Oct 08, 2011
Hurricane Jova ?
Maybe our positive thoughts can keep Jova from becoming a hurricane!
Wishing everyone in the area safety.
Oct 07, 2011
Yucky October
After 2 glorious months we seem to be getting winter weather, wet, wet, wet! Yes we are in the process of heading south but if the weather doesn’t improve and soon we may be delayed. Colin has to finish all his photography jobs before we leave! How do you spell stressed & depressed?
Final tomato harvest!
Even Caeli is depressed, she prefers to hide under the carpet than go outside.
Carmeh says you can never have enough blankets. Rather than go out, I'll just watch the rain fall.
Finally it stopped raining enough to finish trimming the cedars. One big to do off the list! This poor fellow worked till it was dark.
If Colin isn’t out taking photos he is on the computer retouching. Meanwhile I’m doing all I can to get ready. I’m working on getting all my driving to do’s done. The insurance on my car expires next Thursday, when it goes into winter storage. At that time we will become a one car family with me being the one doing the walking.
Oct 06, 2011
MEXICO INSURANCE ~ the fine print
We received our vehicle insurance policies yesterday from San Xavier Insurance. They provide top notch service. I called their 1 – 800 number on Sept. 20th, ordered online, gave them my Visa card information and now have our policies in hand.
Based on all the flack I have been getting on RV.net I decided to read the fine print. Surprise!!! We are covered for way more than I ever thought. So between the medical insurance coverage we have settled on, this fills in the blanks quite nicely. We have always paid the extra $10.00 for ‘legal aid’ and the extra $10.00 for ‘travel assistance’ but never got into the details. We tend to think on the positive side rather than the what if’s of life.
There are 6.5 pages of fine print under travel assistance coverage!
We pay the extra $10.00 per policy so we are covered with either vehicle. Some details include medical transportation if the insurance company’s physician determines that it is medically advisable to repatriate the insured party to his permanent address or to the medical facility closest to it; bringing in a specialist at their expense if one is not available, etc. I see this as bonus fine print for us. Mexico, get ready for us.
Oct 05, 2011
Safeway, etc.
Yesterday I shopped till I dropped, almost literally! I started the day early and just kept on going.
Safeway, Save On, Costco and Coopers….total spent $913.30. Amount saved $266.18!!! Well worth the effort.
It took me 2 hours to fill this cart. All the blue & orange bags hold cold or frozen items.
We ( I ) always stock up on items needed and some not so needed for our 5 months on the Isla. As we don’t eat meat I always bring in some supplemental foods and things I know I can’t get there, although each year more and more items are becoming available.
I almost didn't stop here where I picked up stiff for me and for friends already on the Isla..
It doesn't look like that much but it filled the car.
The rain had stopped so I was able to unload the fridge & freezer things right away. I left the other 50 bags for Colin to cart into the motorhome where that all now sits on the floor. I guess that will be my job this weekend. I have been buying a little here and there, saving a bundle on our special coffees last month at London Drugs.
I am down to filling the first aid cupboard, getting all the dogs stuff together. and a few other things. We always mange to pick up stuff in the US as well as our wine. Colin has already told me there is no room for wine this year, what a joker he is 🙂 I will buy and he can figure out the storage part.
Then we had company for dinner as they were only in the area for a short time. I may be in slow motion today so just know that I will get back to all your emails and questions as soon as I can.
Oct 03, 2011
Mexico Que Pasa!
Is seems to me that Mexico is about to see an influx of RVers and other travellers. Many are first timers driving down, if not in an RV then in their own vehicle. I honestly didn’t expect it. Great news. My sources you ask, well certainly not professional or official but gleamed from here and there. In all a huge positive feeling over last year at this time.
Mike & Terri Church report that at both their American and Canadian seminars over the summer the numbers interested in travel to Mexico have certainly increased. To quote Terri in an email ( sorry Terri I never asked to use this first, please forgive me )…………………………”I think we had better attendance at the Mexico seminars than
we did last year. At all almost all the seats were filled and usually people
were standing. We visited with several couples who have never been and after
seeing the seminar seemed inspired to give it a try.”
Personally, I have 5 sets of friends who are venturing further south into Mexico as well as to areas they have not been before. In short, they are feeling comfortable to do so. Good for you all. I even have a whole pack of people coming into Mazatlan who I will get to meet. A few are considering staying at Tres Amigos RV Park on the Isla. I really hope that this will be the year the final 10 miles of ‘that road’ will be paved. Once you do get there you will never want to leave. I’ve even talked a few RVers from here in Kelowna to try out Mexico out this winter. Hey what else am I going to talk about at our conversation pool!
Miles of great beach. That's Mazatlan at the top right.
I saw today on the Jaltemba Sol, an online newsletter more interesting information re travel to Mexico. Bill & Dorothy Bell have started a Travel Buddies Facebook page for people wanting to hook up with others to travel across the US/Mexico border and points south. I read yesterday that there are many first timers driving into Mexico. This is similar to the Rolling Press Mexico Travel Buddy Search Page put out by Mike and Terri Church. By the way this is the site to find all the updates to the current Traveler’s Guide to Mexican Camping. You will always be current with the very latest information as in new campgrounds or cancellations or problems on the road. It is updated by Mike & Terri, as we, the Mexican RVers send them information. There is also another Mexico Forum dedicated forum that has a section for travel buddies.
Mazatlan itself is gearing up for a wonderful season. There is so much happening from new theatre to a wonderful new beauty salon that is way more than that. I almost didn’t want to share this link with you but hopefully there will be room for all of us at Tippy Toes. They even serve wine! The owner of Tippy Toes wrote the book ‘The Kabul Beauty School which we will be discussing in our Tres Amigos book club this winter.
Come join us.....
Wow when I started this post I wasn’t sure what direction it was going to go. Viva Mexico!!!!
Might as well give you one more wonderful link to the Mazatlan Exchange Forum, now owned & moderated by Nancy from Countdown to Mexico who also writes for Mexico Today. My goodness, this post is going to keep you busy clicking here and there for a long time.
