5C's Que Pasa

Who knew that the paved road to Stone Island/ Isla de la Piedra would make such a difference to Tres Amigos RV Park?  In truth, sadly, I did. On the one hand it is great news for the Isla and for RVers who want to experience paradise.   The  annual snowbird  migration North has begun, however this year the Isla has become a new stop for many.  RV’s are leaving here & there but even more are arriving daily.  Today we had five RV’s come in and only one had been here before.  RV1 is full.  Not one single spot left for rent.  Rather amazing.  In fact there is a domino effect happening.  When the folks in #3 leave on Monday someone in the back row is moving in.  Same thing with site #9.  Except that the people moving into #9 from the back row will then be moving to site #4 next Thursday.  That leaves the RV in #14 in the back row free to move up to #9 Thursday.  Then their friends who are in the third row in RV2 will move over to the back row of RV1 on Thursday 😯   Rather confusing for the office.  So far I have it under control, at least in my mind.  Not to worry folks, still lots of sites available in RV2.

One of the new arrivals today is a young couple from Vancouver, B.C. who started full-timing a month ago. In fact they have only been RVing for a month 😉   They are traveling with their two year old son and they are working from the RV online as they travel.  A very interesting couple indeed.  We had a large Class A pull in yesterday from Ontario but I haven’t had a change to say hello yet.  Then there is the couple from Oregon who have a home in San Carlos but are now only heading south.  So great to have new life in the RV Park, most stimulating.  We have even put an RV into the open spot ‘not to be rented site’ in the front row.  This is the site for those in the back row to be able to come forward with their chairs and enjoy the view.  It is now filled with  a lovely couple from Quebec in a cute Winnie View.

Who knew that I would lose my Spanish?  I did 🙄   I can’t speak French and Spanish in the same day.  I still get the languages muddled and end up speaking 50% of each language in the same sentence. So it is only Spanish or English from now on.  Well not exactly as I do need to do some translating for those who can only speak French.  But certainly no more casual conversation in French.

Who knows about the 4C’s vs the 5C’s?  Some of you do.  I have also written about it in the past.  Hint, first we were the 4C’s, then we gained a member and became the 5C’s but then we lost a ‘C’ but decided to remain the 5C’s because I had started this blog back in 2010.  Currently we are only four, Colin, Contessa, Carmeh and Caeli.  Should we lose yet another ‘C’ we will still  continue to remain the 5C’s.  Over the years, way before my blogging days, we were known as the 4C’S  and sometimes the 3C’s ( but not for very long ) and always signed letters and cards that way.

Taken from a post in May 2014.

Taken from a post in May of 2011.

The 5th ‘C ‘back in early 2010.

It you want to read the story about why we lost Cheikka you can click here.

Who knew that there would be a boat named the 4C’s ?  Alan did.  Alan is the one who just over a week ago found “Contessa’s Cantina”.  Now he found our boat just other day.

In Alan’s words…………..Hello Contessa,
This is getting to be too funny. A week ago while walking around Bisbee Arizona I discovered that you had opened a restaurant called naturally, Contessa’s Cantina. Of this, I sent you a picture. My wife Laura and I have now moved on to San Diego and got in yesterday. While walking along the Tuna Basin in downtown S.D. We discovered that you and Colin have also gone into the commercial fishing business. Is this to supply your restaurant?????
Regards Alan

Isn’t she a beauty. Alan’s brother and family knew us in our 4C’s phase of life. Hard to believe we first met his brother John in what we recall to be 2003 while RVing in Guasave at Mr. Moro’s.  What great memories of those days.

Thanks Alan for adding to our memories with your fun photos 😎

An RV from Germany was here for three nights. They left yesterday.  Very tiny compact unit made by Hymer.

The Virgin de Guadalupe has been painted on the back.  I can’t find the translation for the first word but the last three mean ‘do not envy’.

Clemencia and Jurgen live full time in their RV although they do have a home back in Dusseldorf.  They have no idea how long they will keep traveling but at the moment they are headed to Peru.  They plan on working in an orphanage high up in the Andes for 6 months.  Their main concern was altitude sickness.

