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!!!

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!!!