This norte is accompanied by some spectacular clouds. It's cold though, we're freezing. Last night I had a throw, a spare bedspread and all the blankets on my side of the bed and I was still cold. Needless to say all the fans were off and the windows closed as well.

Today we stopped at the RV on our way to Tulum so I could get some long pants and my warm jacket. I was seriously tempted to get out the flannel pj's but resisted. Tonight Mimi was walking the dogs and brought up the down comforter and our wool sweaters - I think I'll be warmer tonight.

Ok, so it is only in the mid 60'sF for all you cold weather types. But, we are acclimated to heat and 64°F is pretty darn cold.

Not cold enough to get rid of the damn mosquitoes though. In fact, they like the cool and grey. I had bug juice on my legs when we went off to Tulum but I stopped it where my shorts started. After putting on the long pants apparently while I was sitting and having lunch the fabric was close enough to one thigh that I got about 8 bites in a small area above the bug juice.

I'm a magnet for the little creeps, the itching is bad enough but they also all seem to get infected on me resulting in big holes. Plus, since it was daytime I can assume these were the type of mosquitos that carries Dengue Fever so I'm really thrilled about that too. See, all is not palm trees and tropical beaches here in paradise. Wherever you go, life follows and there are bugs lurking in every beautiful picture. Does that make you guys up in the frozen north feel any better?

Lunch was great in spite of the mosquito bites. We tried the Tulum Argentine place for the first time. I didn't really have Argentine food, I had the Lime Soup, a traditional Yucatecan dish. It was excellent and warming, I also had papas fritas provenzal which is nice way of saying french fries in Argentine chimichurri sauce... garlic, olive oil, parsley. Mimi had cream of onion soup and empanadas filled with corn and cheese, I tasted both and they were excellent as well. Next time though, full body bug juice.