For the first time in memory snow hits Bandaras Bay, Mexico and strands Puerto Vallarta holiday revelers in their beach front pallapas. Mexican navy saves anchored cruiser fleet using steel hulled ships to break passage through surface ice allowing escape to deeper water.

OK, so it felt really cold and we all needed sweat shirts on the beach last night!

Thanks for all the pictures and notes from home, and we hope that you successfully weathered Seattle's winter storms.