Their blog info re their journey as well as the orphanage info is marked on the side of their RV.

Their travel blog can be found here.  They post in German, Spanish and English.  So happy to see that they got a great Isla sunset shot.  Sadly they had to press on but we could have had much more music as she played the guitar and he the violin.  This is a quick link as to what they hope to accomplish in Peru at the orphanage.

Beautiful US sailboat out front.

The girls share a water dish…

…then the three of us girls share a nap.

So ends another day in paradise.

She has her new arm and as far as I know she is still in Los Angeles.  I know that the family will be bringing her here once she returns and I will post photos then.  We have had a message from the family as to how appreciative they are to all who donated.

Romina is not looking too happy here.

I am sure that is must be a huge challenge getting a child this age to start using her prosthetic arm.  Interesting how it is attached to the stub of her arm.  It looks like it can be adjusted for a number of years as she grows.

Saw this online the other day and I am not sure that it will be of help to Romina but certainly many other children in the years to come.

We usually see Hannelore and Peter several times over the winter.  This year they weren’t even sure that they were going to get here but things just fell into place for them at the last minute.  Sadly it has not worked out for us to bump into them everywhere and share some spontaneous moments so we set up the big meet up 😀

Last Thursday the 24th as we crossed the shipping channel into Mazatlan we were surprised to see 2 cruise ships in dock.

Such a difference in size.  We knew that the Grand Princess was to be in port but not the Voyager.  It was headed to Acapulco where yesterday it started a Central America Adventure.  The Voyageur only holds 550 people and has some interesting statistics vs the large cruise ships we see these days.

We met our friends at one our of favorite restaurants , El Fish where there is always lots of action be it on the malecon, the road or the ocean.  Not to mention great food at very reasonable prices.  Plus they do a generous white wine pour for 50 pesos.

A different perspective for us to see the Grand Princess sail out.

I wondered what Colin was doing with my camera.

So nice to spend some special time with good friends.

I do enjoy watching the sun slip into the ocean.

Thanks for taking this one Hannelore.

So ends another great day. Thanks for the memories my friends.

As I sit inside writing this it is 85.2F while outside in the shade I see we are at 82.5F.  Humidity is about 65% and we are still climbing in temperature to 30C/86F plus the humidity factor.  The gravel in the sun is too hot for the girls to walk on.  When we take them to the beach we carry them to the wet sand so they don’t burn their pads.  The locals are complaining about the heat, already.

Taken Feb 21st. Carmeh is now walking on her own again but we are doing shorter walks so she can rest in between.

I think I take too many pictures.  I spent this morning editing photos and scaling down the number to post.  Right now I have enough for 5 posts but I am going to combine a few just to make it easier on me.  The good news is that I once again got my inbox down to 27 from just over 100.  In all honesty I would rather be outside but this needs to be done also.  Still lots of time to enjoy the day.  I did finish a novel yesterday which I enjoyed.  We all arrive with some books and then pass them around.  Not many here read on a device.  We seem to prefer to hold real paper in our hands.

My new crown of thorns plant.

I was surprised to find a hedge of them as we drove to drop off our laundry the other day.

Told you I was going to mix a few days in, that includes sunset shots.

Taken a few minutes later.

This is the monster who has been eating my hibiscus flowers. Despite putting the cayenne pepper on them he still devours them.  He really is a little guy as you can see compared to the sign.

He is far from innocent though.

This large size avocado was only .22USD/.30CAD.  Yes that is 22 cents. I likely won’t be able to afford them once we get home.

Finally found time to have a good chat with a friend.

February 23rd

About 20 minutes later. Some people watch the sun actually set but forget to take in the rest of the show a bit later.

Just had 2 RV’s pull in.  We now only have one open spot in RV1.  Last week we had 3 large 5th wheels pull into RV2, their first time here on the Isla and they plan to spend 2 – 3 weeks here.  The migration has begun, these 5 RV’s are all heading North from Lo de Marcos.

The waves are smaller now, almost high tide….thinking about going in for a swim 😛