LA CRUZ, NAYARIT - La Cruz de Huanacaxtle is the full name of a small beach town 45 minutes north of Puerto Vallarta, half way between Bucerias and Punta de Mita. "Huanacaxtle" refers to a type of wood, and there is a huanacaxtle wood cross ("cruz") at the entrance to town. La Cruz is a quiet place with approximately twenty cobbled streets and more than thirty whimsical wall murals. Last year, local and national artists were commissioned by COMOX paint and Collectiva Tomate to paint the stories of people living or who had lived in these houses. La Cruz has a leafy green park with bandstand, several good restaurants, a marina and an excellent fish market. The large, colorful Sunday market opened November 1st on the breezy, ocean side of the malecón.
la Cruz de Huanacaxtle
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STERILIZATIONS IN LA CRUZ OCTOBER 21-24: Female dogs - 54; Male dogs - 17;
Female cats - 49; Male cats - 30 TOTAL: 150!
PLUS pregnancies terminated (abortos) for 1 cat with 5 fetuses; 1 cat with 3 fetuses, and a consultation for a rescued squirrel
DONATIONS IN LA CRUZ: 2,490 PESOS
All lunches - four different restaurants in four days - donated by Elinore Craig, a La Cruz expat who loves helping her community.
Clinic in la Cruz sponsored by THE MAHONEY FOUNDATION. Thank you to Lisa (board member) and her husband Mike.
PUNTA DE MITA, NAYARIT - A 1,500-acre private peninsula, with its lush flora, two gorgeous golf courses and beautiful beaches and beach clubs, and home to the Four Seasons Punta Mita, St. Regis Punta Mita, Casa Aramara Punta Mita and 15 sub-communities. There is also the nearby small town of Punta de Mita that has experienced serious water problem due to heat, lack of rain and poor maintenance of water supply distribution. With sometimes not more than four hours of water a day available, nearby communities have protested in the past by blocking off the road into the private peninsula. There is now a new water system in place, which brings it from Bucerias and Punta de Mita.
PEACEAnimals returned to the PEACE Community Center (no connection to PEACEAnimals) for a second clinic this year, where vet team and volunteers enjoyed AC in one of the activity rooms. So many people arrived without dog leashes that we ran out of our giveaways on the first day. An older gentleman with a tan, tired face brought his dog Mancha regarding a bloody tumor on her belly. She had been spayed previously, and as the tumor wasn´t near her genitalia, it wasn´t TVT (transmissible venereal tumor). Dr. Poli didn´t surgically remove the tumor because if malignant, more tumors would appear. The dog´s owner was asked to come back the following morning for transport to the local vet clinic for a biopsy. If non malignant, tumor would be surgically removed. If malignant, Mancha would need five weeks of chemotherapy. Though told we would pay for those expenses, the man didn´t return.
dueño no regresó.
STERILIZATIONS AT CLINIC IN PUNTA DE MITA - OCTOBER 28-31:
DONATIONS TO PEACEANIMALS:
Destiladeras Beach
LOS ARCOS - MISMALOYA - photo credit - Ray Rojo
Artistic rendering - PROPOSED PLAN FOR CONDOS IN MISMALOYA
Puerto Vallarta Botanical Gardens- stairs down to the horcones river - escaleras hasta el río horcones www.vbgardens.org
PROGRAMA/ SCHEDULE
NOVIEMBRE:
STERILIZATIONS AT CLINIC IN PUNTA DE MITA - OCTOBER 28-31:
Female dogs - 41; Male dogs - 11; Female cats - 47; Male cats - 15 TOTAL: 114
PLUS 1 pregnancy terminated for dog with 6 fetuses
DONATIONS AT CLINIC IN PUNTA DE MITA: 960 PESOS
Eight daily lunches - Lisa and Mike Mahoney
The clinic in Punta de Mita was sponsored by THE MAHONEY FOUNDATION. Thank you to Lisa and Mike Mahoney.
H & C Animal Care - 500 dog "calming" collars and 250 three-pack flea meds (brought from California by Lisa Mahoney, board member)
Dr. Conrad Zagory (Puerto Vallarta) $100 US - In remembrance of his wife, Maré Hanson, who loved dogs and whose birthday was October 20th.
