Dec 15, 2014

Sunday was a quiet day

Sunday was our first day to just take it easy and go with the flow.  My one major disappointment was the plant man.  Santiago showed up with an empty truck.  I think we were the last stop for him Sunday afternoon.  I am so used to just buying whatever I want from him.  He did however promise to come just for me on Tuesday.  I certainly hope so as half my garden was destroyed from all of the waves during the many storms and the hurricane.

Carmeh likes to snooze with her toys. She is the one who carries them up to the sofa.

Caeli loves to sleep in our bed and often goes to bed a few hours before the rest of us.

She somehow manages to get under the covers and in the perfect position on her own.

One of the two hibiscus that survived and it rewarded me on Sunday.

For some reason we have a constant bunch of pelicans and sea gulls feeding out front. Very entertaining.

The half of my garden that survived.

After our early morning walk way down the beach we sat for the first time and had our fruit and coffee and just took it all in, the smells, the sounds and the peace of it all.  I later got my hummingbird food made and put up the feeder.  I had a customer within 10 minutes.  Colin played his guitar for a long while and I even managed to finish the last 32 pages of a novel I had started in early November.  Thank goodness as I am more than ready to start a new book.

As we sat outside so did the girls ( Caeli is to be found under the chaise in her den ). They follow us where ever we go, inside or out.

Mother Nature did not disappoint.

The end to a pretty prefect day on the Isla.

The only bad thing is that the shrimp guy never showed up but maybe manana.

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Dec 14, 2014

Time for some fun

Saturday was our last big day of to do’s.  Hard to believe that we have done all that we have in under 6 days.

I got our outdoor xmas decorations up while....

...Colin and Ishmael got the RV washed. It certainly needed it.

The pelicans have been on a constant feeding frenzy since we have arrived. There must be thousands of fish out there.

A few hours later the fun began. We had some friends over for happy hour.

Just as the sun was about to set this father/daughter team showed up selling fresh muffins and breads.

He is also the creator of these delightful coco pelicanos. He got a few orders for more.

Despite the fact that we had some very tasty snacks for happy hour, the fresh backed goods were a huge hit.

I don't think everyone caught the fantastic sunset, distracted as they were.

It didn’t take long to get back to the party.  In fact I called my Dad at one point and everyone got to shout out a greeting.  Dad loved it.  We had so much fun that happy hour went to almost 8:30PM.  When it’s time to work, we work.  When it’s time to party, we know how to have fun  😉

 

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Dec 13, 2014

Almost done….

…hard to believe that we have only been here 4.5 days and we have accomplished so much.  We figure about 1.5 days and we are ready to just sit and relax.

I repainted our palapa poles while Colin did a thousand other things.

Eventually he started setting up our outdoor lights.

We caught the tail end of this piece of beach sculpture on a morning walk.

This lady had done the car before our neighbors vehicle and then theirs. We asked if she could do ours.? 150 pesos for both the exterior and interior. Here she is shampooing a rear carpet for us. The entire works on our car was 150 pesos ( about $10.00 USD ).

It was nap time for her son. Isn't he fabulous?

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Dec 12, 2014

Spectacular sunset, even if I say so myself!!

Last night ( Thursday was the most wonderful sunset ).  That is all that counts and is worth a mention here.

Already looking great.

Sinking fast...

We have had so much cloud and fog since we arrived that this is so special.

The sun is setting into the fog bank.

Oh my.....

Several moments later.

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Dec 11, 2014

2.5 day update!

We are really making progress.  When we started I wondered how it would ever get done?  Colin has much much more energy than I do.  Because it has been overcast and foggy in the mornings we are managing to get a lot done despite the humidity.

My bangs were perfectly straight a few hours ago but I have no control over the humidity or where it shows up... this is a first with the out of control bangs.

We have met some new friends who really are not new as we have emailed back and forth, just new faces per say.  Sue and Gerry are staying here at Tres Amigos, they live in Penticton, not too far from us but because of my Dad we never did get together this summer although we have corresponded for a few years now.  We met Janet and her dog Boo on the beach ( hubby Grant we have yet to meet ), they are staying at one of the two hotels here on the Isla.  Janet had been wondering about staying on the Isla versus in town and through my blog and photos a decision was made.  Nice to have you all here on the Isla.  Also Rae whose blog I have mentioned is a first timer to not only the Isla but to Mexico.  We have had a brief visit with many more to come.  She is staying at a fairly new duplex down the road.

Gerry is a man of many talents, he is an artist in a variety of mediums from sketching to sculpting to photography. But here on the Isla fishing seems to be his purpose. Hmmm we are still waiting for a catch. No pressure Gerry 🙂

With all of the work we are doing to set up we are away from the computer a lot.  However we have had several job enquiries since we have arrived.  Of course I am in daily communication with my Dad via whoever is visiting him with a cell phone.  I can’t remember if I mentioned this before and if I have, please forgive me for repeating it.  We use Magic Jack here to communicate with those back home.  I recently changed our phone number with Magic Jack to an Edmonton number so that my family can call me at no charge to themselves thus enabling me to speak with them, Dad or even the hospital staff.  I then purchased a cordless phone that would enable me to answer it anytime it rang should Dad or the MD want to speak to me.  Before I continue, remember that we have an Apple computer.  So when testing the system at home we ran into many problems which were finally resolved by fellow RVer ( formerly here on the Isla ) another Gerry who suggested I change the sound on my preferences to ‘Tiger” and it worked great.  We were also able to hear the phone ring on an incoming call on the Magic Jack.  Here on the Isla I do not hear the phone ring.  I only get the MJ flash to accept a call or not.  I had my sister call a few times and it made no difference where the sound preferences were set, no ringing of the phone  😡 Too bad as I am missing some calls.  At least I get a message that I missed a call.  I just did not want to be tied to the computer inside the RV.  I do speak to Dad every day, usually after his dinner and he told me how he is going to miss my sunset photos 😥   How sweet.  I promised him that he would see each photo once we get back to Canada.

We have had a bit of problem with Caeli this past 24 hours, severe diarrhea.  It seems that at least 4 other pups have has this problem in the past 2 weeks.  Spoke to our vet at home and she suggested some meds and a 24 hour starvation diet to be followed with a day or two of rice and boiled chicken.  Some here have speculated that it is just a bunch of different types of bacteria in the soil and sand that is the cause of the problem.

The cruise ships are back.

We had three cruise ships in port yesterday ( Wednesday ). Note to self, do not go into town on Wednesday.

No sunset last night due to all of the clouds.  That is about to change very soon as is the decrease in humidity, thank goodness.

A 7:30AM hike for the energetic bunch. They were heading up to the top of El Faro, the lighthouse in the background. They all got to the top and made it back safely although a bit stiff.

 

 

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