We began the day with a boat ride on the Fuerte River:
...for which we needed to put on life jackets:
Our "driver" was Armando:
We rowed leisurely up the river, while Juan pointed out various wildlife. Eventually, we pulled up to a landing, got out of the boat, and began walking up a dirt trail. Along the way, I took pictures of two kinds of cacti; a barrel cactus:
...and an organ pipe cactus:
After a short hike, we came to Cerro de la Mascara (Hill of the Mask), an archeological site:
...where we saw some petroglyphs:
I expect they were more clearly visible when they were new.
We hiked back to the boat and started back the way we came. Along the way, we passed La Galera Park, which featured this pedestrian bridge across the river:
...with this interesting artwork at the base:
A little farther on, we stopped for lunch at an outdoor riverside restaurant:
...presided over by Jose Luis, who was in charge of the grill:
...and his wife Marta, who was in charge of everything else:
After the boat ride, we drove back to town. As we drove in, I was impressed by this mural. Note: the curvature in the picture is due to my using the panoramic feture of the iPhone's camera.
After we got back to the hotel, we had some free time, so we walked a few blocks to a hotel that did have a bar, and hung out there until dinnertime. Then after dinner at a very nice seafood restaurant, we strolled around for a while. In the town square (every town in Mexico seems to have one), I was interested to see this display of civic pride:
Actually, signs like this seem to be a thing in Mexico - I noticed them in several other towns that we went through.
In the square, we also met up with this interesting fellow:
I hope that didn't scare anybody... Juan identified this as a Mayo mask. Not Maya, as I thought he said at first, but Mayo (w), an indigenous people who live in the region.You may have never heard of the Mayo people (I hadn't), but I'm sure you have heard of at least one of them - former L.A. Dodger Fernando Valenzuela.