Sponsored this week by BooBar Cantina – above the fish market! It’s SuperBowl Weekend! Pull out the guacamole and chips, a cerveza at your favorite watering hole, and don’t forget the 4×4 Poker Run “tradition” on the day after! Days are warm, evenings are still chilly, the beach is calling on this side of the […]
Weekend Rundown sponsored this week by Al Capone’s Seafood & Pizzeria In Puerto Peñasco, January offers the perfect stage for bundled up walks along the beach, exploring the beauty of the Pinacate Reserve (UNESCO World Heritage Site) and a drive out to the Schuk Toak Visitors Center, not to mention sunset cruises (well, when the […]
Photos used by permission of Eric Brown Moments of adrenaline at great heights will be part of the Rocky Point Zipline experience, currently being built in Puerto Peñasco in the area of “Competition Hill” at the end of Sandy Beach. The first lines of a total of five to be ready before March have been […]
Sponsored this week by the Rocky Point 360 Business Directory – Are you in it? Here we are, right in the middle of what is commonly known as “la cuesta de enero”, or rather a possibly rough January after spending on parties, presents, and festivities for the Holidays. Increases in gas prices aren’t helping though […]
Sponsored this week by RCPM’s January Jam 2017! Gas ‘er up! Despite gas shortages earlier in the week, due to blockage of plants supplying the city, not to mention the hike in gas prices that welcomed us in 2017, this hasn’t slowed Rocky Point down at all and we’re ready for a busy year! Area […]
Sponsored by Playa Bonita Resort – proud sponsor of Kings Day Toy Run! Happy New Year! ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! We’re back! The holiday season is not quite over in Rocky Point as January 6th heralds the arrival of “Reyes Magos”, bearing mostly toys for kiddos around town. Traditional Kings’ Day celebrations with friends and family […]
Rundown sponsored this week by BooBar on the malecón – Happy New Year! The final weekend of 2016, and what a year it’s been! Today just so happens to be “Día de los Inocentes”, a type of “April Fools Day” in Mexican tradition. Maybe that’s why the clouds have rolled in, teasing us into cooler […]
Sponsored this week by Plaza Fabiola along “Rodeo Road” – Great spot for last minute holiday shopping! Solstice. The first day of winter. The shortest day of the year. However you put it, the season has changed as we begin to wrap up the year in Rocky Point and finish wrapping presents for under the […]
Rundown brought to us this week by RCPM January Jam! Got your tickets? As Puerto Peñasco makes its way through the holiday season, replete with posadas, piñatas, y ponche, it’s time to get out and enjoy the lights in town – from the tree at Plaza la Madre to a winding “Festival of Lights” tour […]
Sponsored this week by Las Palomas Beach & Golf Resort The countdown is on…less than 3 weeks till Christmas followed right after by the New Year! From three or four course meals and champagne toasts, to live music all night long and weekend resort stays, check with your favorite restaurant or cantina for ideas on […]
This rundown honors the great 4 years of our dear amigos over at Beach Bum on the malecón! See you this weekend! We can’t tell you how it happened, but November raced by and the last month of 2016 begins tomorrow! It’s sweater time in Puerto Peñasco, and there are plenty of spots taking up […]
Sponsored this week by Capone’s Seafood & Pizzeria – taking reservations for Thanksgiving dinner! Día de Acción de Gracias. While not a Mexican holiday per se, here in Rocky Point many a casa and restaurante will be serving up turkey for friends and family this weekend for Thanksgiving. If you’re thinking about bringing a turkey […]
This week’s rundown sponsored by our own RockyPoint360 Directory! Are you in it, yet? There is a gentle quiet that has settled over the city, or perhaps it’s the ringing in our ears after the more than 8K bikes that rumbled through town last weekend for the Rocky Point Rally! Following the tremendous SUPER moon […]
2016 Rocky Point Rally™ Nov. 10 – 13, 2016 * calendar subject to change * 10 Nov – Thursday / jueves Sanborn’s Mystery Over the Border Poker Run ($10 US – Stops TBA) *Routes from AZ Highway 85 (Ajo), I-8 (Yuma), plus Tecate, BC 9 am – 5 pm Registration @ Barclin’s on Peñasco – […]
This week’s rundown sponsored by Capone’s Day of the Dead traditions continue in Puerto Peñasco now as we enter November, so this weekend look for more catrinas and sugarskulls decorating the town. Mornings are cooling off so you may want to throw a light sweater on over that t-shirt for a bit – or I […]
I was the last to get in; the water was perfect, refreshing but not cold. We swam around the boat and through our goggles could view the sea bottom. One or another sea lion would swim below us. There were star fish; Oscar even showed us one. It wasn’t very deep and there were colorful […]