Edgar and Alma, originally from the Douglas, Arizona, area along with Ron and Carol Okinga, originally from Las Cruces, New Mexico, host a pancake breakfast for all the neighborhood kids who want to show up. Ron and Carol bring a portable grill and set it up out back of the little one room chapel, still with dirt floor, and the kids come. Sometimes up to 60 of them. Alma was entertaining the kids inside by teaching them Sunday school songs which they eagerly and gleefully sang at the tops of their little voices. All in anticipation of lining up outside in orderly fashion to be handed their plate of pancakes and cup of orange juice–ladies first, of course.
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There are hundreds of new entries and growing every day. So many reasons to love Rocky Point are popping up on our contest site each day. If you haven’t entered yet, remember, it is Free! And anyone can vote whether you enter a photo in the contest or not. Just go to www.sonoranresorts.mx or www.whyiloverockypoint.com and read the rules. The contest will run until February 29th for entries and you can vote, even on your own photo, until March 7th. Join the fun! Good Luck!
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You may remember our first announcement on December the 9th about the new Sonoran Resorts “Why I Love Rocky Point” Photo Contest and that it would begin today, Monday January 2nd to kick off 2012 with excitement. Well, fellow clickers and snappers, just visit www.sonoranresorts.mx or www.whyiloverockypoint.com where you can find all the detailed rules […]
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Saturday December 17 marked the first Farmers Market and Art Expo in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico; just two weeks after Mike McLaughlin came up with the idea to recreate here in Rocky Point a similar event to one that is held regularly in Tucson.
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Chico moved to Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico in 1997 and worked as an auto mechanic for 10 years before opening his own shop in Rocky Point in 2007. He named it Autoservicios y Refacciones Arizona (Arizona Auto Service and Repairs). The name is no accident. He targeted the American tourists, especially those from Arizona, and residents in Rocky Point and set out to gain their trust, which he did very quickly.
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Right down to their famous Christmas Train and Snow Village display, Mike Riggs and his wife, Cindy Hall have always included children when considering the atmosphere they wanted to create in the Latitude 31 Restaurant and Bar in Puerto Penasco, Sonora, Mexico.
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Sonoran Resorts are building a live weather station at their Sonoran Sky Resort location on Sandy Beach in Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico.
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Look for all the details on this exciting contest to be published early in January, but we can reveal a couple of secrets right now to our loyal subscribers of the Sonoran Resorts Blog—just to get your adrenaline going early! They say a picture is worth a thousand words, right? Well, if you can prove […]
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Ramon Ramos is one of those kinds of human beings who have taken advantage of every situation, especially with regard to his career, to learn as much as he can no matter how small or unrelated it might seem to others. Within moments of talking to Ramon, you notice something unique about how he approaches […]
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UPDATE: We now have four drop-off locations in addition to the Sonoran Spa, Sea, Sun and Sky Resorts. They are: The Visitor Assistance Office, 2nd floor of the blue building on the corner of Benito Juarez and Alvaro Obregon one block south of Calle 13; Sunset Bar and Grill; Latitude 31; and our newest […]
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