5C's Que Pasa

We saw many termite wings on the beach yesterday.

Can you spot the three birds in this photo?  No don’t count the dust spots:). We never had a walk today and I can hardly wait to get out there again tomorrow.

Earlier tonight. Taken with my iPhone but transferred to iPhoto, not Photo. I will get to that eventually but I can only do so much in one day.

This past summer Colin noticed that the edges of the roof and the cap were peeling.

Sort of like a sunburn.  Gosh those solar panels look dusty.

This is the roof cap.  The fellows did an excellent prep job.

They sanded, they filled, sanded again and then washed everything just before painting.

They were very detailed in the masking.

As well as protecting the RV next to us.

They took a piece of vent in so they could match the two colors they needed to paint. The colors were an exact match and the paint quality was excellent.

They did two coats of paint and two coats of clear.

We had some paint bubble around the mirrors and Colin had those areas sanded and painted.

Using a hair blower, attached to stick so they don’t step on the paint, to dry the cap area.  It was late in the afternoon and the dew was starting to fall.

Very meticulous.

I’m sure you know that it wasn’t me on that roof taking this photo.  I believe that this is the clear going on.

We were impressed with their masking.

After the four coats were dry and the paper was removed you could not tell what areas had been newly painted.  It blended in that well.

Instead of going to the parade we watched it on TV.  This is the Carnaval Queen.

Some of the floats appeared somewhat strange to us.

Lots of dancers but only one marching band this year.

Monarch butterflies on stilts.

The parade was much shorter this year and to us watching on TV it did not appear to be as good as those we have seen in person.  However those from the RV park who attended found it to be wonderful.  The next day,  Monday, Sofia, my wonderful masseuse told me that the Mexicans she hung out with to watch the parade were all disappointed.  They wanted more bands and better floats, there were only two that they liked.

Colin & I had not yet had dinner but went over once the parade ended with our last bottle of bubbly, to say adieu to our friends.  They had also watched the parade on TV but smartly had eaten their dinner at the same time.

That is Alan measuring, making sure that we all had the same amount.

We had lots of laughs. Dare I admit to you that I was in my nightie. Just traipsed across the park that way.  No photos of me 🙂

We shared a wonderful almost five weeks together.  But we had to head home and eat a very very late meal.

Sadly the next day, Monday, they left and headed north.  I love Laura’s smile.

Adios amigos, see you mid December.

This European camper is parked directly behind us. They have two children, one ( perhaps both ) who sleep in the small tent at the back of the site.

The RV on the left has been here for a few days but the one on the right took Alan and Laura’s site within a few hours of their leaving.

…which would hold forty of my friends.  It took awhile to find those who were interested, to collect the money and to finalize the deal by the end of January.  Many other details were involved as well, such as an open bar, snacks, no Banda music,  clean washrooms and being picked up here at the RV Park and returned after midnight.

It had been cool and windy the week prior but Saturday, March 2nd was warm and the sea was calm.

We were picked up by an Isla limousine aka as a monkey wagon, both driven by a tractor.  Certainly not the smoothest ride but fun.

The actual cruise from the Isla embarkation to our viewing point was most interesting as well.  Once we got past the entrance to the shipping channel  and out to the open sea, we began to bob a bit and sway from side to side.  Most were not affected.

Lovely seeing Mazatlan lit up.

We were surrounded by boats of all shapes and sizes.

Fortunately we had an accomplished captain who kept maneuvering us exactly where we needed to be in order to get the best view.  He actually kept inching his way closer and closer to the front line so to speak.  We were in the best position possible to view the fireworks.

Myself and Ann who said she felt like a kid in a candy shop.

The ratio of people to the size of the catamaran was perfect. We had lots of room and were able to move freely from the lower to upper deck.

Several brands of beer as well as rum, tequila, vodka, sodas, fruit juice and water were offered along with a fabulous display of food. The tour company called them snacks but it was a full dinner.

There were smiles on each and every face.

Carlos our captain.

I will let the fireworks speak for themselves.

These firework photos were taken by Colin who was using my iPhone for the first time ever.  Everyone says they do a better job and without having the option of using a tripod on a moving vessel he went for it.  I think he did a great job for an iPhone newbie.

Nothing like being right up close to the action.

Alan wearing Colin’s mask and hat.

The noise at the Machado was so loud that he put his bells in his ears.

There were a few of these fellows going table to table last Friday night. We had no idea what he was peddling.

What is the purpose of these two cylinders attached to something on his belt?

I don’t think that this is right either.

A fully loaded freighter.

I have had many lovely blooms of late.  So I thought I would share them with you.