Christmas is Sneaking up on Us

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Had a picture from a friend showing a crisp Manitoba morning.  You know that its cold when there are sundogs and a ring around the sun.  It was around -30C there this morning.  Hard to imagine that we are about 60C warmer than they are!!!

We had to do some shopping today so we headed down to Guayabitos to get it done.  We like to visit the Popin Grocery to get some gringo stuff.  It is expensive but sometimes we just need a little bit of home to keep us going.  I did notice a can of Bush's beans for 240 pesos.  Thats close to $20 Cnd.  Nope, don't need them that bad.  

And I always marvel at this apartment block on the 200.  Do you see the 2 cars in the garages up there?  Sure would hate to overshoot the garage!!!  Yes there is a big hill at the back of the building which allows them access to the garage.

Next stop was the Bodega for a few things.  We actually stop here to pick up fresh buns which are baked fresh every hour.  Mmmmm good.  The Bodega is an offshoot of Walmart apparently.

Next thing you know it was sunset again.  We got to see the sun go down without the clouds tonight.

After supper I headed down to Kenia's to see what was going on.  It is Lady of Guadalupe Day so there are lots of people around.  I always ride my bike downtown and I now have a great light on it so I can see all the pot holes.

There are a lot of Christmas decorations going up.  The plaza has a nice tree and everything is colourful.  While I was there, there were fireworks right up over top of the Cafecito.

And look who I ran into?  Yup JR and Chloe!!!!  They spent some time in the RV Park with us a couple years ago.  They are staying in LP for a few months so we will see them a few times I'm sure.

Kenia and Suzanna were busy but still had time to have some fun.  Kenia is taking some time to be with her boyfriend Isaiah more right now, so Suzanna is busy helping her run the Cafecito. Isaiah is normally works away from LP, but right now he is working around here.  Kenia does spend as much time as possible here and she was around tonight.

The lady next to Kenia's was making Pinata's so I bought a couple for Kenia and one for Suzanna.  They were pretty happy with them.

The church has been decorated all pretty for Christmas and there was a service there earlier tonight.

Kenia shared some of her supper with me.  Yes it is sushie and yes it was good.  I'm not sure what it was but who cares.  

Said goodbye after and hour or so and headed home.  Crazy kids are always all smiles!!

Kenia, brother Bryan, cousin Karen

We still had time to watch some TV before heading to bed.  Good Night!!!

Got Back Home in time for Dr Appointment

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

We had an awesome sleep at Romantic Escapes.  Now don't get any ideas.  It was a comfy King size bed just like we have in RRV.   We had a nice morning visit with Suzanne and Jacquie and then we headed a couple doors down to the restaurant for a nice breakfast with Brad and Julie.  The restaurant is right on the ocean and we had fun watching a turtle playing out in the water.

I did get to watch the boys get a big fridge up the stairs and into the upstairs suite.  I hate to just watch but I have now learned that if I lift something just the wrong way I can be weeks walking all hunched over.  It is hard to say no to helping, but that is what I have to do now.  Brad and Ken and Poncho did a good job of manhandling it up the outside stairs without it or one of them falling off.

Because I have a Dr. appointment back in Las Ayala for 11 am (which I will be late for!!) we headed back to LP about noon.  The road is still the windy mountainous absolutely beautiful drive as we remembered.  We just took our time and enjoyed the scenery.

I ended up seeing the Dr at about 4:30 and he thinks I still have a little bit of ear infection so he wants me to stay on the antibiotics until Tuesday and they will decide what to do then.  I think it is actually getting better.  The Dr's office was showing a little bit of Christmas spirit today and I still marvel at the entrance to behind the counter.  It makes my back hurt just looking at it.

behind this door I received my 3 needles so it is hardly a happy place lol

We finished off the evening playing 65 with Ron and Lilly.  Lilly kicked our butts tonight but we had fun getting them kicked.  Maybe her luck was because of Archie being her good luck charm.

No sunset shot tonight but the colours were great again.  Good Nite!!!

A Visit to Romantic Escapes at Playa Los Cocos

WHERE ARE WE? Romantic Escapes, Los Coco's near San Blas

We are going on a wee trip today.  Our friends Suzanne and Jaquie invited us to spend an evening and night with them at their nice retreat near San Blas.  We always enjoy spending time with them and it has been a couple years since we were there.  

Our route today

We set out about 10:30 and meandered our way north for about a half hour before pulling into the small town of Platanitos to have some lunch.  It is a quaint little village on the ocean and has some nice little restaurants right on the beach.  

We found a nice table on the beach and that's when things went south....well for Susan at least.  The plastic chairs sometimes have less than sturdy legs and as Sue sat down, I watched as the one leg bent back a bit and then sunk itself into the sand.  The result was the chair tipping over backwards like in slow motion and Sue ended up in the sand.  Good thing she was not hurt and I made here stay in position long enough to get a picture!!!  Maybe not a great move on my part, but it was for the blog!!!

She went down easy!!!  

We had a great meal of fish and shrimp and empanadas at la Marinero's.  It will hold us over until supper.  

the wood fired grill

lots of wood stockpiled

We arrived at Suzannes in mid afternoon and did the old catchup on all that has happened since we saw them last.  The plan was to meet for sunset on the beach a little later but the girls went for a swim in the meantime.  Only Sue and Jacquie braved the water because we are spoiled with our heated pool in LP that maintains 84F and this pool is about 75F.  We get soooo spoiled.  

About 5 pm we headed down to the patio that overlooks the beach.  They have a lovely sand beach here with some rocky outcrops.  It has rocks at both ends so not many people walk this particular area.

Just before sunset, the grackles all come to roost in the trees.  What a terrible noise they make and so some people blow off crackers to scare them and they fly off to another area for a while.  

So we sat and watched a beautiful sunset and took some pictures of everyone.

Supper was next on the agenda and Suzanne and Jacquie served up a super meal of SSS (Suzannes Super Salad) and Jambalaya.  The meal was delicious and we enjoyed good conversation as well.  Thanks ladies!!!

We sat and chatted for a while before heading off to bed.  We had a lovely suite to ourselves and slept like babies.  Good Nite!!!