5C's Que Pasa

Nov 20, 2011

Two weeks ago!

We arrived 2 weeks ago.

This was our site on Nov. 5th.

This is the same site 2 weeks later. Mucho trabajo!

It did take us a few hours to get the rig in the proper spot. At this point we drove in and were happy, but the manager wanted us 2 inches closer to the palapa so the mirror was turned and we managed to move it over 1.5 inches after much maneuvering!!!

I am standing next to the RV and pointing the camera up, you can see what a close fit it is.

We are quite tired and haven’t finished settling in but we are permanently home for the next 4.5 months. Now we pace ourselves with lots of wine and relaxation.

Today is the Sunday of a 3 day holiday for Mexicans. Revolution Day is celebrated in many ways including a day at the beach.

Tags: Mexico, palapa, Tres Amigos RV Park, Wine

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Nov 19, 2011

Almost done!

Friday we did the final clean up about 5 times!! The gravel truck came at 8:00AM.

Grava is not cheap, 1500 pesos for a half load. There goes the plant budget!

We had the gravel dumped in various locations to make the spreading easier. So nice to have fresh clean pea gravel everywhere plus it will help keep the ants under control.

Only in Mexico would the delivery truck go over 'the road' with a flat tire!

We hired this guy to add steel supports at each of the 5 concrete posts. A steel rod goes thru the cement and is bolted to the steel rod hanging over the wooden main beam.

The roof is now complete. Just to be extra cautious Colin asked for brace supports on the two wooden posts. We want this thing to last for a very long time.

We kept the girls inside for part of the day due to all the comings and goings. They really really wanted to be out there.

Caeli got insect bites between her toes and would not stop licking the area so I put some salve on and tiny socks to allow the sores to heal.

While the workers worked Colin washed the last side of the RV so it would be clean for the new site. I decided to get busy and made salmon pate, muffins and sugar syrup for the hummingbirds.

Looks great, time to move I think!

Tags: palapa, pets

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Nov 18, 2011

The next day….

Life is good. Only the one mouse in the house and it has been caught and the ants are long gone.

Looks like the crab hunt will be ongoing. Carmeh sniffed it out and Caeli has it in her mouth ( bottom of shot ).

Once Colin rescued the crab from Caeli's mouth, he threw it into the ocean. The girls quickly followed. At least this one was caught in front of Tres Amigos.

We got back from the hunt, I mean beach walk and found out workers hard at it. Each palapa cross support was nailed to the wooden rafters.

Colin went up to check it all out. Heavy layers of plastic were layed between the palm fronds. Each palm frond was twinned to the next and to the palalpa cross support beam. Very meticulous work.

The fellows worked until way past sunset using some lights we ( Colin ) set up for them.

We haven’t been here two weeks yet can feel that the temperature is slowly dropping.

At 8:30PM it was down to 69F. Downright chilly we thought.

Actually quite warm when I saw what happening at home in Kelowna. Yikes!

I found out today that Kelowna is in the midst of a heavy snowfall plus they experienced a 4.6 earthquake. You are all welcome to come visit.

Tags: critters, Kelowna, palapa, Tres Amigos RV Park

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Nov 17, 2011

Hunting day + + + !

Yesterday, Wednesday the 16th, started out innocent out enough!

...a lovely hour long family walk during which we rescued several starfish. Back to the ocean.

These sting rays have been washing up on the beach the last few mornings. We did not rescue them.

Then the girls hunted down a crab.

Caeli says "it's all mine!".

Carmeh is not so happy. " I did all the digging." she says.

Then we get home to find we had a visitor. It had left it’s calling card all through our dishes and drawers,etc. in the kitchen. So Colin set a trap, well actually he set five.

This little critter was caught within an hour! He was muy gordo!

So you have to ask, who’s on vacation?

Not us ~ everyday we think it will be tomorrow!

Not the mice ~ they don’t have days off or happy hours!

Not the ants ~ same as the mice!

Not the spiders ~ likewise!

Once we dealt with the mouse situation we discovered that we had an ant situation!!!!!!!!

Ants in the pantry, ants in the bathroom, ants in the kitchen, and on the walls and all over the RV dash. Carumba!!!

While I washed out cupboards and dishes, Colin crawled under the RV and liberally applied vaseline all around the tires, the jacks and the back flap. We don’t use the usual poisons because of the dogs plus if the situation can be handled in a ‘green way ‘ why use chemicals!!

Meanwhile all day Colin was dealing with the effects of a spider bite he had recvieved while asleep and the girls were dealing with a variuety of insect bites, welts and sores from licking their various itches. I just gave all three of them a Claritin. No more scratching. That was all before 2:00PM!!! Fortunately Colin was about to receive a massage and I was to relax and read.

About 2:30PM our palapa workers showed up with the new beam. It fit but what a job they had raising it. We soon had a crowd watching the event. Colin missed it all.

About 5PM we had to leave for some urgent errands. We were surprised to see our fellows still hard at it after the sun had set.

I don’t think my words and photos are in the right places for today’s post…..but hey at least you have a good story to read.

We are giving up hunting, one day was more than enough:)

Tags: critters, medical, palapa, sunsets, Tres Amigos RV Park

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Nov 16, 2011

Almost too busy to post….

Yesterday was basically a drying out day. Colin thought while the ground was wet it was perfect time to clean, bleach and then power wash our awning.

One bonus, it rained so hard that we don't need to clean the roof! Now the awning will be rolled up till we leave in April and stay clean.

Our first beam was installed.

We were surprised to note that they mitered the 2 beams together. Good workers.

The final long supporting beam....

...was 6 inches too short!!! We haven't seen our fellows since they left yesterday afternoon!

These horses were returning home at the end of the work day when something startled them. I unexpectedly caught the action.

We did manage to relax for the rest of the evening. Today has been poco loco and looks to be getting a bit more busy just when we thought it would end. Oh well…..after all the hunting we did today, yes hunting you’d think we could stop and just rest….well Colin will, as he is getting a massage this afternoon then we have to run out. Be sure to tune in tomorrow for the story of today’s hunting expeditions.