Vanilla Bean Goes International

Vanilla Bean hit the beach last weekend in beautiful Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico! Her host family were granted a 4-day weekend because the local rodeo is in town (school holiday for the rodeo!) and they headed south. Located just over an hour’s drive from the U.S. border, Puerto Peñasco (Rocky Point) is a Mexican fishing town that caters to an ever-growing audience of beach-starved Arizona residents. From Tucson, the distance is 210 miles (about a four and a half hour drive). Puerto Peñasco is located on the small strip of land that joins the Baja California Peninsula with Mexico and is part of the Altar Desert, one of the driest and hottest of the larger Sonora Desert. Vanilla Bean enjoyed lazing on the beach, fishing from a charter boat, eating tacos and watching dolphins in the beautiful Sea of Cortez. This little bear has had a great time vacationing with Abby's cousins and is off to explore her next adventure this week. Her hosts bid you farewell and safe travels, or as they say in Mexico, "Vaya con Dios" little bear!