5C's Que Pasa

I thought that once we had packed up the house and moved into the RV that life would become simpler.  Not so.

With no power we are relying on our propane for heat, the fridge, to heat water and of course to cook. No wonder that we were quickly getting close to the bottom of the tank, especially with this nasty weather. Colin ran outside in his socks yesterday out on the street to flag down this passing truck. He was in his Mexico thinking plane of mind.

The propane trucks only service the large propane tanks at the sites here for those of us who live here. We do have an account but right now no large tank yet on this site but the fellow listened to our sob story and kindly helped us out. Obviosuly it was not an easy task, you can see his blue arm under the slide out. He was well compensated for his effort.

Meanwhile the lake continues to rise. It is now up 36 inches...well that was yesterday afternoon.

With careful calculations Colin figures it can rise another 9 inches before we have to start doing something.

On the plus side we went to Home Depot to special order 2 pocket doors for $1000.00 but found they didn’t have enough information for us to make that kind of investment sight unseen so we settled on two others for $440.00 which will do just fine.  The saved money will be put to use in another area where we are over budget. A little give and take.

The floor is complete on our new place with walls perhaps going up this week.

Carmeh managed to find a bit of sun on the only day we have had sun. Forecast is more rains and showers.

We had to deal with intermittent internet yesterday and phone service.  Repair tech comes tomorrow.  Meanwhile today we get to have a meeting with the crack cement guy!  Should be fun!

Just checked….lake up one inch this morning:(

Tags: 319, construction, Duck Lake, rain, The girls

The lake is still rising…in fact Holiday Park is filling sand bags and making news headlines.

http://www.castanet.net/news/Kelowna/76390/Flood-a-huge-hazard-for-golf-course

We are monitoring the situation every few hours and are making a plan to leave if we have to.  Likely we won’t have to unless it rains a huge amount over the next few days.

Still rising as of an hour ago. Once it reaches the top we would have to go.....don't think we will.

On a positive note, I made $48.40 on my new little business today, just by checking in!!  Should any of you wish to try the penny auctions for free, no obligation and no cost to your self, just click here and have some fun on me.

Some neighbours had us over  for a delicious dinner Sunday, what a treat and so relaxing.  Plus we got a few ideas from their home for our new one.  Looks like we are putting things into our new home, different lighting, different furnace, etc, that this builder has never done before……stretching him to the limit.  It is going to be fun to see it all come together.

Found out this morning that our inverter, the new one that blew, is being repaired under warranty.  That means we might have electricity by end of day Friday.

A gorgeous gift basket was delivered to us yesterday as a thank you. Three bottles of wine, gift certificates to restaurants, lovely!!

I wonder how they knew I always wanted to be on the label?? It's an Australian wine.

Tags: Duck Lake, food, friends, Funny, Holiday Park, Wine

That is the headline on our paper this morning.  In fact yesterday the golf course here at Holiday Park Resort was under water. More than 50 millimetres ( 2 inches ) of rain drenched our area over the weekend, too much for the creeks and sewers to handle.

I open the RV door and we are greeted with heat and sun, the lake looks so peaceful.

Once at the lakeside we notice that the lake has risen close to 3 feet and branches and 'stuff' are becoming caught up on our rocks. Colin decided to try and clear what he could to prevent too bad of a future mess. Our beach is long gone.

That's good enough for today.....thank goodness our house will be raised on blocks. Many years ago the lake did come up and over the banks here and flooded right up this property, across the road and up to our old house.

Caeli is leaving the work up to us, sunbathing for the first time in weeks is more her style.

You better enjoy it Caeli because more rain is in the forecast……….

We better all enjoy that 27C today!

Tags: 319, Holiday Park, rain, The girls

That is how we have living for  several days now, rain and more rain.  How much did it rain?  Our street was flooding, the lake rose again, there have been many floods in Kelowna, our lawn was under water and I finally had to go to the storage locker  to get a jacket and sweater.

Caeli advises it's best to just come up for air and food and sleep the rest of the time. Poor girls just hate this weather.

So far today we have had a few hours of sun, it may not last long but enough heat to shut off our heater running off the 15 AMP extension cord!  We went out in the deluge to pick out bedroom carpet and finalize our ceiling fans and lighting for the house.  Progress!!

We both really like this one.

Before I forget…those of you who do send us mail, real mail via the Post Office, please be sure to change our mailing address from #315 to #319, everything else remains the same including our telephone number.

I finally had to bite the bullet and go the Holiday Park's laundromat as I don't have my machines anymore. I survived despite the rain.

Found this review online about the income opportunity.  Good comments by other readers.

Tags: Funny, Holiday Park, money, rain, The girls, ZEEK

Its been a long time coming but here is part one of some of the details of our trip to Mazatlan/ Stone Island.

We left Kelowna on October 25th, 2011 and returned here to Holiday Park  Resort on April 14, 2012.  We were gone a total of 172 nights of which 144 nights were spent at Tres Amigos RV Park on Isla de la Piedra aka Stone Island.  I love saying the Isla rather than Stone Island, sounds so much more elegant.

Of the 172 nights we did do some boondocking coming and going and spent some mights at a Western Horizon park for $2.00night.  Overall we spent $3018.00 on accommodation which works out to $17.55 per night.  For those who want to know I am using USD and CAD interchangeably as they were almost at par last season when the money was spent.

Electric cost at Tres Amigos RV Park is charged in USD @ 16 cents per KWH. For our 144 nights there we averaged $2.29 per day, $329.76 overall.  The internet charges out at $15.00 per month so that cost us $75.00 for the 5 months we spent there.  We purchased a Verizon stick for use in the USA, expensive and a luxury but we did it anyway.  Rates vary on what package you purchase.  However you can get free WIFI at most McDonald’s and many of the hotels along the highway.

We don’t have a washer/dryer in this RV by choice and found that as usual getting your laundry done is Mexico is very economical.  It cost us $150.00 for five months of washing sheets, towels, some blankets, undies, shorts, rags, almost everything.  I washed some of my sun dresses and Colin’s shirts by hand.  We did have to drive the laundry in ( maybe 1 mile away ) and pick it up again but oh to have it washed, folded perfectly, what a treat.  I so wish I could do that here in Canada, now I have to go to the laundry room here at Holiday Park, well until the new house comes that is.

We don’t eat out too much but tried to get out once and sometimes twice per week and spent $486.00 in restaurants including all those margaritas I consumed.  Many spend much more but it is a personal choice.

Two years ago I neglected to budget the cost of pulmonias from the water taxi into Mazatlan Centro.  Of course you can walk and right now they are fixing up the sidewalks and streets to make it even nicer.  This past winter we spent $100.00 on pulmonias which is very reasonable I think but then if you go into Mazatlan more often that cost will increase.  I didn’t keep track of the water taxis price, too minimal to even think of.

Extras for us included the vet @ $50.00 for 4 different visits.  Extremely reasonable.

We also spent $685.00 on 35 hours of massage therapy between us by a registered massage therapist.  That works out to $19.50 per hour.  Sheer bliss and a must in our budget!

Enough for today….the rest coming soon.  Meanwhile, someone sent me this photo, I guess my cement crack could be worse!

Tags: Funny, Holiday Park, massage, Mazatlan, Mexico, money, Stone Island, Tres Amigos RV Park