January 09, 2009
We found Duane and Mikki Flatmo, would you believe, as they were getting into a taxi for the airport to go back home to Eureka. They jumped out of their cab, told the cab driver to wait for them, and took us on a quick tour of the new house they had just partnered on and a sculpture Duane had made out of old stuff he found at the beach and on the road. We talked like old friends (and of old friends), hugged and then they left in their cab. It was an exciting meet-up that took only a few minutes. We couldn’t believe we had actually found them as they were leaving. They are not going to be back here until April. Duane got a kick out of Andy’s “Outbreak” tee shirt with “Ferndale World Preimer” on the back and the fact that he was Bill McBride’s brother. It is a small world.

Andy and I rode in the van with Lewis’ to take John and Barb Webber to their flight departing Puerto Vallarta and stopped to play on the way, having breakfast in the cutest little coastal town of Sayulita at an unusual restaurant called Rollie’s. There we were served by Rollie, himself, and his wife, Jeanne. He even entertained us and told us about how he had come to open this restaurant, moving from Salinas, CA and from a career as a school principal. His son plays saxophone, and makes a living doing it, on the streets of Hollywood CA. He wouldn’t take “no” for an answer to trying one of his famous delicious pancakes. He made a show of telling us to take a small pie shape out of one side, put a dab of syrup with a float of honey in the middle and then take a delectable bite! There were some special remembered shops we checked out next. The beach at Sayulita is active and a crowd drawer, speckled with colorful umbrellas, boats, and bikinis.