Survivor 49 Finale!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

This morning I had to go up town to buy some stuff.  Part of what I had to buy was some new bulbs for our awning lights.  They have lots of these kinds of bulbs down here because power is expensive so they use lots of low wattage bulbs.  This light certainly won't take much power.  

Another project this morning was to make a new foot for an old couch.  The old one had rotted off so I made one out of some scrap lumber.  It will work for as long as the couch is around.  Not pretty, but functional.  

We got to see a sunset tonight for a change.  We are almost at the solstice so the sun will begin moving left to right along the mountain.  To date, it has been moving right to left.  Sunset always gets some picture takers on the beach.  Oh wait, I am one of them. 

Tonight is the finale of Survivor 49 so we got out the big screen again.  We are watching it live, so John and Susan had to do some technical stuff to make it work.  It's above my pay grade.

It was a beautiful evening and we ate popcorn and watch a great ending to a great season.  Archie enjoyed begging for all he could get.

The finale didn't go the way I wanted, but oh well.  It will be season 50 in the spring.  That is 25 years we have been watching this show.   So I guess I will go to bed and sulk.  Good Nite!!!

A Christmas Concert

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

The estuary has taken a different path today and looks very nice.  It reminds me of looking down over the Grand Canyon and see the river below snaking along.  Archie spent lots of time playing in the water.  

Later I had to go get some water for the park.  We go through a lot of water here so today there were 8 bottles to fill. 

One of the things they do here is collect palm frons to be used by the fishermen out in the ocean.  Our local guy, George (horhay) collects the frons from where ever he can and I think he sells them to the fishermen.  Somebody said they use them for shade for something.  All I know is that they take them by the boatload never to be seen again.

We did some swimming again today and Emma and Archie had a nap waiting for us.

After supper we spent some time watching the live stream of the Christmas concert of Abby, Silas, Emma and Lincoln.  They put so much work into entertaining us.  We sure miss being there in person.  That completed our day today.  Good Nite!!

A Lazy Day

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

It was another lazy day in LP.  Sometimes we feel guilty about having lazy day's but then we realize, Hey that's what we do best now!  Even the dogs are getting the idea!!

And we had to make sure the pool was mixing the chlorine properly by being in it.  Since the heater was put in, the temp has maintained 86F so it is really pleasant to be in.

Sunset was behind a cloud again tonight but was beautiful any way as usual.

Another dip in the pool with our local alligator Stanis!!  Sometimes he startles me when I see him in the dark.  

A couple episodes of Chicago Fire and the day was over.  Good Nite!!

Pizza and a Movie

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

I'm not sure how many people are aware, but before my heart attack, I used to have my pilots license. I didn't fly much between 1985 and 2012 so I let my medical lapse.  In 2012 I decided redid my medical and was in the process of getting my license re endorsed when I had the heart attack and they pulled my license so quick, it made your head spin.  Anyway, in the early 80's I lived in Alberta and I owned shares in 2 aircraft.  Both planes were Cessna 182's and I  used to fly lots then.  We used to fly from Alberta, back home to Manitoba occasionally as well.  I did not have pictures of my planes, but I reached out to the Lacombe Flying Club and some of the members had pictures of them.  Lots of happy memories of zipping through the sky's in these beauties.  Apparently both aircraft are no longer around after they had some crashes.  

C-GSRT a 1956 Cessna 182.  A fun airplane to fly.  

C-GBAM a 1965 Cessna 182.  Long range tanks made this the travelling aircraft.

Joel was here today doing his grounds keeping as normal.  There is a patch of clover like weeds between RRV and the sand at the beach and Jen got him to remove it.  It is very tough stuff and is not great for bare feet so out it goes.  He worked hard to get rid of it.

looking good

he took a drink break and checked out the ocean with the binoculars.  He probably has never had the opportunity to use binoculars before!!

Early afternoon I slipped away downtown to grab a bite to eat.  I went to El Toro Restaurant for "A" taco.  I guess I wasn't clear and I ended up with 3 fairly good sized fish taco's.  I managed to eat 2 of them. but had to pack one up and take it home.  

Which sauce should I use???

2 big slices of fish on each taco

I just had time for a quick nap when I got home, before putting on the swim suit to have a game of flyball.  We had a great time and played like 4 games today.  

lots of amazing volleys

We put all the lounge chairs on their sides to help keep the balls from leaving the pool area.  It works well.

Tonight we had a pizza and movie night.  Jen and Susan made pizza dough for everyone and then everyone made their own pizza out of whatever they wanted.  John and Kirly cooked a few of them and we all gathered at the palapa to eat.  Ours was awesome.

It was Fany's birthday today so after pizza we had cake and sang Happy Birthday.  Happy Birthday Fany!!!

Then it was movie time.  Max had been watching Paw Patrol while we visited over pizza but once we showed up the Paw Patrol went away!!!  We (not me) watched Scrooged with Bill Murray.  I just don't get Bill Murray humor so I went and did my blog.  It is kinda fun watching a movie outdoors on the big screen.

There was a sunset again with some beautiful after colours.  Good Nite!!!

Sue Went on a Date

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Archie has made himself at home here in LP.  He has a spot under RRV where he lays and every time he lays there he digs a hole.  It is getting quite large by now but he keeps digging on one side and then the other so while he is digging, he is filling in the hole that is already there.  I guess he feels that the sand will be cooler if he digs down, which is actually true.  From his hole, he can see all of the yard so he knows exactly what is going on and who is coming and going.  

Sue told me that Max told his mom that he would like to go on a "date" with her.  He wants to take Susan out for dinner, and he is ok if Fany and I tag along.  Jeff was welcome too, but he had a wee problem with some margarita's yesterday so he wants to stay home.  We headed down to Rincon Guayabitos for lunch at Tonita II.  The restaurant is on the north end of the beach and that was a good thing, because looking down the beach to the south, it looked really crowded.  Guayabitos is a busy tourist town and we only come here to eat once in a while.  We had a lovely lunch and then, after some ice cream, we headed for home.  

north side less crowded

looks busy over there

The daters

the party boat goes by

a lovely lunch

and the necklace lady sold a couple things

a cute couple on a date!!

We stayed way behind them!!!

We arrived back at RRV and visited for quite a while with Fany, and Jeff joined us as well. I went down to the corner and snagged us a roast chicken for supper.  It came with rice, potatoes and coleslaw.  

They are super good over a wood fire

We swam a bit and then hung out on the beach area until the sun went down.

Do you see RRV looking at us???

I did one little project while we visited.  I made a garbage can light for Susan to put in her craft tent.  

Let there be light

The other thing I did today was to fix the blue lights at the back of the pool.  When they came on after dark, the reflection in the water was amazing!!  They certainly have a pretty pool area.

Another trip down to the Cafecito tonight to see Kenia and Suzanna.  They were having lots of fun again tonight but it was quite busy.  The plaza was busy too with a kids event going on.  Lots of kids dancing and singing and just having fun.

And lots of fireworks again.

I bought a nice pinata from the nice lady by Kenia's to put up at RRV.  It looks quite nice.

hope I get it home safely

And I got a churro to take home for Susan.  

And that was it for today.  I made it home about 10 pm and called it a day.  Oh yes, there was another lovely sunset.  Good Nite!!!