Why we are leaving our dream.

Many of you have been wondering why we are leaving our dream here in Mazatlan. We will actually be coming back in January of next year.

After two summers in Maz we have both felt it's just too hot and humid. The summers in Yakima will still be hot but without the humidity. For those of you who do not know Yakima, it is east of Seattle and the Cascade Mountains and has a much dryer climate. This year we do plan to stay through the holidays. We haven't yet decided how we will divide up the year but we will be returning to Maz.

How we came to fall in love with Mazatlan goes like this. Back in the 80's Greg began to vacation in Maz and finally purchased a timeshare at Torres Mazatlan. He was falling in love with Mazatlan and dreaming of some day living here when I met him in the 90's. At that time I began to vacation with him and I, too, fell in love with the people, the weather - sunshine, the warm tropical breezes off the ocean, the music, the culture etc. We eventually, in 1997, were married on the beach at Torres Mazatlan. We returned to Maz every chance we got and finally began thinking about how we could retire earlier in our life if we were to move to Maz. So we did! In 2005, we bought a condo on the beach at Las Gavias Club Residencial. We retired in June 2006 and moved to Mazatlan August 13, 2006. We have been living here since then.

We will miss our home here but not the hot/humid weather during the summer and fall months.

The photos below were taken just last night, 1 week before we leave for Yakima. I am sure we will long for this view but we will return. You just can't find more beautiful sunsets anywhere and we have them right off our terrace almost every night.