Visiting Friends

WHERE ARE WE? Numero Uno RV Park, La Penita, Mexico

We woke up to a really foggy morning.  This is not like this area and must be signaling a change in the weather.  I have never had arthritis in my knee before, but I sure had it last night.  Might be just my age lol.

Today was Sunday which is Birria day at abuela's.  I had asked a lot of people here if they wanted to join me and they all bowed out so I set off by myself.  By the time I left the sun had arrived and the fog had lifted.  Some cats were soaking up a sunbeam along the way.

When I got to abuela's, there was no one home.  I'm sure glad I didn't drag a bunch of people down here with me.  I found out later that they were at a Cancer de Mama event, which is a very worth cause each year here in town.  So they were forgiven.

So I was still hungry, so what should I do about it.  Hmmm why don't I go up to the big RV park and do some visiting and have breakfast at Ceci's!  So that's what I did.  

I spent a little time visiting with George and Henny and George joined me for breakfast.  After breakfast I had a nice little visit with Steve and Julie.  We haven't done a lot of visiting since we arrived and I miss that. 

On the way out of the park I was taken aback.  I knew our friends Kevin and Ruth were travelling somewhere around here and I thought maybe this was Igor!!  When I looked closer, this rig was in rougher shape than theirs.  I'm still hopeful we will run into them in the next few days.

We are babysitting Max while Fany and Jeff went to PV on a much deserved date.  They have not had the opportunity to be by themselves for any amount of time for quite a while.  We hope they will come back refreshed.  They have been under a lot of stress lately dealing with some real estate.

nothing wrong with this picture.  can I have some?

The girls spent some time painting today and I got a picture of Jen after asking her if she got any paint on the dresser??  I think they had fun judging from the paint on the nose. 

We had another nice sunset get together.  Rhonda joined us relaxing and watching the sun go down.

We have Max for a couple days so bedtime is an important time to make him feel comfortable.  He settled right in and was asleep by 8 pm.  He is a good little guy.  I wasn't far behind.  Good Nite!

Bye Bye Cafecito

WHERE ARE WE? Numero Uno RV Park, La Penita, Mexico

Kenia sent me a message this morning with a picture of her Cafecito being loaded on the tow truck and carried away.  Oh No!! They took it to her friends property in Guayabitos so that was good.  They did make a mess of the inside when they loaded it.  Kenia said she will be ok and find a way to carry on.  We will keep you updated.

Our palm trees around the property are getting overgrown and have lots of coconuts on them.  Because the trees are kind of above the pool, they create a real hazard.  The coconuts weigh like 10 pounds each and fall from that 40 foot tree.  If they fell on someone's head I think it would cause more than a headache.  So after pricing out helmets for everyone to wear in the pool and finding them quite expensive, we decided to get a guy in to trim the fronds and cut down the coconuts for us.  It made for good entertainment for us for about 3 hours and was way cheaper than helmets.

Before picture

up he goes

There was only a piece of 1/2 rope between him and the ground.  And a super sharp machete swinging around which could cut that rope in one swing.  He was good at what he does.

Fany supervising

flying fronds

chop chop

And when he is done he takes off the safety rope around his waist and just shinnies down the tree with a rope that is looped over a branch in his hand for safety.

almost a free fall.

He did a great job trimming them all up and we won't have to worry about falling coconuts for a while now.  

half done

nice

All finished

Because the wind was blowing a bit there was lots of debris floated down into the pool and the yard.  I was kept busy skimming the stuff off the top of the water for about and hour.  Then after he was done we had to sweep up all the rest.

debris floating in the pool

lots of stuff laying around.

me and my helper Max

Ken and I changed out a leaky shower tap in the upstairs suite today.  We got lucky and only had to change the washer.  

We had to go up on the roof to shut the water off while we changed out the washer.  The black water tank is on the roof and the water to the house is pumped to the tank and then gravity fed to the taps.  

While we were up there I took a few pictures of our park.

thats us

gotta love it here

pretty nice pool

John and Lauren arrived back in the park today after being in Cancun with family for the past week.  They brought Johns sister Lou and a friend Andy with them.  They seem to fit right in with all of us renegades.  Welcome gals!!

John, Lou, Lauren, Andy

And the kids dropped over for a sunset visit this afternoon.  We call Wanda Irwin, John and Susan "The Kids!"  We had a nice chat as the sun set in the south west.  They are not missing the cold at home I don't think.

Archie bugging me to go for a walk on the beach.

And another beautiful sunset reflected on the sunglasses of a beautiful lady!!  Good Nite!

An Odd Job Day

WHERE ARE WE? Numero Uno RV Park, La Penita, Mexico

Jen is getting some work done in the back suite.  She is making a bigger bathroom and kitchen area.  The suite is a cute outdoorsy area.  It is always interesting to watch the Mexicans do concrete work because they are skilled at it.  They start with  really a really rough looking job and turn it into a pleasing finished product.  I'm excited to see this one.

The ocean was quite big this morning with huge waves breaking up near the fence.  I love to sit and watch its power and beauty as the whitewater covers the beach.

to bad the fence is in the way

I did a little more diagnostic work on the ebike today.  I did find a broken brake sensor but was assured by lectric that that would not prevent it from starting.  I did check the battery as well and it checked out.

correct voltage

broken sensor

After supper I headed downtown to see Kenia.  I have not been there for a couple nights so I wanted to check it out.  She was a little concerned because the new government is demanding all vendors to move their carts off the street from 1 am to 5 pm.  Her cart has some flat tires and she doesn't have a hitch to move it on such short notice so she is concerned what they will do about it.  They have tried this in years gone past, and the whole thing just kinda blew over.  We will see what happens now.

On the way home I stopped to check on the Purple Martins.  Where there had been thousands in previous years, there were only a couple clusters of maybe 100 tonight.  I'm not sure why there are less here this year.  Maybe they knew it was going to be cool.

I got heck the other day for not posting my traditional sunset picture so I will try to do it more from now on.  I think it is kinda boring after a while, but I was told that they missed it.  Just for you Wanda!!