5C's Que Pasa

We purchased our WHR membership in November of 2007.  We paid way too much, about $6074.00USD.  Then in 2009 we upgraded to the Ultimate package for a further $2495.00 USD, for a total of $8569.00USD.  Our plan was to use this membership when we stopped travelling to Mexico.  It looks like that is not going to happen.  Mexico has become our second home and we only transit the USA coming and going between Canada and Mexico.

We have only used our membership between 8 and 14 nights.  Not a good return on our investment.  I have to say it was a mistake and a waste of our hard earned dollars.  Rather then keep paying our annual dues we want to sell this membership.

Having upgraded to the Ultimate package we have several perks included:

~dues are frozen at $299.00 per year

~the dues for AOR, ROD, ACN, Sunbelt Resorts, Kino Bay, Mexico and the Condominium Travel Club ( which gives you access to discounted condominium rentals across the country, Hawaii and Mexico ) are $199.00 per year

~WHR site fees and special service fees are frozen at $2.00 per night, so you only $2.00 per night, night after night

~it includes a clause that there is NO out time between parks when using WHR resorts.  During non peak times you can stay 21 days and during peak it is 14 days.  Plus extended stays can be negotiated for a fee.

~there are still 5 free weeks of rentals ( cabin or otherwise ) good until May 18/2014

~home park is St. David RV Resort, close to Tuscon, Arizona

We don’t want to just cancel this membership but would like to transfer it to someone who RV’s mostly in the USA.  I think a $1000.00 sale price sounds reasonable plus the buyer pays the transfer fee.

Having said that, we are open to offers.  The current membership expires January 1, 2014.

If you or anyone you know might be interested please contact us.

Tags: Mexico, travel

Deb and John are certainly enjoying their time on the Isla.  Amazingly they have already been joined by another RVer for a month or so, plus they are expecting another couple from Manitoba later this week, who they met while in San Carlos.  RVing in Mexico is on the increase.

As a matter of fact, it seems that we shall be having 7 new Rvers joining us at Tres Amigos this winter.  Some for a few months, others for a week or so, just checking out the area.  Only two have previously RVed in Mexico.  What makes this so special is that they have all been following my blog and I like to think that most are coming because of what I have written. Well that is what some of them tell me.  That is exactly what I wanted to accomplish with my posts, bringing more RVers to Mexico.  I only wish I had been blogging while we were travelling all over Mexico.  Oh the stories I could have told and the photos we could have shown.  We will one day, when the time is right, start to roam all over Mexico once again.

Before I forget, Deb has found a wonderful link for Mazatlan.  Not only does is show what is happening at El Recreo but on the right hand side there are links to all of the important websites in Mazatlan. A real bonus, all in one place.  Check it out here.

I also asked Deb for an update re the Nogales border crossing, etc.  I will update this throughout the next few months as news comes to me.  But meanwhile here is the first update.  Thanks, Deb.

I think I hear Mexico calling to me.

Tags: insurance, Isla de la Piedra, Mazatlan, Mexico, Stone Island, Tres Amigos RV Park, US/Mexico border

The week ahead looks great.

Meanwhile I do not have a UT infection per the results I received today BUT I have broken out in hives  From what?  Who knows?  So right now I am ready to give up.

It has not been a good day at all.

We also just found out that our stairs on our site at Tres Amigos RV Park, which we would have stored had the RV park owner not used our site have been washed away in a sudden storm.  We also found out that our 10′ X 10′ gazebo was destroyed by the same storm.  Again had the owner not been there we would have put it all away before we left the Isla.  What to do?

Meanwhile the Tommie Award photography continues.

To get this shot…

……involves quite a bit of work.

Just setting up the camera to start with.

...then all the lighting.

Plus a great deal of concentration.

Then all the hours putting that panorama shot together and polishing it on the computer.  This is just one of eight shots for the category Best Master Suite.  Then there will be my hours filling in the entry form and all that that entails.  We better win  😆

Tags: 319, CJPS, health, Isla de la Piedra, Mazatlan, Mexico, Stone Island, Tommie awards, Tres Amigos RV Park

Do you know what it is?  Even Google has no definition for it.

