Tropical storm madness

Last night there was a huge thunderstorm with incredibly strong winds that blew through our little beach spot. We sat on our balcony facing the oncoming storm and watched as dark clouds rolled in quickly, occasionally getting lighting up blue from the lightning.

Before we knew it, the winds were whipping fabric roofs across the beach, collapsing chairs on themselves, and sending umbrellas flying (and not in the Mary Poppins sort of way)! But it was magical and thrilling and haunting to watch. In no less than twenty minutes, the sky went from sunset-dim to midnight-black, and we could only see when the lightning flashed. We listened as the waves got bigger and bigger, splashing down hard on the small strip of beach and meshing with thunder claps. The fronds on the palm tree outside our room were pushed completely to one side, doing the "hurricane lean."

Research later proved that we had experienced an outer wing of Hurricane Dora, which swept up from Acapulco; reports today informed us that Dora had reached force 5, but was thankfully out at sea. Locals said they very rarely get storms of this caliber, and were, frankly, kind of scared. Indy was not to be deterred, however: after coming outside to watch the first strikes of lighting, he went back inside, unimpressed, and watched his beloved Curious George.

First tropical storm: survived!
xxo, S