5C's Que Pasa

Last week on Wednesday, June 4th, a whale beached itself on the Isla.  Yes, my very own Isla off of Mazatlan.  The video is in Spanish but you can see how so many folks tried to help this creature.  First they tried to pull it out head first but in the end they pulled it out by the tail.

Sadly it did not survive, perhaps it was ill.  It ended coming back to the Isla ( Stone Island ) and landed on the rocks near Chivos.  That is the area where the sun set in all those shots I posted all winter.  Here is the video of the whale crashed onto the rocks.  This happened last Thursday, the day after the rescue.  No need to watch it past a few moments.

There was a report yesterday, see below, explaining that the whale will be impossible to bury.  You can imagine the smell.   Once, many years ago, in Lo de Marcus a dead whale washed ashore.  It was a mile away form the RV and it was difficult to breathe.

Meanwhile a friend who lives on the Isla made a comment, see below, on the above story.  Not sure what is going to happen next but I do feel sorry for the folks having to deal with the stench.  Such a sad ending to what started out as a great rescue story.

More details and some great photos can be found on my friend Nancy’s blog post.

So what do you Americans call your summer homes?

We were sitting in front of the window seat in our recliners when Carmeh jumped onto the window seat with a ball.  I didn’t matter to her that we were watching TV.  She wanted to play and did all she could to get our attention.  Thankfully my camera was right beside me.  In the end she jumped down ( using a stool ) and dropped the ball at Colin’s feet.  She got some ball time  😀

Sadly Dad is not doing too well in hospital.  His lungs have filled with fluid and my sister claims he is worse than when he went in.  I am getting repeated calls from my siblings who live in the same city updating me.  Meanwhile, as Dad’s Power of Attorney, the time has come for me to do some business for him and I’m not fully prepped.  I have spent hours online and on the phone with his bank in the past few days.  Unfortunately Dad neglected to put me on the joint account that Mom had shared with him and this is creating a problem.  You would think that if I have the POA and Mom is no longer with us that I would have access to the information on that account.  The assistant manager whom I met last fall is away until Tuesday so I have to wait until then to complete what needs to be done.  I am also researching better investments than he now has.

My phone never stopped yesterday about this and that and I wished I had two phones to use.  It was crazy.  I’m glad it is the weekend and don’t have to deal with these folks until Monday and Tuesday.

Colin kept trying to call me and all he got was voicemail.  Finally I was able to call him back.  He was having car problems.  The dealer couldn’t figure it out.

Finally they gave him a loaner car as he was supposed to work this morning. Well that didn't happen as we got clouds and then clouded in. The funny thing about the car is that even though it is new, it only has a crank to open the windows. He searched for the button to push for a good 5 minutes before he noticed the crank handle.

We just got a call, something to do with all the air filters and a broken oil tube.  He is on his way to exchange cars and his is good enough to drive without the broken piece being repaired.  We have to wait for the part to come in.  Meanwhile they say that his car is okay to drive to Vancouver on Monday, if the sky is clear.

It was close to 7PM before we opened a bottle of vino. I never noticed the words 'moonlight harvest' before.

This is not too clear and I am too lazy to retake the photo but basically it says that the grapes were harvested under the light of the moon. Amazing!

We paired it with yet another fillet of Copper River Salmon. I was in Costco on Thursday and they still had it so I picked up another piece.

It is so good that we are willing to pay the price.  I’m sure you’ve heard the expression “to die for” .  No potatoes or quinoa last night, just the salmon, lots of veggies and a salad.  However by the time we had soaked the cedar plank and marinated the fish and prepped the veggies it was late and we only sat down to eat closer to 8:30PM.  But by then we were relaxed and were able to savor a delicious meal.

Just had include this shot if Carmeh I took first thing this morning.  Our girls sleep with us and lay like little humans.  They even use pillows.

Caeli was already up but her pillow is there and then mine 😉

The boys left and I was sad.  They left a hole in my heart and a few holes in the wine rack  😕

It wasn’t long before Colin and I were back at work.  But first thing yesterday morning I had to check in at Weight Watchers.  I gained .2 of a lb.  Not bad for 4 days of eating and drinking mucho vino.  I’m back on track.  It will take till next week to get my desk work caught up.  I managed to do what I had to do while our guests were here but spent most of my time in the kitchen so we all could spend time chatting and eating.

The day the boys left we had a severe wind warning in effect. 90km per hour is serious stuff.

Colin was going to be working that evening so I had him batten down the hatches before he left.

We cleared the patio so nothing would go flying thru the windows and lay the patio furniture flat and against the hedge.

Then the storm petered out, we did get about 60km/h winds but nothing near the 90m/h, thankfully.  ‘Be Prepared’ was my girl guide motto.

Colin has 1.5 days of flying to do in Vancouver for clients.  It takes a lot of coordination, getting specific maps of the numerous areas to be flown as things look very different from up there. Arranging a helicopter and a fixed wing plane takes time and then the City of Vancouver wanted three special insurance certificates before they issued a P.O.  They aren’t the ones flying so why does Colin need special insurance to fly their sites?  None of our other clients require anything whatsoever.  Maybe they think we will sue them if he crashes?  So he was finally ready to go and then Mother Nature brought in some clouds.  He needs perfectly blue sky with not even a wisp of a cloud in the sky.  So far we have set up and cancelled Wednesday and now today Friday.  Monday is on the books pending weather.  Of course he still has to get up at 2:30AM and drive to Vancouver to do the work.  The life of a photographer is not always easy.  Fortunately is is sunny here and he has jobs to work on.

Back in Mazatlan the temperatures are soaring.

Life for these two is not as much fun without Chris & Juan.