That Fish Kept Looking at Me

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Archie and I went a different direction down the beach to check out the new condo's being built just a block down the beach from us.  They have made good progress since we arrived and it looks like the concrete on the 6th floor is almost done.  They are starting to put up interior walls in the rest of the structure so I'm sure it will move right along.

I have no idea why I would include this picture in tonights story!!  It is a nice picture of our backyard and this is where the Jeep hangs out.  It is the parking lot and is at the back of the property.  Now you know!!!

I spent good part of the day just doing what I do best....mix sand on the beach!!!!  It feels so good to be able to walk around every day with bare feet and no shirt.  I spend most of my day in my bathing suit so I can go in the pool anytime I need to.

Kenia sent me a picture of a Jaguar that a guy brought down to the plaza last night.  Apparently there are quite a few around here. This was a big one and I'm not sure whether it had just been shot or whether it was mounted.  He is a big cat!!!  Wouldn't want to see him on the trail, especially if I was munching on a taco!!

Remember I bought a Red Snapper yesterday??  Well tonight I cooked it for supper on the BBQ.  It was delicious.   It kept looking up at me with the big eye as I cooked it, and I assured it that I would enjoy every bite!!!

That eye is still looking at me

I caught the sun early tonight because with the cloud cover below it, we would not see it sink into the mountain.  Still very pretty.  Good Nite!!

New Water Pump Installed

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Brad and Julie joined Archie and I on our morning walk today.  Julie wanted to help with beach cleanup and I usually take a bag and my pickup stick once a week and clean up along our area.  Today we had 3 bags and went down by the estuary and cleaned there.  We filled all 3 bags with junk and put them in the garbage.  Thanks for helping guys!!!

Julie with the grabber stick

Brad pointed out the garbage

When we got back Jen and Ed were in the process of setting up a puzzle table for Lilly.  They found it in California and immediately thought of her so they brought it along.  Lilly was pretty happy with it and we will all stop by and help her with her puzzles this winter.

This is who makes it

Then it was time to install the water plump that I received yesterday from Amazon.  It was just a matter of changing the pipes from the old one to the new one and boom!! We have water pressure again.

The motor is pooched

Susan was busy with Max today because Fany and Jeff went to Bucerius to shop.  She got him painting and gave him an Olaf statue to paint.  He insisted that it be gold, and gold it is!!!

Then a quick trip to the pescadoria for a nice fish.  I decided on Red Snapper and we will have it for supper tomorrow. 

We found a toad hopping around the yard and thought it might be a cane toad.  If it is, it is deadly to a dog if they lick it.  So it got dead and put in a bag in the garbage.  No more toad.

Fany and Jeff came for a wee visit when they got back from shopping and that was about how our day ended.  A nice one again.  No sunset again today.  Good Nite!

Sunday's and Birria go Hand in Hand

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Another Sunday, (Domingo) and Sunday is the normal day to have Birria but Abuela is not well yet so won't be doing Birria for quite a while.  So I headed downtown to find the guy with the Birria cart.  Yup there it was right in front of the hotel and his business was hopping.  I sidled up to the taco bar and in my best broken Spanish I mumbled, "Dos Taco de Birra , Para llever con no dorado por aque" and just like that, there they were.  I loaded them up with onions and some good green sauce and dug in.  Now they are sloppy and you don't get forks or spoons so by the time you are done eating you feel like a one year old who uses fingers to eat.  It was running right down to my elbows, but man was it good.  A quick "cuanta cuesta and the answer was cincuenta peso's.  I paid and off I went, belly full and smile on the face.  See you next Sunday!!!

Later in the afternoon we received the news that Las Korita's will be opening next Sunday and they are having ribs!!!  We have a standing reservation for opening night so we have something to look forward to.

And a bit of early Christmas for Susan and I.  A big Amazon package arrived which we were not expecting until next Tuesday.  Wonderful!!!  Sue got some things to help her with her latest pet project, making sour dough bread.   I will update on the success of that venture.  I received a new water pump for RRV as the other one is pooched.  I will install it tomorrow.   So the size of the box was a bit deceiving, as there were only a couple small boxes inside.  Oh well, I guess there is a reason for that.

My evening project is to give the lawn some much needed water.  I do it while I am either watching TV or working on the computer because it needs me to move the sprinkler every 15 minutes.  So once I start, I am kinda committed to a couple hour ordeal.

And I worked in a little swim.  The pool is awesome right now so we take advantage of a lot of swims in a day.  The evening ones make the water feel sooo warm.  I took a few pictures while I was floating around all by myself.

This is how close RRV is to the pool

The moon peeks through a cloudy sky

The pool looks inviting

from the pool

So while I was watering I was working in my little office doing the blog.   

Then I wrapped up the evening watching some Chicago Fire.  No sunset pictures tonight because of the overcast.  Good Nite!!!

Chasing Water Pressure!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Since our arrival here in October, I have been certain that the water pressure has declined since last year.  Because the water is all pumped up to the tanaka on the roof and then gravity fed back down to the building, I wanted to put a garden hose fitting up there and run it direct to the ground to see if we get more pressure that way.  First thing was to build the tap and spigot and then take it up and mount it on the roof.

The way we tested it was to hook up a sprinkler and do a before and after.  The coverage area was quite a bit bigger direct from the garden hose than from the inside spigot down below, so that says there is a bit of a restriction somewhere in the line.  They are going to be working on the water system later so I'm sure they will find the problem.   

sprinkler spray pattern.

The second reason for the spigot on the roof is because the roof is now full of solar panels and they need to be washed occasionally.  So now one can fill a pail right on the roof without having to haul water up here.  

Panels get quite dusty

Next little project was to change out a leaky tap in the bathroom.  Stuff like taps have a tough life with all the salt near the ocean and don't last too long.  One could change the rubbers in them, but as you see, the taps rust fairly fast so new is probably a better plan.

After that was done, we got to welcome Ron and Lilly here for the season.  They are a great couple to have around and they love Archie.  They got here about 3:30 and they had quite a bit of work to get the camper ready for sleeping tonight.

Sue has bought a new smoker attachment to use in conjunction with our Webber BBQ.  There was some concern with how it would work but we smoked our supper chicken and John did pork chops and we were both pretty impressed.   It is not very big and just feeds smoke into the BBQ from the bottom.  

After supper we went to John and Kirly's for a game.  I lost AGAIN!!!  But it was fun.

Before the game started while we were still friends!!!! lol

After the game, I headed downtown on the bike to see what was happening.  Some horses were down there and Kenia was busy at the Cafecito.  Suzanna was helping her again tonight so we had a nice visit.

The clouds have been blocking our sunsets lately, so tonight I will show you a few of the pretty flowers we have here.  These flowers last pretty much all winter and are all over the property.  I have no idea the names of the flowers.  Good Nite!!!