Sunday, Sunday!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

Today is Sunday AGAIN and it is my official have Birria day today. Tracey accompanied me to my favourite street vendor to try some.  She has not had any yet.  I think she liked it.  I sure did.

Not much else happened today except we ate Chinese for supper with Ken and Rhonda and then played a few games of cards.  They are always so much fun to play with and we heckle each other lots.  They will be leaving in a couple days and we will miss them lots.

Ken gets the loser sign!!!

Any one guess what show we watched tonight?  Yup its a series and we have watched it all up to the current episodes.

And I think Archie is happy being able to curl up with mom on the couch.  Good Nite!!!

And Back to Puerto Vallarta I Go!

WHERE ARE WE? Winnipeg Manitoba

So I spent the night in the airport last night and the first part of it was in the public part of the airport where there are no comfy chairs. I went and got my boarding pass for the return flight about 11:30pm.  Then I went and tried to go through security, but they said I couldn't go through because it was a day early.  They close at midnight but open again at 3 am so I had to wait until then to get into the security area with better chairs to sleep in.  I was lined up at 3 am sharp and was the first person through the gate!!!

The airport was quite noisy with no smoking announcements and no parking announcements so I didn't get much of a sleep.  A little here and a little there.  Tim Hortons actually opened at 4 am so I got a coffee and a breakfast sandwich so I had something to do.  

I did have a puzzling moment in the bathroom though.  It seems the condem machines have been replaced with tampax/tampon machines!!!  I took a quick step back thinking I was in the wrong bathroom, it was late at night, but no, there was a urinal over there.  What has our world come to??  Perhaps the condem machine went to the she/her/he/his/they bathroom?  I didn't have the nerve to go look.  Perhaps I could just identify as a dog today and use the fire hydrant!!!  All good for a laugh.

yup your seeing it right!!

I would have used it but it is right in the concourse area!!!

Well we got all loaded up on time and off we went.  Bye bye Winnipeg!! 4 hours to Puerto Vallarta!!  Oh I should explain that I needed to touch Manitoba soil to reactivate my 60 day Blue Cross Travel Insurance so I am covered crossing the USA where medical costs are unaffordable. I am in a high risk category for purchasing insurance and would need to have a $5000 deductible to purchase a plan for $5000 premium to cover me for 6 months vs a round trip plane ticket for $700.00.  So I take my chances in Mexico for 3 months because medical charges are more than reasonable here in Mexico.  They are about equal with what Manitoba Medical will reimburse me for if I have issues.  Only thing is I would have to pay upfront before being reimbursed.  So I didn't JUST fly to Winnipeg for a Big Mac Meal!!  

Same plane I came in on last night!!!

Bye cold Winnipeg

I love back seats and there is no one around me.

Lots of snow on the ground

As we transitioned further south, the snow was still on the ground until mid Nebraska.  That's when I said to myself that its way to early to start heading this way with RRV!!!

I love the puffy clouds

snow in South Dakota

Northern Nebraska

The mighty Missouri River.

New Mexico

Rugged terrain of Mexico

About 4 hours and 40 minutes later we landed in Puerto Vallarta to a Sunny 27 degrees Celcius. It took me about 15 minutes to get to get through customs and finally security and out to meet Kirly in the waiting area and we were headed home.  It was so nice of them to give me a ride home.

Gas has not been affected here in Mexico yet although it works out to about 1.88 a liter Cnd.  Not cheap to drive in Mexico.

I did get home in time to see almost a sunset.  I was gone about 28 hours total. The sun is certainly setting into the water now.  Soon it will be at the island!!  I think I need sleep!!! Good Nite!!

I'm Off to Winnipeg Today!!

WHERE ARE WE? La Penita, Nayarit, Mexico

This morning started out with some work around the pool. Last night I put clarifier in and this morning the bottom of the pool was all fuzzy with algae. So I gave it a good vacuum and it came out pretty good.

After that job was done we went out for breakfast at the big RV park at Ceci’s. Drew & Leena and George and Henny joined us. Today I will be heading back to Winnipeg to renew my Blue Cross travel insurance. In order to do that I have to touch Manitoba soil and then I’m good for 60 days travel. that will get me back to the USA or medical costs are quite high if you have a problem so you don’t want to go without insurance So I caught a ride into the PV airport with Drew & Leena.

When I got to the airport, I had to go to the counter to get my boarding pass and was quite surprised. The place was almost empty no waiting just walked right up and got it.

It wasn’t long and we were boarding and ready to go. Lots of airplanes had come in while we were waiting to board.

Right on time

PV tower

planes lined up to go

A full house

I had a window seat and most of the time while we were flying in Mexico I could see lots.  Once we got farther north it was dark and cloudy. I got some neat pictures of the wing tip as well as some of the scenery although it’s hard to see.

We didn’t land in Winnipeg until 10pm so it was quite dark and there was this white stuff on the ground! I thought at first it was sand but nope it was a four letter word stuff.

Brrrrr. That is NOT white sand!!!

Welcome to Winnipeg!!!

So I had three things to do while I was in Winnipeg. One was to get a Tim Hortons, which I got as soon as I got off the plane.

The second was to mail a letter because I knew if I mailed it from Mexico, it would take forever to get here and it was just going to Winnipeg anyway.  There was a Canada Post drop box right outside the departure doors.  

And the third was to have a Big Mac meal for supper. But that was a little more difficult because it’s about 2 miles to the McDonald’s so I had to get a taxi to take me there. He drove me through the drive-through and I sat in the backseat and ordered and paid and then he brought me back to the airport where I ate it. It tasted just like McDonald’s do, which is not that great but exactly the same as it always is. So my total cost of my Big Mac was just over $35.00!!! Worth every penny!!

You feel like you are in a cop car in back of the taxi

He took me through the drive through

Good old Golden Arches

Burp!!!!

I happen to notice that gas in Winnipeg had gone up to $1.49 per litre today.  (5.96 Cnd for a US gallon) Everyone is blaming it on what’s going on in Iran, however I smell a rat! I checked the price of gas in Minnesota and Texas on my Gas Buddy and both places were still like $2.59 and 2.74 (3.71 Cnd) which is what it was when we came down last fall. So why hasn’t the price of gas gone up in the USA?  Canadian prices are almost double that of the USA.   Perhaps if you can get by the orange hair and the sarcasm, they have someone running their country who looks out for the people of his country,  unlike our Canadian disgrace.

And of course, for Sheri, a picture of good old dad in sandals and socks.  I got heck the last time I did this but hey, its cold outside!!!

Today my sunset shows on the bottom of the wings of the airplane. It was kind of pretty pretty! Good Nite!!!