Jan 15, 2012

Tio Juan Restaurant

The grand opening was Friday evening.

Not too busy but busy enough and great great food and good service. Sorry my flash was off in error.

A very special thing about this place is that it is fully enclosed.  It is located at the west end of the beach plus it offers boat pick up from Mazatlan and  boat return to Mazatlan as part of the service.  The plan at this time is to be open from 12 noon to 12 midnight.  Eventually they will offer outdoor patio tables overlooking the beach.  They do intend to have live music from time to time.  All was very very clean, the kitchen is out back and seemed immaculate as are the washrooms.  There is a bar only area closer to the back of the photo.  By the time we left shortly after 9PM several tables were occupied by locals.

From what I gather everyone really enjoyed their meals. For an opening I thought they did very well. Just to the upper left is a music video screen. The music was enjoyable, a nice mix and the sound level was good. In fact management came around asking if it was too loud or too low and also to please offer any suggestions we could re the running of the restaurant.

A huge variety of choices with wonderful ice cream desserts.

Once we got the margarita recipe sorted out I was more than happy. Please don't change it.

Our coconut shrimp were the best I have ever had anywhere and the Thai sauce was a great touch. Plus the shrimp were huge and plentiful.

The manager and owner (??) handed out a prize to Warren & Joyce.

Did I mention dancing? Yes many danced....Colin did dance with me but this guy was well......no se 🙂

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Jan 14, 2012

It’s happened again….

…..another mouse in the house!

Only this one had recently died, even our noses let us know we had an unwanted visitor.

Colin had gone into the bedroom and opened a cabinet above the bed, the smell drove him out of the room and drove Carmeh into the room. We never smelt it at all during the night and for that we were grateful. First thing was to empty all the over bed cabinets....very very carefully. Nothing found so far. Colin put Carmeh up in the cabinet and she immediately pinned the location. Next job was to take out the white back panel.

As soon as he removed the upper back panel 'it' fell out. We know we have 2 areasthatr these critters can get in but it can't be helped. We can't block up the entire engine. For 12 years we have used poison pellets which get munched and no critters return. However it seems that this season they want to come inside. Fortunately our RV is so well built that they can only get into a certain area which is easily opened up. Out went the mouse and out went the old insulation.

Next was a very very through vacuum and area clean up. We left the area open for several hours and the smell totally went away. Thank goodness.

We used some of this type insulation before putting the white back panel back up. Normally I do the inside jobs and Colin does the outside jobs. Today I fertalized my flowers and deadheaded while Colin dealt with the inside job. Personally I thought it was a brilliant plan!

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Jan 13, 2012

Just a quiet day at home!

Caeli surveying her beach domain from my flower bed!!!!!!!! No wonder they aren't growing at that end.

Turned out it was a good thing we had no plans as the repair fellow finally came by, only 4 days late. More repair details another day. Great view from our roof.

Colin thinks my posture at the computer would be better by using the ball.....I honestly could not get my balance. Yet he even can play guitar on it!

Then there is Carmeh who somehow managed to climb up on the ball at home to when she wanted to use the computer!!!!

It was pizza night again, I guess I put too many toppings on!

So very very good, we ate every bite.

We caught another mouse yesterday,  Carmeh let us know he was there.  We know they come in via the generator at the front or the back engine so we keep poison pellets there plus we keep a few sticky traps in the same areas.  Now this morning Carmeh is telling us we have something in the bedroom, under the bed where the engine is.  Extra traps being put out as we speak or as I type:)  At least they are outside.  We have managed to conquer the ants, Colin could write a novel about ants.  We don’t have any inside plus we have managed to keep it all pet safe re poison on the ground.  We use vaseline!

MOM UPDATE:

Still in the main hospital but has been moved 3 more times in the last few days.  I think she is in her 16th bed ( room )!  No wonder people get sick in a hospital, parading down the corridors.  Unfortunately Mom’s blood pressure has gone rather low plus she is experiencing severe edema in her ankles and legs which was one of the reasons she had heart surgery.  At least she is in the right place to have this all checked out.

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Jan 12, 2012

Que pasa on the Isla !

Christmas is getting put away bit by bit. We still have our lights up inside just because it makes things ever so much cosier.

The big plan is to get away from pots that have to be transported somewhere when we go back to Canada, plants that need to be watered daily. We had Pablo put these three palms in the ground, a real relief to Colin as they were the heaviest of all our pots. We will now use these pots for annuals only.

This fellow with the very long and serious face walks past day after day carrying a lidded white bucket. I finally asked him what he had in there, was he selling anything? I thought he might be selling fish or something to eat. He showed me a bunch of metal & plastic coke containers then walked away. About 10 minutes later he returned with this gift for me. I asked how much, he said he did it for 'tips'! Excellent work with a small pair of scissors.

Unfortunately we have had some oil spills lately, probably from the freighters docked out there waiting for a berth in Mazatlan. I have never noticed the oil before. Hopefully it is not the promise of things to come.

The local cantina is open to one and all. A few hours later while out walking we saw a very very unsteady cowboy making his way home on this poor horse. Looked like the horse knew the way home.

Just another great day here on the Isla!

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Jan 11, 2012

No internet…

Equals no blog post!!!!

No internet = no Google!

How often do you Google a day…..

~I googled Vodka jello shots recently!

~As well as, do dogs get bronchitis?

~How to kill maggots?

~A dressing recipe for a carrot salad.

~The date of the International Guitar Festival in Culiacan in March!

~What causes acid reflux?

~Where the heck is Troncones, the new RV hot spot in Mexico!!!

I also rely on the internet to get messages from family re my Mom and to make calls via Magic Jack.

I have learnt that I can download photos into iPhoto without being online.  Amazing!

However life continues and we have been busy just enjoying life sans computer.

Yesterday, Tuesday was an overcast coolish day but soon heated up to blue sky and sunshine..  We saw some 5 foot waves but no one was surfing!  We were busy over the weekend.

Our neighbors, Avy & Judy made breakfast for us all on the weekend, best porridge ever.

Sunday was a pot luck dinner.

I am currently reading a great book for an upcoming bookclub called INFIDEL by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.  It is extremely powerful and revealing, look it up!

The beach here has reverted back to more vendors than tourists, just us locals mostly.  Back to school & back to work has left the beach empty.  We enjoy it but feel badly for the restaurants and vendors.  However many of us are expecting visitors over the next few months so there should be a bit more activity.

If anyone is looking for clean but inexpensive accommodation here on the Isla check out this site.  I can negotiate the reservations for you.  This place is less than a block from the beach and a five minute walk to RV1.  There is also accommodation available right on the beach for a bit more money, just a five minute walk to RV2.

The girls are really enjoying their time here.

A big event for the girls is getting to lick out the peanut butter jar.

No contest, Caeli has the longest tongue!

We haven’t had a special sunset for a while now but last night came close.

MOM UPDATE:

Two days ago the Dr’s decided that Mom should go home today!!!!!!!!!!!!!  They claimed that there were too many nasty bugs floating around both the hospital and the long term care facilities and that she would be better off healing at home!  Yesterday the nurses told the Dr’s that Mom isn’t well enough or strong enough to look after herself at home so now she is back to waiting for a bed in long term care.  I totally agree.  Meanwhile she is getting a bit stronger day by day.

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