Flat Tire Kinda Day

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Headed downtown to pick up a few things today and came across the Coca Cola guys giving their signs a spiff up.  When was the last time you saw someone repaint a Coke sign in Canada.  

He sprayed the white then brushed the red back around the letters

the paint truck

On the way home I had to put air in my tire again.  It seems to have a small leak. Good thing I brought the bike air pump in anticipation of this problem.   I will fix it tomorrow. 

Sheri gave us a quick Face Time today and we got to talk to Dani and Donovan as well.  It won't be long and we will be back home and see them more often.

Mid afternoon John and Kirley hooked up their trailer and turned it around so they will be ready to head out tomorrow morning.  They will travel with Hubert and Bibian to Mazatlan tomorrow.  

One last group meeting tonight.  We will have to wait until next year for another one.

We had hoped to get a nice sunset tonight before the group leaves tomorrow, but a band of cloud got a bit in the way.  It was still nice no matter what and the sun almost hit the island tonight. 1 more day I think.  

Susan made a shrimp supper for John and Kirley and us tonight and we had it out at the palapa.  After supper we played a game of Swoop and of course I lost as usual.  We will have a rematch next year I'm sure.  Good Nite!!!

Susan always says no eating pictures.  Here is why.  Sorry John!!! Can you hear him say "Hot, hot hot!"

Well That Was a Storm!!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Well I remember finishing my blog yesterday stating that we would get no rain.  Well I was wrong.  About 9 pm the wind got up and the thunder and lightning moved in and we got a good old storm. We got about 2 inches of rain in and hour.  I know because the pool came up 2 inches.  Should have figured we were getting a storm last night!!!

It was wild for a while with the wind whipping the awning and screen around and the rain driving sideways under our awning.  I ran in the rain and grabbed the Jeep and put the drivers side wheels on the drop down screen to hold the awning in place.  I added a couple ropes for added security.  About the time I got all this done, the rain and wind both subsided and never came up again.  Figures.

And what the heck. Susans craft tent look like it went for a ride in the wind.  We got a text from Trent and Janelle saying our tent was in their yard!!!

It had blown over the hedge or the white building last night which are both about 10 to 12 feet high.  It must have lifted like a balloon.  Reminds me of Wizard of Oz and Dorthy. 

No damage, just changed yards

I tried to fold it up when we got it home,  but this is what I got.

Susan had a dental appointment to deal with a sore tooth at 9 am so she headed down to the local dentist.  No saving this one so out it came.  Within and hour I went to pick her up.   750 peso's or $58 Cnd was the total bill!!!

here she comes

Susan spent about 3 hours in bed and some good old Ibuprofen and when she got up she felt much better.  She will be going back a couple times to get more work done.  While she was sleeping, I headed down town to get some antibiotics for her.  She has a bit of infection as well.  And I stopped by the on the street natural medication lady.  We have been taking a natural medication called Flex and it has made my knees stiffness go away.  I could not climb the stairs into RRV without using my arms to pull myself up.  Now I just walk up the stairs with no problem.  I am not a big believer in this kind of stuff, but I can not deny this stuff works.  I quit taking it for about a week and was back to where I started.  Withing a day of resuming the meds, I was good again.  Sue has noticed benefits for her as well.  So we bought enough to last us until we get back here next fall.  

It was super hot downtown so I sat and drank a maracuya (passion fruit) agua fresca.  They are so good and refreshing.

Sunset was almost a failure but not quite.  We had the normal gathering and enjoyed watching the sun dip behind the clouds.

We finished off the evening with a game of marbles with John and Kirley.  They only have one more night here before they start their northward travels.  Stupid Game!!!! LOL  Yes I lost!!!  Good Nite!!!

Abuela Does Birria!!!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Since we arrived last fall, Abuela has been under the weather and not doing her normal Birria on Sundays.  Today, she felt well enough to commence doing it again so we headed over around 9:30 to have some.  Oscar was there as well so we enjoyed some good food and conversation, as best we could in Spanish.  John came with us and had some quesabirria!!

It was a hot day today, so we just layed low in the afternoon.  We all came out again for sunset but that never happened.

