A Sneak Peek at the New Cafecito by Kenia!!!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

After being in our new spot for a couple days, we are really enjoying it.  The breeze blows on us constantly and the view is great.  This is the way we will park next year.

I took some time this afternoon to check in at Kenia's new Cafecito.  This is an exciting time for her with the new business.  She is getting all new stuff to get this one going.

The local biker gang was at the Cafecito!!!

Another sunset.  Good Nite!!!

Easter is Almost Over

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

This morning we visited Abuela's again for morning Birria.  It was just Susan and I this morning and Tina wasn't very busy so we had time for a wee visit.  She is feeling much better she says and I think she is starting to look stronger.

It was good!!

The Semana Santa (Easter) celebration is winding down and people are packing up to head back to the big inland cities and back to work and school.  There will still be lots of action this week but not like it was on the weekend.  Guayabitos was a crazy place to be on Friday and Saturday and we had no urge to go there.  It was reasonably busy on our beach, but not the party kind of busy.  We took a drive down the main street of Guayabitos today to see what was going on.  Lots of people on the beach and downtown as well, with lots of vehicles loaded for the trip home.

lots of vendors on the streets

traffic was on the move

bus loads of people heading home

but still lots of people on the beach

They sure like to pack their vehicles when they vacation around here.  There is more stuff tied on the roof of the vehicles than you can shake a stick at.  

Because it is Easter Sunday mass was going on at the church as we drove by.  It was a full house with overflow seating outside.  

Some cool down swimming this afternoon with Jen and Ed.

Then we headed downtown to El Pollito for liver.  Guess what??  No liver!!!  So we had spagetti and a club sandwich.  Both were very good.  

When we got home, Archie was right there asking to go for his evening walk.   He knows exactly when walk time is and won't leave me alone until we go.  We got to see a nice sunset about the same time.  The sun has fully moved behind the island now.  Good Nite!!!

Easter Saturday is Busy

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

A nothing much day today.  We saw some pictures of the throngs in Guayabitos and are sure happy its not like that on our beach.  

Guayabitos

our beach

Kenia went public with the name of her new restaurant.  It will be located on Alcapulco Ave on the north end of the Allery hotel.  She is gonna have a high end coffee and breakfast boutique.  We wish her all the best and look forward to many eggs benedict next season.  I always told her she would have her own restaurant with her name on it.  "El Cafecito de Kenia"!!

Some snacks and some snoozes and it snuck up on sunset time.  We only have a few left. 

come on dad, lets go walk

sun is well behind the island

I headed downtown after supper to check out what was happening.  The Cafecito was quite busy with Kenia, Oscar and Karen all working tonight.

In the plaza there were a lot of people getting ready for the Easter Saturday Mass.  It is celebrated outside the church building because it symbolizes that Jesus is not there.  He is in the tomb.  There is a whole fire ceremony and the lighting of candles.  It is quite a performance to watch.  Mexicans are highly religious people.

Back home we have started re watching "Sons of Anarchy".  It is great being old because I don't remember hardly any of it from the time we watched it originally.  Good Nite!!!

Fresh Buns

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

We are loving our new view out our front door.  We are here to see the ocean, and that is what we see from our patio and front door.  The breeze comes knocking every day and keeps us quite cool.  Our move was the right thing to do.

Even with Semana Santa upon us, the beach is quite empty for the first part of the day.  Thats when Archie and I go for our walks.  He loves to just roam without having to be on a leash.

The house 3 doors down has a new sign up.  It says no umbrella's please!!!   They had a sign a couple years ago that said no trespassing, and back in Covid they had one that said stay away because of Covid.  They are the sign people I guess.  lol

Susan made some yummy buns this afternoon, so we will have lots of snacks around here.  Cheeze Whiz, jam, honey, even ham and away we go!!!

Jen caught a picture of Archie and I getting back from our afternoon walk on the beach.  It is still fairly hot at this time of day but the ocean breeze offsets the heat.

And the sun is sliding in behind the island real fast now, reminding us that we need to get packing up our stuff soon.  We will get to enjoy a few more sunsets before we head out.  Good Nite!!!

Moving Day

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Now for all you sticks and bricks folks the words "moving day" is something you don't want to hear very often.  But when you live in an RV, it is a kind of simple process.  Susan wanted to try swinging RRV around so the patio faces the ocean, so we thought we would try it before we leave.  It took a couple hours to gather up our stuff and pack it away.  We had to do this anyway for the trip home.  I didn't even pull the awning in, because it just involved a couple movements to turn the 90 degrees.  We both think this will be the angle we park on next year as well.

turned 90 degrees

new view out to the ocean

I had to trim one of the prickly trees up near the wall to get RRV in there properly.  By the time I finished I was dripping blood.  The thorns are very sharp!!!

check the bleeding left hand

We are starting to put stuff away in the pool room so I shuffled things around in the corner to make room.  I uncovered Mr. Huntsman Spider hanging out back there.  He is a big one.  They are good spiders and eat lots of bugs.

I managed to get our laundry down to the Lavenderia today so we will have nice smelling sheets tonight.  

The electricians came again today to finish up what they started yesterday.  They put in all new wiring in the power mast from the main line.  Should fix the problem.  I didn't see any sparks today but they still did all the connections live!!!

There are getting to be more and more people here as Semana Santa approaches.  The beaches are getting busier every day.  It is nice to see all the vacationers from inland cities.  They love to eat and drink and listen to music on the beach.

While I was downtown at the plaza, there was some sort of a mass going on and partway through the service, a couple guys got up on the mezzanine where the bells are an began ringing them with all their might.  At first I thought they were not supposed to be there, but quickly realized that it had something to do with the service and Easter.  They rang them as hard as they could for almost 5 minutes.  It was something I had not witnessed before. 

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ring those bells

Sunset tonight saw the sun completely disappear behind the island.  The countdown is on!!  Good Nite!!