John Brooks (Newfoundland) - $35 US
Leslie Porter (Maryland) - $100 US
Michael Turner - $50 US (monthly)
Patricia Kelsey Shultz (Winston-Salem, NC) -$200 US "In memory of Ralph D. Osborne III"
EDUCATION PROGRAM: Due to C-19, schools will not reopen in the states of Jalisco and Nayarit until the third week of August, 2021. 
IN TOWN: After many years, the fountain at los arcos (stone arches next to small amphitheatre on the malecón) is finally sending out tiny spurts of water from the heads of the two dolphin sculptures.
COVID 19- Due to spike in cases in the state of Jalisco, beginning October 30 for two weeks, beaches will only be open from 5 AM until 3 PM. Restaurants to be closed at 8:30 PM, though take-out available after that hour. Also to be closed after 8:30 PM, bars, public transportation and all non-essential services until 6 AM the following morning. Situation more lenient in Vallarta than in other parts of the state due to economy relying 90% on tourism.
AWAY FROM HEAT AND CONCRETE: Although never muggy, half of October was hot with temperatures ranging from high 80´s to low 90´s and humidity at approximately 70%. On October 29th, and on schedule for the high season, temperatures dropped to mid-80´s.
NORTH OF TOWN: Very beautiful and mostly emptyDestiladeras ("distilleries") beach in Nayarit for body surfing, good lunches at the one beach restaurant and long walks on soft, white powdery sand all the way to the W hotel. Beach restaurants there are open to the public. Forty-minute drive from Vallarta to Destiladoras and worth it.
SOUTH OF TOWN: Just 15 minutes away by car, sand castle-like conchas chinas ("Chinese shells") beach is a popular place for Sunday morning weddings. At eight AM and there for a swim, a post-wedding "trash the dress" ceremony was taking place with no one else on the beach except the recently married couple and a photographer. After sitting in the receding tide for several minutes (the groom preferred standing), the bride found it difficult in her wet, sandy wedding gown to stand up and walk without assistance.
conchas chinas - un domingo a las 8 de la mañana - el costumbre de "trashing the dress"
FURTHER SOUTH: In 1975, the arches of Mismaloya were declared a Marine National Park. Colorful tropical fish swim in its waters and birds, including the blue footed booby, nest on these rocky outcroppings. A large condo development is underway in close proximity to los arcos, originally intended as a protected place. To date, a breakwater has already been built, although there are apparently no reports of environmental studies having been made. Views of los arcos from the curving two-lane highway 200 will be obscured by the intended building project. Mismaloya residents and others have been protesting.
CONTINUING SOUTH: LAS JUNTAS Y LOS VERANOS ("where the rivers join and summers") is approximately 40 minutes south of Vallarta and 282 meters above sea level. The village gets its name from the two rivers that join there - the Horcones ("forked") and the smaller Peña Blanca ("white rock"). Decades ago, it was a popular place for summer getaways from coastal heat and humidity.. Although there have only been a few spots of rain lately, the cicadas are still sending out summer buzzes here. The breezy views from the enormous granite boulders are fantastic and there are good places in the river for dunking and swimming. Lunches available at two adjacent rustic cafes across from the road leading down to the rivers and at couple of restaurants overlooking the rivers. Ten minutes further south are the splendid Botanical Gardens. 
las Juntas y los Veranos
PROGRAMA/ SCHEDULE
NOVIEMBRE:4-7 - Puerto Vallarta - col. 5 de diciembre - calle Colombia #1377
11-14 Pino Suarez, Jalisco (cerca de Tomatlán)
18-21 - la Misión, Nayarit (esperando local)
25-28 - San Juan, Nayarit (" ")
Diciembre
2-5 - Puerto Vallarta - colonia el Progreso - calle nochebuena #646
9-12 - el Colomo, Nayarit - esperando local
16-19 - Puerto Vallarta - municipalidad de Ixtapa (por la carretera - esperando dirección)
VACACIÓNES HASTA EL 4 DE ENERO 2021
ENERO - 27-30 - Bucerias - (Pets for Life)
Marzo 2021- 10-13 - la Cruz, Nay. - PFL
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