The sky had clouded over and it was really dark looking over the mountains to the east.  It almost looked like rain but I doubt it will.  We can always hope for clear skys tomorrow. Good Nite!!

Last Game of Flyball This Year

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

On our walk this morning Archie came up with a dead puffer fish.  It had blown itself up before it died so it was very spiky.  Archie enjoyed poking it with his nose into the spines.  Not very many times until he realized there was no future there.

After our walk, I got on my bike and headed downtown for some birria at my favourite street vendor.

When I got back I borrowed Kirleys pet clippers to give Archie a little face trim.  Surprising enough, Archie didn't mind them buzzing around his face at all.

 

All trimmed up

Ed has to go on a work trip this coming week so he asked if we could get a game of Flyball in.  After John and Kirley and Hubert and Vivian leave on Wednesday we will not have enough people left to play anymore this year.  We had 3 fun games and will certainly carry on playing next year.  

We knocked one of the balls out of the pool and Archie went after it and got a tooth into it.  Good bye flyball.  We started the year with 5 balls and ended up with only 1 left lol.

proud of his catch

giving it a good shake

After supper I headed down to see what was happening in town.  Not much but Kenia was busy.  She has a new girl working tonight and she was fairly frazzled.  There is a lot to learn and Kenia expects it to be done right but also has a good way of training.  She looks like she will learn quickly.   I think everything will be just fine.  Good Nite!!

Kenia doing her thing

Always time for some acting

Oscar was babysitting the new girls little guy.

A Trip to the Hot Pools

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

We have been having some hot weather lately so the pool has been getting used lots.  It has not had a good clean for a bit so the green algae builds up and eats up all the chlorine and you have to shock it and add clarifier and let it sit over night.  All of the algae clumps up on the bottom of the pool ready to be vacuumed.  For this process you do a vacuum where you just pump the vacuumed water into the sewer.  It uses a lot of water so one has to be fast.  I guessed that I used about 400 gallons of water to clean it this morning.  

 

 

Today we had plans to go up in the mountains to the hot pools.  These are the rustic ones that we really enjoy.  It is about an hour and a bit one way on a bumpy road but the trip is always worth while.  Ed and Jen accompanied us and John and Loren followed in their truck.  We went around a bend and there were a couple cows on the road and they were not moving out of the way very fast.

We spent about 3 hours at the pools and had some lunch and drinks.  This was the first time here for Ed and Jen.  They seemed to enjoy it.  They have been doing lots of upgrades to the pools and I sure hope they don't take that traditional Mexican rusticness away from it.  

You can come up here at night as well

Just soaking

Lunch time

Then back down the rough old road that takes us home.  This time we met a whole heard of cows being driven by a cowboy.  We just pulled off to the side and let them by.

I always have to take a picture of the sign for the pueblo of "La Cucaracha" because it makes me think of the song and I have it floating around in my head for a while.

We arrived home about 3:30 so still had some time to do things around home.  Susan has been doing some rock painting and she does a really good job of them.  She gives them away or places them around the property for people to find and admire.  I smile at her rendition of crazy animals.  Those are my favourites.

No idea what their names are.

When Archie and I went for our walk tonight, we noticed more Mexican people starting to enjoy the beach.  Easter is sneaking up on us real quick and it is a big holiday for the people here.  School is finished today for a couple weeks too.

As we were walking along, barefoot in the sand, I looked down and there were hundreds of little blue button jelly fish washing up on the beach.  I am amazed that I didn't step on one or maybe I did and they do not sting when they are dead.  They are in the family of the Blue Man O War.

What I saw on the beach

from Google

We did the same ole sunset meeting on the beach.   We did get a little bit of a sunset tonight before it slid below the clouds.

After dark I headed downtown to check what was going on.  Not much other than some dancing horses who were not really dancing!!  They are such pretty animals.

I had not had any supper so I stopped by the Cafecito and Suzanna and I shared some tacos from just down the street.  She was not that busy so she had a chance to sit and eat with me.  She is doing a great job of running the Cafecito and Kenia is happy having her work for her.  What a great way to end an enjoyable day.  Good Nite!!!

Suzanna's daughter Soy.

Suzanna