So I asked Chris from www.livingboondockingmexico.blogspot.ca  to give me his definition as he prefers to boondock.  This is what he sent me.

“For me, boondocking is dispersed camping in undeveloped areas outside of  designated campgrounds, and includes the ability to stay in cities or where parking may be permitted such as parking lots, rest stops, gas stations and churches, with permission of the owners.   Boondocking means you have an RV that is self-sufficient, not requiring hookups to electricity, water and other services.” 

Would you like to try it?

You can, while travelling in the USA or Canada. I bet that Chris will be the first Mexican location to sign up.  There is now an organization that registers people willing to let you park on their property at no charge.  Just think how much money you could save while travelling from point A to point B without having to overnight at an RV Park.  You don’t have to be able to allow others to park on your property if you don’t have the space.  You can sign up either way.

Boondockers Welcome  is a growing organization with over 746 free overnight RV parking locations.

Yes there is a an annual membership fee but it is less than the cost of one night in an RV park.  Why don’t you visit their website http://www.boondockerswelcome.com/ and take their tour.

They are also offering you, my readers, a discount of 10% if you use the following coupon code to sign up:

FORFOLLOWINGME

Plus you get a free Boondocking in New Mexico ebook when you sign up – a $17.00 value!

Would you like to boondock in New York City for $20.00 per night?  Check this link out.

This is one of our favorite boondocking places, just south of Ajo, Arizona.

Tags: boondocking, Canada, travel, USA

We are thinking Mexico.  The other day I mentioned to Colin that Art Walk started today and he made a comment about the one in Mazatlan.  I actually was referring to the local Art Walk here in Lake Country.  It was started many years ago by an artist living here in our RV Park, Holiday Park Resort.  Now it is an annual two day event drawing hundreds of visitors from the surrounding area. Art Walk in Mazatlan is the first Friday of every month and I am looking forward to doing some walking there followed by a lovely dinner in the Plazuela Machado.

We are unable to get my camera, a Canon A4000 to work.  The lens just won’t open. Sadly it stopped working in Edmonton when I needed it.  It was only a year old but Walmart only has a 30 day warranty on cameras.  I have pulled my old one out, the one that had dust spots on the CCD.  We got that one fixed last year in Mazatlan for 250 pesos.  Meanwhile I ordered a new Canon A4000 from Amazzon.ca and saved about $70.00. Of course I will try and get my broken A4000 repaired in Mazatlan.  Anyone coming down this winter who has a broken camera, be sure to bring it along.  This repair fellow is amazing and inexpensive.

I thought I had broken a tooth while in Edmonton but at my annual check up and cleaning last Thursday  I was told my teeth were perfect.  Good to have that out of the way.  No more rashes!  I am still avoiding coffee and chocolate and will continue to do so for a long while. I also saw my Doctor and requested another urine culture to be sure my infection is gone.  I also got a prescription for Cipro to  fill and bring down with us, just in case.  So other than my aching body and sore knee I am good to go.  I know my body will recover over the next few weeks.  I pushed myself way too hard in Edmonton but it needed to be done.  I seem to have hurt my left knee trying to pull my suitcase while walking with a cane  😥

Friday we were both invited to a wine and cheese at a clients open house.  I chose to stay home with my own wine and cheese and a good book and snuggled on the sofa in my nightie.  Pure bliss!

Colin spent last weekend, while I was away, taking photos for our Tommie entries.  He also rearranged all my decorating things, you know the ornaments and photos you put here and there.  We now have extra stuff all over the place.  Rather then put it back I might just store some of it.  When we unpacked this past spring we just shoved things here and there.

He spent most of this weekend working on our house photos.

It's fruit season and we are also spending our time catching fruit flies. We use apple cider vinegar in a glass covered with saran wrap. A few tiny holes are punched into the plastic wrap so the flies can get in but not out. It works!

Tags: critters, Holiday Park, Mexico, Tommie awards