now when the oysters are placed in here they have been
planted with one of those beads to make a pearl. Within a year to 1 ½ years they will harvests
the pearl. When they harvest the pearl
they also use sale the meat from the oyster also. He said on average a oyster only lives for 5
to 6 years, so they want to harvest the pearl before the oyster dies and the
pearl falls to the bottom of the ocean.
Here is what the oyster farm looks like under the surface,
as you can see they keep them off the ocean floor so that they get plenty of
fresh ocean water.
If you look real close this is called a half pearl that is
formed on the shell. After a great presentation
about how pearls are formed, where do we go next?
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