The One That Got Away — 7.0 — Pig Roast, K85 Arroyo, Cabo del Este, Los Cabos, BCS, MX

“Watch out, you might get what you’re after/Cool, babies! Strange but not a stranger/I’m an ordinary guy/Burning down the house…”

Not that it takes much encouragement, but I have certain friends here on the East Cape that will do art at the drop of three coins in the fountain. Wave a crazy idea in front of their minds and before you know it you have a 30 foot tall wooden statute that looks like Godfrey Daniels (the puppet vaudevillian). It is built from termite-infested plywood remains, slivery black palm timbers, salt-encrusted-driftwood and discarded palm fronds from an old abandoned palapa roof. Not to mention the explosive bottle rockets donated by St. Jacques.

It all came together on Sunday at something called Pier’s Pig Roast an annual beach party and Horseshoe Tournament that’s been held for something north of 24 years. This is the first year, however, when we’ve combined it with the famous burning of Palapa Man.

Well, it almost went as planned: Perhaps Goat Hill John added the fire accelerant a little too early and a little too generously…. Perhaps we neglected to pull the release rod on the explosive retardant a little too late…. Perhaps the left hand rocket was not attached properly to the launch gantry and exploded prematurely on the ground…. Such minor details….No one was killed or injured, that’s all I know.

Don’t, miss next year. We already have a new artist involved who has plans to paint a giant Mexican Calavera Head. Palapa Man meets Day of the Dead meets the Pig roast….Wow!

Burn baby, burn….