Wednesday was just a bit busy than the previous day. Of course there were still vehicles getting stuck.
Yesterday was the nicest day we have had this year. Fortunately I was having a happy hour. We started with three couples and soon ended up with 12 of us in total.
Yes another one! In the end they had to get a tractor to pull him out. I was too busy to get a photo.
Meet Jim. Jim and his wife Gail are from Colorado and are part of the caravan that has been staying in RV2 for three nights.
Jim has traveled to Mexico a lot in the past but always by air so he is now enjoying the country from a different perspective. I received a comment from a blog reader asking me to keep an eye out for Gail and Jim. She and Jim are cyber friends but have never met in person. So here is my blog reader whom I have never met, introducing me to her cyber friend and he comes to meet me in person here on the Isla. How fun. But it gets more interesting, Jim and Gail had met Nonie and Wayne recently in Melaque and they happened to be at my happy hour as well as parked beside us. Small world indeed. We would have loved to have them join our happy hour but they wanted to get back to their RV as they had been out most of the day on a tour. Jim is an amazing person in that he is one of the administrators of a Mexican forum, Loco Gringo, based in Akumal and the Riviera Maya area yet he lives in Colorado.
Jenny and Brad, longtime blog readers were also at my happy hour. They are staying in Mazatlan this month. I did a post about them a few weeks ago.
Some folks left and others stayed.
It got rather late and I invited Jenny and Brad to stay for dinner. Fortunately I had enough kale in my garden for all of us but we did have to split two potatoes between the four of us.
Just after 11PM I realized how late it was, so Colin drove them to the lancha while I did the dishes and general clean up.
Some entrepreneurs were up early trying to set up more shade areas.
Through my fence I can see so many others still going up as well as some large tents.
Despite the fog there were still tourists around. I suspect that these might have been from the cruise ship. It is a bit later as you can see more construction has happened and the fog has become even thicker.
The sun did come and a good day was had by all.
I am counting my final sunsets.
We had homemade pizza for dinner. I still had to put the cheese on and then let it bake for a bit.
While doing whatever we are doing to very slowly prepare to leave we are keeping an eye on the beach activity. So fun to be here and to experience our third Semana Santa. Many leave early as they are afraid of the crowds I guess. We are people watchers.
Yesterday, a local that we know, Danny, got his overloaded truck and trailer stuck. He off loaded some of the wood and moved ahead and got stuck again. Eventually he got out and continued up the beach. He is building a lot of palapas along the beach. More shade for rent.
It got cool before sunset so we decided to have a fire and an impromptu happy hour with Tony and Lorraine. I met Tony through RV.net and in person in January when we were in Guayabitos. They moved North to spend a few weeks here over Semana Santa.
Then others joined us and Colin brought out his guitar at their request.
The evening went late and we only started to eat about 9:45PM but it was a lovely evening. That is why I fell asleep on the sofa after our late meal and hence this is the second post of the day. I was way too tired to write it anyway.
Here is a very short video of Colin playing last evening. Sorry about my coughing which is why I cut it short.
This is the blog post that you would have received last evening had I not fallen asleep on the sofa 🙄 So be sure to check back for today’s post later this evening.
Semana Santa is slowly ramping up here on Stone Island. I took my first walk in over a week ( due to my cold, I still have the cough ) on Sunday afternoon and got these photos for you. Because it was a Sunday is was busy as opposed to yesterday, Monday, which was quiet. More folks than normal but still quiet compared to the week ahead.
Selling shade and cocos.
Parking and surfboards for rent. That lean to on the right is selling a variety of non alcoholic beverages.
Plastic tables with proper dining room chairs for rent. These all have to be carted to and from the beach every day. Right now there are more shaded seating areas than there are people but that will change.
Everything you might want or need is for rent or for sale, including trampolines. I found two on the beach.
Most families have lots of children with them.
Which one should we buy?
Pony ride anyone?
A vendor and his son take a break. Behind those for rent tables and pink umbrellas, up top of the wall is lean to palapa selling drinks. This is the area that the boondocker has been in. Guess he and his RV were not welcome during Semama Santa.
There is all kinds of security, Red Cross and lifeguards walking around watching those in the water. I can’t imagine this lady all dressed in her whites heading into the surf to rescue someone but I’m sure that she would.
Colin did a wine count the other day and we have more wine than we can possibly drink before we get back to Canada. So I had to sell some extra. I sent an email out to the white wine drinkers that are still here on the Isla. Three replied yes and I found three others here in the RV park. So I sold 19 bottles of wine today for the exact amount that I paid for them. I still have about 6 more bottles to sell and I am pretty sure that I can sell them. It still leaves a lot of wine for us to drink before we reach the border. I guess I am up for the challenge.
Today I went to visit Ann and say adios to the puppies. They are for certain going to the shelter tomorrow morning and she has made her own arrangements to go with a few others so instead of us driving them in they are going by truck taxi, lancha and pulmonia. She plans to stay as long as she can with them tomorrow. It is going to be difficult for her to leave them behind. There is a possibility that one of them may already have someone interested in adopting her. But first they must go to the shelter, be checked by a vet and dewormed etc and spayed when the time is right. Yes, it now appears that all three may be female. I hadn’t seen them for five days or so and they have really grown.
I did manage to get a few chapters of a new book read mid afternoon. We did have some drop in visitors as well as a few wine buyers so it ended up being a rather social day. Plus semana santa was getting underway so lots to see. I was able to manage a wee beach walk so will have some photos for you tomorrow. I’m feeling a bit better but still have a horrid cough each morning. Counting on me seeing a huge improvement tomorrow. We are on the countdown. Only eight full days left. The sunset yesterday had some nice color.
