5C's Que Pasa

Last Tuesday after the vet I went over to RV2, ( Tres Amigos RV Park is divided into 2 parks, as it expanded ) for happy hour while Colin stayed with Carmeh and played his guitar.  This was not a regular happy hour but rather a fund raiser organized by RV2.  We RVer’s here at Tres Amigos become involved in the local community during our stay here.  One thing we all do is bring down lots of used clothing, shoes, blankets, towels, anything we can fit into our rigs.  Mary, our local massage person, originally from Colorado but now a fulltime  Isla resident has come to know who needs the most help and has created a distribution system.  As anywhere else in the world there are poor areas and really poor areas in a community.  You may recall my post about how some of these people are building homes out of plastic pop bottles and sand.

The other thing we bring down are school supplies which are delivered to the local schools.  Toys are also brought down and a special RV couple organize their distribution through a church at Christmas time.  The main thing we do is collect money to create food hampers for 40 families here on Stone Island.

In addition to donating money, many of us donate items that we then sell raffle tickets for. Susie in RV2 then hosts a happy hour and the tickets are drawn, prizes distributed. Lots of fun and we are doing it again on the 20th. If any of you would like to donate money for the hampers or to purchase more toys just let me know.

After the happy hour I went home to make dinner for Colin and myself as I made sure not to eat too much.  The vet today had given us a recipe for dorado ( mahi – mahi ) which I wasn’t sure about  but in the end it was so delicious that I can hardly wait to make it again.

First slice an onion, fry it in butter ( not oil ) with a splash of wine, then when cooked add maybe a cup or more of chopped parsley (not cilantro), let it cook a bit then place the dorado fillet on top of this mix, place more parsley on top of the fish and cover the entire pan, turn the temperature to low and let the dorado cook.

As this was the end to a very hectic day, we simply added a baked potato and broccoli to the meal.

I think I overcooked the onions and I would recommend the same thickness of fillets being used for even cooking.  We used the left overs the next day in a burrito with added salsa and queso.  So good.  Who knew, a vet who cooks!!

Tags: recipe, Tres Amigos RV Park

The entire family is doing well.  Yesterday was massage day for Colin and I.  Mary from Mazatlan, not to be confused with our Isla massage Mary does a great 60 minutes for 300 pesos and 90 minutes for 400 pesos which is about $30.00CAD.  A 90 minute professional massage by a Canadian RMT!!!  Reason enough to come to Mazatlan!

Mary has more talents than I can count. She did two treatments on Carmeh yesterday which actually put our girls to sleep. As you can see Caeli just wanted to get some positive energy also. I had a quick Reiki lesson which I can use to help Carmeh and myself!!

These horses are just hanging around the beach waiting for a rider.

You can see Carmeh is much better, on our afternoon walk she carried her frisbee all the way to the embarcadero and back.

We had some new RVers drop into Tres Amigos for a few days.  The couple is from Germany with 3 adopted children from the Congo.  Their RV is actually an old fire rescue truck that they purchased at an auction in Germany for $3000.00USD.  The cabin behind the drivers cab has 2 bench seats with a narrow table in between.  The side walls have vertical sliding doors on them used for storage of clothes, food and equipment.  There is a 30 inch wide by 4 foot high space in the very centre at the back ( where the firemen would keep their hoses, etc.) in which this family keeps their bikes.  Their sleeping accommodation is two tents on the roof.  They have slept in up to -5C temperatures here in Mexico like this.  Their RV was shipped to Costa Rica via boat 5 months ago and now they are heading  North.  They have another 5 months on the road before heading back to Germany.  Plans include a visit to Vancouver Island and perhaps Alaska where they hope to sell their RV before heading home.

Good luck folks!

For those reading this on the Isla, our dear Isla Mary had her surgery today and is resting well.

Tags: massage, pets, Tres Amigos RV Park

She is finally seemingly getting better.  In addition to her GI problems and the spider bite she developed an abscess on her anus & another on her tail.  The vet helped with that yesterday.  She is getting so many meds and cremes and liquid stuff shoved down her throat that we don’t have a minute to breathe.  We hope that another 24 hours will be the turn around time.

The vet telling me I have to be stronger than Carmeh.

We couldn't leave Caeli alone ( or rather we would not ) so the entire family made the trip to the vet. Caeli was thinking about chasing these guys as we passed thru the fish market.

As we were already there we picked up fresh dorado for dinner. The vet gave us a new recipe to try.

Carmeh was fine on the panga but Caeli wanted to get off the boat pronto!!

It was so good to get back to the Isla! Not sure I can take the hectic pace of Mazatlan.

The day did not end there but I really need to rest so just a quick update to let you know we are on the mend.  More stuff manana!!

Tags: emergency, health, pets, The girls

Yesterday we got to meet with blogger Croft and his wife Norma, he writes Croft’s Mexico.  Because we can’t leave Carmeh alone too long they took the water taxi over to Stone Island.  We walked down the beach to meet them.  It was a very quiet Monday with more vendors than gringos on the beach.

So many restaurants and few customers. We chose 'Elsys' which has no name on the front ( it is just east of Molokay ). Great choice. The margaritas were excellent.

A good menu and good food.

After lunch we went back to the RV for more chatting, cerveza for Croft and vino blanco for us girls.  Colin was preoccupied with Carmeh who is not doing well.  For some reason not many photos were taken of our visit but we certainly had a great time together and look forward to when our paths will cross again.

It’s Tuesday morning and we are off to the vet, again!!

Tags: friends, Stone Island

….gone!  We have already used up one month!  I can’t believe we arrived a month ago today.  It seems like we have done so much, which we have, but on the other other hand the time has seemed to have passed in the blink of an eye.  One of our favorite comments is to stay in the present and to enjoy each day to the fullest.  Fortunately we still have 4 months left.

Yesterday Debra had a few of us over for a pancake breakfast, what a delicious treat. Gracias. Great photo Gary!

Do you think I might be trying to cram too much into each day? The other day I found 2 open bottles of the same wine in the fridge!

Then there is Caeli who always goes to bed first, she really thinks that dogs sleep this way!!

The Grand Pacifico Marathon, rated one of the top 10 marathons in the world, was happening in Mazatlan on Sunday so our beach was rather quiet most of the day.  However the winds picked up and the sand was flying.  It was too much for the girls being right at sand level.  Colin carried them thru the flying sand.  Carmeh appears to be normal on the outside and wants to play & run but she is not doing well on the inside.  Once again we were up part of the night with her.  If no better by Tuesday morning we will return to the vet.

We have had a few interesting sunsets in the past week and I couldn’t just select the one photo.  Hope you enjoy them but remember to add in the sound of the surf and a few bugs buzzing your ears!!

These were from the same night but I just loved the different colours.

This was our gift last night, you can just see the sun setting to the left of the large hill.

Tags: friends, pets, sunsets, The girls, Tres Amigos RV Park, vino