Feb 28, 2012
Where have the last 4 months gone?
Will someone please slow time down?
Jessie & Gary left about 8:30AM yesterday and got to Los Mochis with no difficulties. There are three 5th wheels travelling North together from here and so far so good. Safe travels folks. We really already miss you.
Monday 2PM was book club day at Marjorie’s. It was so hot and heavy, the discussion that is, that I forgot to take any photos. I guess I should have hired a photographer! We were reviewing the book ” INFIDEL” by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a true story, a memoir actually of the author’s life to age 40!! As Tris said, “this should be on a required reading list for everyone in the world”!! This book has been a New York Times bestseller and the author was nominated by Time Magazine in 2005 as one of the top 1oo most influential people in the world!
The book is more than a memoir, it is a riveting tale of a girl born into a strict Muslin family and her journey growing up trying to be true to the teachings of the Quran, living thru the rise of the Muslin Brotherhood and her strength to break away and to seek the truth. Truly a phenomenal novel of being a thinking Mulsim in our time, a must read!!
Colin began drafting our new home which we hope to start building this summer. How do you like my new kitchen? He literally placed the counters, sinks and appliances so I could get a feel for it. Now I have to decide if I want any changes but so far it looks great.
Tags: Holiday Park, house plans, Tres Amigos RV Park
Feb 27, 2012
A perfect beach day! Lot of sun, some wave action and even a bit of fog for a short bit, just to make things dramatic. The Isla was alive with many visitors, lots of loud ATV’s and motorbikes driving the beach and many heavy duty off road vehicles plus a variety of watercraft, the horses of course and many dogs!! The senses were indeed stimulated.
Even one lone sweet pea flower was stimulated to bloom!!
Marty & her husband Stan, blogger friends from Montana came to the Isla for a wee visit.
It was while we were having lunch at 'Elsys' that the fog crept in and the crept out again.
Caeli had 2 guys fighting over her while Carmeh said "what about me?"
Tags: flowers, friends, Stone Island, The girls
Feb 26, 2012
Last night was a beautiful evening here on the Isla, perfect conditions for a fond farewell to Jessie & Gary.
Jessie & Gary have been coming to Mazatlan for about 12 years; a combination of flying in and staying at a resort, staying in Mazatlan RV parks and here on the Isla for the past five years. They have decided not to return to Mazatlan next season and instead seek out paradise in some other part of this great world.
The party starts with the ladies in one area.....
....and the men elsewhere! Why I wonder do the sexes always separate at a party?
We like to be together!!
Lots of food with no leftovers!
We will never all be together at the same time again......makes you appreciate the here and now!!
That was a party......adios Jessie & Gary. Safe travels.
Tags: food, friends, Mazatlan, sunsets, Tres Amigos RV Park
Feb 25, 2012
We now have the horse routine as part of our morning barking schedule. Good vocal exercises for Caeli.
How lucky are we to see this every day.
Got all this off the veggie truck the other day, I think the mangoes were about 70 pesos each. The entire purchase was $1.78CAD.
Then Jaime the ice creme guy comes along with a litre of the homemade stuff. Your choice of flavour for 55 pesos.
Chava our shrimp guy sold us this kilo for 150 pesos. What was most impressive is that they were caught last night just out front. In fact I had mentioned to a few campers that there seemed to a large number of pangas converging quickly in one spot not far away. Who knew we would be the recepients of such freshly caught camarones. They were huge and melt in your mouth.
Last night after sunset we went out to dinner with Marjorie & Bob!
Sadly the restaurant was empty, I wonder how they will survive after Easter. The food was wonderful as always and I got to dance with Hugo again!
Tags: critters, food, friends, shrimp, Stone Island
Feb 24, 2012
…so much to do!
I have realized I am way overbooked….between Feb. 16 and 28th inclusive I will have had 10 functions within that 13 day time period. I may need to go back to Canada to get some rest!
A few days ago on Wednesday Colin and I went into town. While Colin had a massage I got my hair done and then he met me at Tippy Toes where he got his hair trimmed!
We think that Debbie did a great job on both of us!!
If you remember Deb was the author of the book we read for our last book club!!
A beauty salon with attitude!
So then we wait and wait…..a fellow blogger was to meet us there. After a 30 minute wait we headed to the Plazuela, just in case! Sure enough we found them……by the way Deb, thanks for checking it out later as they passed the salon.
We had met Marty and her husband Stan aka Santa Claus a year ago here on the Isla. This time we also met Stan's sister Irene joining them on vacation this year. Four of us had the shrimp fettuccine.....a great choice.
Marty was so happy to have been able to take in her first Carnaval.
After our late lunch/early dinner.....we had to talk a wee walk. I snapped a shot of this 1990 building, as I loved the architecture, the colors.....notice the really high curb on the right vs the lower curb on the left. You never know what you are going to get street after street.
Next stop was a shopping expedition….
Someone was getting a new hat~
....not me.....
Tags: food, friends, Funny, Mazatlan