Loreto Fest

The whole cruising world seemed to be descending on Puerto Escondido for the 14th Annual Loreto Fest, April 29-May 2. The entire week beforehand, chatter on single-side-band radio and the local nets was all about the festivities to come.

We arrived Thursday night, April 29th, just in time for the dinghy raft-up hor d'oeuvres event in Cocktail Cove.



Ardy and Marv helped out at the pancake breakfast Sunday morning...over 400 people were served in about an hour.


Saturday night, May 1, was the big costume contest. Dave Wallace took honors in the men's division, dressed in debris...items he has collected from the sea in the past few weeks. From his mis-matched flip-flops to shorts, hat, and a designer vest/shirt festooned with trash, he was a stand-out hit.



Dave has instituted a clean-up the Bay day as one of the Loreto Fest activities, and each year, hundreds of pounds of trash is collected. Sadly, much of it is from boats. Its time we learned to control ourselves!