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.
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| Before picture |
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| 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.
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| Fany supervising |
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| flying fronds |
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| half done |
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| nice |
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| 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.
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| debris floating in the pool |
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| lots of stuff laying around. |
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| 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.
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| thats us |
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| gotta love it here |
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| 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!!
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| 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.
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| 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!
