Well here we go diving into 2026. With any luck this year will be a lot of fun. Archie and I enjoyed a nice walk this morning. The ocean is filling in the exit for the estuary with sand right now. I guess that is because there is little to no water coming down from the mountains. Just my opinion.
This morning I headed down to the Coppel to pick up some cash. We get our money transferred here by Remitly and Bancoppel is one of the pickup spots. The fees to use this service are significantly less than using an ATM and we can get bigger amounts at one time. You have to show your passport and provide a Mexican address and phone number to pick up the money. First of the month is rent time so that is what I was picking up today. For $1000 Cnd we received 13530 pesos after all the fees and charges.
Coppel is next door to the Bodega (well next door is the stripper bar, then Bodega) and Bodega makes the best homemade style buns every hour throughout the day. We always pick up a half dozen whenever we can because they are the closest thing to Canadian buns we have found. So I had to drop in and pick some up.
January 6 is coming up and it is Kings Day here in Mexico. Kings Day (Dia de Reyes) is probably more celebrated than Christmas because it signifies the day the 3 Kings brought gifts to baby Jesus. So there is lots of gift exchanges here on that day. The other tradition is the Rosca de Reyes or Kings bread. Everyone buys one and there is a little tradition that goes with it. I will tell more on January 6.
Next stop was the Pemex to fill up the Jeep. Holy is gas ever expensive here. I got 73 liters and it cost me 1830 pesos ($140.00 Cnd) That equates to $1.92 a liter Cnd or about $7.50 Cnd for a US gallon!!! Good thing we don't drive much while we are here. This is the first fill I have given it since arriving in Mexico.
Of course right by the Pemex was a Birria place so I stopped for a couple. They were sooo good and the Jamaica pronounced hah-MY-kah. What is this agua de Jamiaca? It's hibiscus tea made from an infusion of hibiscus flowers and is it ever refreshing. We drink lots of it down here.
Then back home. We were sitting around looking for whales and we came up with a plan to make the fence between us and the ocean easier to see through. It has been like a jail up to now with the metal rusting and each wire expanding with the rust making it hard to look through. So I cleaned up a couple panels by hammering on the wire until a lot of the rust flakes fell off. Then I borrowed Bernards hand grinder and cut out 3 out of every 4 wires to make it more transparent. The general consensus seems to be to do the rest of the panels as well. That's for another day I think.
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| From our chair we can see the horizon quite plain now. That's where the whale are. |
Ed and Jen have bought a new gas stove for the downstairs so I said I would hook it up for them. I worked a bit on taking out the old stove and disconnected the gas line. The line was a bit old and frayed so decided to put the project on hold until tomorrow when I could get a new gas line.
After supper I went down to the Cafecito to hang out with Kenia and Suzanna. Kenia was putting up new lights on the Cafecito. By the time she was done a crowd had gathered and she had to go in and help serve. I talked to Oscar for a while and then headed for home.
That was my day. Good Nite!!
Every time I walk past that fence I wish I had a bucket of Locktite Extend Rust conversion coating. It's non toxic, simple phosphoric solution that would make that fence last another decade. It's a 2 hour job.
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