I spent some time the next morning watching the beautiful California subspecies of the brown pelican and the gulls, that were right on the beach where we were parked. All the brown pelicans I'd seen before had been of the Eastern subspecies. The California brown pelicans when breeding have striking red gullets.
And many of the gulls were Heermann's gulls, which I think, with their red beaks, are the prettiest of the many different types of gulls [above, left, with the pelicans].That evening about 20 of us went on a sunset dinner cruise. Before the cruise, I spent a long time watching some pelicans catching fish in the bay. I spent the evening with one of the WINs, a guy named Steve. We watched the incredible sunset over the bay together, then drank margaritas and danced all evening. :-)
The next day many of us went in to town to the wharf area, the Malecon. We did some shopping, and ate good Mexican food at a restaurant over the water. Again, we were serenaded during our lunch, and had good margaritas and good seafood. A group of us went dancing at a club right next to our beach camping area that evening.
The next day a group of us went to the local aquarium, which was a unique experience.
The facility was typical Mexican, in that it was pretty run down, but they allowed us to pick up the sea cucumber, and to touch the rays and octopi and other sea creatures, and everyone enjoyed it. We got a lecture at the Center for the Study of Desert and Ocean (CEDO) which was interesting and informative. [whale skeleton below] 
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