5C's Que Pasa

It is getting scary.  We are starting to think about leaving, yes you read right, home!!   Today for the first time since November I checked all the bank accounts and Visa bills!  We are in great shape.  I have been so relaxed that I never even checked, just let the system I had put [...]

          Fish update: Blog reader and good friend Chuck left a comment on yesterdays post.  The fish I mentioned were not tuna but the fish are Jack Cravels, they are called Toros by the Mexicans, very dark red meat. The huge catch has been the talk of the Isla and many pangas [...]

We met friends in Mazatlan for a fun afternoon in the Golden Zone.  This is the strip along the beach where many hotels are located as well as restaurants and shop after shop.  It seems that the day had just got started when it was time to come home…..we will be doing it again!!  Only [...]

Some good news for Mexico, at least in the area of airline travel.  We can only hope that soon more RVers will return to Mexico.   Written in the Mazatlan Messenger on 27 Jan 12 by Murray Page.   INTERNATIONAL TRAVELERS INCREASED DURING LAST OF 2011 The Ministry of Tourism (Tourism Ministry) reported that the [...]

Yesterday Colin came back, safe and sound!  No problems driving there and back, no security problems! We had a great day yesterday, after unloading we strolled down the beach for a great late lunch at Elsy’s, then up the beach but no crabs to be found.  We spent the evening just relaxing as a family. [...]

…the other day I really looked at my garden, beautiful.  I am beginning to think I may give up the bulk of my garden (s) at home and just enjoy here.  Things grow so fast and for so little effort. Today is going to be just another 30C day of R & R, beach walking [...]

We caught another mouse yesterday,  Carmeh let us know he was there.  We know they come in via the generator at the front or the back engine so we keep poison pellets there plus we keep a few sticky traps in the same areas.  Now this morning Carmeh is telling us we have something in [...]

Equals no blog post!!!! No internet = no Google! How often do you Google a day….. ~I googled Vodka jello shots recently! ~As well as, do dogs get bronchitis? ~How to kill maggots? ~A dressing recipe for a carrot salad. ~The date of the International Guitar Festival in Culiacan in March! ~What causes acid reflux? [...]

MOM UPDATE: She is back in a double room as the private room was for needed for an isolation case.  She still has the great view of the Healing Garden.  She is able to walk using her walker with assistance but of course tires easily.  The good news is that the feeding tube is out [...]

We get ours here on the Isla, grown, harvested and roasted!  Does it get any better than that?  It does…peanuts are fairly high in vitamins B1 and B3, as well as magnesium, phosphorus and folate, so get some today.  It takes about 130 days for the peanut plant to mature.  They are harvested here on [...]