Rich and Claire Miller won the Grand prize at the 2004 Catalina Rendezvous in Baltimore. The prize is a week's stay at Frank Butler's condo in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Rich and Claire graciously offered to let other members in the club join them and after a drawing, Gerry and Jeanne Helldorfer, Don and Mary Ann McBride, and Mike and Bev Davis went along for the fun.

Entrance to the villa

View of the villas

View from the balcony

Don and Gerry by the pool

The group gathers on the balcony

Master bedroom

Guest bedroom

Claire, Mike and Gerry in the living room

Jeanne, Mary Ann, Gerry and Don in the living room

Gerry, Rich, Jeanne, Don and Mary Ann in the living room

Mary Ann, Jeanne, Don and Gerry in the living room

Gerry, Don and Mary Ann on the veranda

View from the living room

Looking west across the pool

View across the bay toward Puerta Vallarta

Nice sunset

No Catalinas anchored out there

Looks nice

Sunrise



Driveway to the villa

"Iggy" guards the driveway

Monday night at Mark's Restaurant, but no reservation

We ended up at the Sheraton

Tuesday in Bucerias, a village between the villa and PV

Linda's on the beach


We make it into Mark's on Tuesday night

Claire and Rich enjoy the serenade

Wednesday lunch at Tony's before snorkling

Getting ready to board the boat to take us snorkling

Gerry's ready to go

Claire adjusts her gear

Bev checks it out

Pretty fish everywhere

The group heads for the tunnel

Tunnel to the center of the island

It's pretty rocky

Nice beach

Wednesday night on the catamaran heading for dinner

Enroute

Don, Jeanne and Gerry head to our table after the show

Followed by Rich, Claire and Bev

Watch that first step back

Departing for whale watching tour on Thursday

We find the whales




Returning to the pier

Thursday dinner at Sandrina's

Jeanne and Bev's turn to be serenaded

Bev talks to the bird

Claire explains it

Friday, Claire (with dolphin) and Bev swim with the dolphins

Claire and Bev

Up close

The dolphins and their Groupies

Friday, Mary Ann went riding

Hi, Chihuahua!

Mary Ann and Don after the ride

Friday dinner at Daiquiri Dick's at the beach

Claire and Rich are serenaded

Checking the shops after dinner

Gerry and Rich hit the peso ATM

Saturday dinner at Mayapan in Paradise Village

Salut!

The sun sets on our adventure