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……..Seems that the sun comes up a lot earlier in Akumal than anywhere else because Tuesday, I rolled outta bed at 6:15
 …….. made some coffee and chilled out on the view for an hour or so before Lil G woke up…….. I had brought my own coffee blend down with but since we didn’t stop for groceries on the way down from Cancun, that was all we had available for breakfast at the condo….. so, after a brief discussion we decided we'd jet down to Lol-ha for breakfast, then head down to Casa Cenote for an hour or so to check in w/ Gary, then on to San Francisco in Tulum for groceries, stop by Oscar y Lalos for some Don Julio & pineapple juice and set up a date for dinner w/ Lalo, then back to Akumal to chill on the beach the rest of the day before tracking down our friend Laura for some good ol’ drinkin time…….. well  …….. anyway………. Made it to Lol-ha and I ordered up some eggs and chorizo and Lil G ordered up a plate of poached eggs & potatoes…….. I love the chorizo down there  , it’s so much better and less greasy than what we get in S. Texas…….. I’d post pics of our breakfast with Akumal Bay in the background,  but since I don’t do food pics, that’s kinda hard to do……. Finished our breakfast, made an unsuccessful search of the beach for our friend Laura and then we jumped in the Stratus and headed south to Casa Cenote  ……. We originally found casa Cenote and met Gary the day after 9/11 in 2001, and thru the years, Casa Cenote (as well as Oscar y Lalo’s) has been kinda our home away from home, even if we’re not staying there, we’re pretty much staying there……. Pulled in to CC, walked into the restaurant, Gary turned around at the bar, looked at me for a few seconds and then said “  Scott ???……… dude, you cut your hair”gee, love you too man….. I mentioned that I read reports on LocoGringo about some local dude down in Tankah that ignored the evacuation warnings issued during Dean and Gary gave me a big smile and said “Yep, that was me……. I made FOUR newspapers down here !!!....I knew it was time to leave when the sailboat floated thru the casita !!!”  ...... freakin Texans We all sat down at the nearest table, and Gary assured Lil G that drinkin at 10:30 a.m was perfectly legal and acceptable in Mexico , so she ordered up a Modelo, Gary ordered up a vodka and cranberry, and I ordered up ……. Well, I ordered up a Fanta naranja actually…….. we talked for a while…. Well, we talked for about 3 ½ hours before Gary got tired of my sarcastic Shiite and forced me to give up the Fanta and drink a Leon  ….. and then he forced me to drink some Don Julio …. But before I was turned into some kinda drinkin slave zombie, I had to get in the water and try out my new underwater camera, so I grabbed my snorkel and camera and walked out to the edge of the cave entrance and jumped in…….. the wind was pretty high outta the southeast so water clarity wasn’t the best….. managed to snap a few picks but nothing really special......here's a fish  here's some fish  …….. got quite aways out near the reef when I noticed the current was kinda rippin outbound so I started to head back towards shore…. Got about halfway back in and the rip seemed to ease so I started hunting for more pic opportunities….. I passed over a coral head in shallow water and when I cleared the edge of it, a nasty green head with about 12,143 razor sharp teeth in it popped out of a hole and sent me surfin to the shore ……  I FREAKIN HATE EELS !!!!…… almost as much as I FREAKIN HATE MARIACHIS !!!……… well, I had been out in the bay for about an hour and Gary and Lil G had not budged an inch  , but they had made some progress in depleting the bar’s inventory    …… I ordered up another Leon and a few more Don Julios and jumped back into the BS session…… we got a good laugh about Gary’s new write in Fodor’s Travel Guide…. Seems someone submitted an awesome review of the restaurant, but in the very last line, it says “but if you happen to meet the owner, he’s reportedly cranky” ……… too funny !!!…. I told Gary that on our next trip I was gonna bring him a T-shirt that says “I’m Reportedly Cranky” instead of the usual bottle of Crown Royal we mule down  …. of course, he politely asked if we could just bring both ………. Around 4:30 r so, the daughter of Gary’s ex-fiancee….. well, the daughter of ONE of Gary’s ex-fiancees showed up with her son of a preacher man boyfriend……. So now, with Kim and Rod being there, the BS got really deep, and me and Gary spent quite a bit of time admiring Kim’s new plastic surgery ……. Lil G spent some time admiring the surgeons work as well and that was kinda hot !!! ........Around 7:00, I exceeded my yearly limit of 6 beers  , .....  but instead of stopping the Leon flow, I decided I’d just draw some credits from 2009 and keep on drinkin  ……. About 8:00, I realized we really hadn’t eaten since breakfast and that may put us in danger of getting drunk , so Gary mentioned he had some fresh lobster and could have the cook whip us up some lobster McNuggetts with special sauce…… hmmmmmm……. Fried lobster …….. guess it can’t kill us  ……. So, a few minutes later, we had a steaming plate of fried lobster chunks in front of us and I gotta admit, it was quite good  …… I tried not to think about how much it was gonna cost us while I was eating it, just put it outta my mind until the bill came…….. after dinner, we kept on with the laughter and drinkin, and then at 8:50, a chick shows up, walks up to the table, kisses Gary on the cheek, sits down next to me, looks over, and says“Wanna celebrate with me???” “Sure !!!!…….. what the hell are we gonna celebrate” “I JUST BOUGHT A NEW STOVE !!!!” “oh well hell sweetie…. DRINKS ALL AROUND!!!” I like this chick already!!! ….. Margo is her name and we learned that she is the manager of Xamach Dos down in the biosphere…….. with the addition of Ms Margo, the conversation really took a turn towards insanity and for the next 2 ½ hours, the laughter was damn near fatal……. Luckily, I reminded Gary that his guys probably would like to go home, so he grudgingly released them of their duties at 9:30……. The waiter brought me my bill and I was relieved that it was only 1700 pesos …… but the good news is that once the staff clocks out, we drink for free!!! ……. the more time I spent w/ Margo, the more she reminded me of my crazy girlfriend Squish and the more I liked her ……. Around 11:30, Margo decides she’d better get on the road back to the biosphere, so we say we set up a date to hang out w/ her on Friday, say our goodbyes, and she takes off…..... Well, first she realized that she hadn’t actually shown us her new stove, so she drags us out to her truck and we ooooh & ahhhh over the card board box that contains her new stove ……. I was kinda concerned about her drivin all that way so late in the nite, but judging form the 2469 dents in her truck, it looked like she was a real pro about that sort of thing …….. a few minutes after Margo departed, I decided it would probably be best for us to head back to Akumal since Gary didn’t have any casitas ready for crashing yet….. said our goodbyes to Gary, Kim, and son of a preacher man and then we jumped back into the Stratus and bumped our way out to the highway …… COOL !!! not much traffic on the road, shouldn’t have any problems making the 10 minute drive back to Akumal …….. got up to highway speed and was cruisin along reading every damn road sign along the way….. and then….just north of Xel-ha…… both me and Lil G screamed “OH SHIIIIIIIIIITE!!!!” as the Stratus slammed into an unmarked (as far as I remember ) tope and transformed itself into the legendary Mark V of Speed Racer fame…… I think we cleared about 42 feet of highway before slamming back to earth, bounced a couple of times and then continued on…… luckily, I was able to scrape Lil G off the ceiling without too much trouble ……. Found our way home without any further trouble, walked upstairs, poured a couple of Maestro shots, walked out on the balcony, lit up a smoke and proclaimed it a good day !!!……….. yeah, sure, we didn’t accomplish what we’d planned for the day, but we both secretly knew on our way down to Gary’s that morning that we’d end up drinkin for 13 hours straight…….. happens every time…….. LIFE IS GOOD !!!
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