5C's Que Pasa

During the last week I received the following comment on my last blog post. That post along with the many comments can be found here.  On November 12th I received this comment……..

I started following Contessas blog 4-5 years ago and have found it quite interesting, reading about their nomad life in MX and their Canadian Summers in BC.

Unfortunately it appears that she is in the process of shutting the site down. She can”t be oblivious to the fact that people are not going to log in every day; because they care and are interested, only not to see one word. Quite disrespectful. Recently there was a long time follower who was checking in and then advised he will be unsubscribing. That got an immediate response from Contessa, so we know she’s logging in herself!

I realize she does not owe us a daily blog but a lot of us may travel vicariously through her and Colin’s adventures and enjoy her adventures and respect the time it takes to do a proper blog…..perhaps a short blurb rather than a book??? She needs to decide if she’s a blogger …. Or not!

I was appalled. Thank you to my readers who added their own thoughts to this offensive comment. I can honestly say Paul,  that I appreciate that you have followed me for 4 -5 years, yet to call me disrespectful is shattering. I have been blogging since May of 2010. For most of that time I did write daily however our lives changed over the past year. Previously there had been a change in format in October of 2022 due to technical blog issues. It was a huge learning step for me but I kept on.

Last January we made a decision to change our path in life. Hence the past eleven months have been in preparation for that. Long story short my body could not quite keep up. But I kept pushing myself. Colin did the brunt of the physical work but I was the one who was constantly sitting at the computer researching, sending out emails, exploring possibilities and it never seemed to stop not to mention the constant marketplace selling and garage sales. We returned from Mexico April 30th and on May 1st began preparing to move out of our home. And neither of us stopped. The house did not sell so we sold the RV and rented a U Haul to transport what was left of our life ( stored in bins and boxes and plastic bags ) to California where we purchased a new to us RV – our home for the foreseeable future.

Towing the U-Haul was not quite as much fun as we thought it would be. Certainly not like the Beverly Hillbillies! Plus the roads were more mountainous than expected while the motels were lesser than expected especially at the prices we were paying. But on the plus side we were able to plug in the freezers overnight and park outside our room. On the last night we ordered a pizza for delivery, $56.00USD!! We ate and went to bed. The sheets and bed were clean but the rest of the place was best looked at with little to no lighting.

Over the past six weeks we left our home country of Canada and crossed not one but two international borders. We worked at fitting our “stuff” into an RV and some unhappy decisions were made. I already regret a few things given away in the US but we have no extra space. Then learning the ins and outs and of course unexpected breakdowns from day 1 ( just 4 hours away from the dealership ). No guarantees with a used RV 🙁   But we do have insurance for the next 5 years on major RV parts which of course was an unforeseen expense. The RV now has Montana plates which decreased the amount of taxes we had to pay. But we did have to hire a lawyer and an accountant for our LLC and an insurance agent to cover us for full-time travel in the RV. Health insurance was covered from Canada to the end of October. We are now on our own as in pay as you go in that department.

There were a myriad of todo’s such as closing down our incorporated company. switching banks, closing down the house in Kelowna for the next while. Finding out that the owner of our compound here on there Isla died a few weeks before we left Canada.  How long could we continue to stay here? We still are not certain. I could go on and on. Many nights I went to bed without dinner as I was too busy.

I came back the end of April 2024 with a worn out body. My fall in July ( broken nose ) was literally a pain. Then with less than a week to leaving Canada I had a major fall in the bathtub and could not walk for three days. I was beyond drained. Of course my “unsuccessful” eye surgery was debilitating. I consider myself unable to walk on my own and certainly I will never drive again. Every step is in slow motion so I don’t fall but simply not seeing cleary is crushing. Not seeing the ocean and the beach distinctly is well……think about it – if it was you.

It is only in the past few days that my physical pain ( thanks to my masseuse Katia ) is starting to diminish. I have been sleeping 10 – 12 hours per night with one or two naps per day. One of the few highlights in my life has been writing my blog for the past 14 years. It hurts me more than you when I don’t publish but I finally realized I had to choose myself as the most important thing in order to keep living. Living a good and happy life that is. I am number one 😎  La première 😀 El primero  😉

Paul I apologize for upsetting your reading and enjoyment of my blog. But I am simply a human who has experienced copious adjustments in the past six weeks 😥 Personally that fact that my body energy is ever so slowly returning as the physical pain level decreases delights me. What you don’t know is that in the past 12 months I have not been on a walk more than 24 times – never mind an honest to goodness beach walk.

Right now my priority is to get out there and be happy with no pain nor anguish. Sorry this is a “book” but that is how I roll these days. Taking photos and editing them and fitting them into a post takes energy that I simply do not have. I have taken photos and am eager to share them but please give me time.

Some may recall that the reason I started to blog was that I wanted certain photos in my emails re our travels. That will come back but if it takes too long for you Paul, I wish you good reading elsewhere.

In real life today, we planted some new flowers here in the compound. I am going to make pizza from scratch for dinner. Life is good, we are a happy team with some wonderful ( if only they would stop barking at feral cats ) doxies. Our future lies ahead whatever direction down the road we choose.

Fred took this last ? November.

We are so enjoying our new home ( at least while I am awake ). We each have our own toilet 😆  So far we have no complaints except for the various breakdowns ( mostly because the RV has sat for many years with little use – it only had 23,000 miles on it so basically is like new ) Have to say that the macerator breaking down was a huge issue/problem! But having windows that have never been opened ( clean screens ) nor a stovetop that has ever been used are huge plusses. The enormous residential fridge and washer/dryer are wonderful bonus items.  And then there is the king bed. The girls are now officially sleeping full-time in our bed. Well we are full-timers.

Most difficult thing is trying to find where I put everything such as the pizza dough for dinner………

A very quick update. On Monday we got our Visa extended for the next 3 years and the TIP  for the car to match it. Tuesday it only took 30 minutes to carefully drive here and park in our compound. The driving part included cutting tree branches that could scratch the RV ( that had been done the day prior ) or put a hole in the roof and the parking part took over two hours and involved some machete cutting and saw cutting and rock pounding ( Mexicans are so creative ). Not to mention tall fellows standing on ladders to hold up both the electrical and the internet wires. Miraculously we pretty much fit next to the palapa we built last season. Details to follow. Also had some RV work done and we are good for now.

I had a massage today, a long shower and enjoyed homemade fresh shrimp burritos for lunch with a lovely glass of Australian Sauvignon Blanc. Followed by a bit of reading time and a long nap outside.  It was way too hot to sit outside at Tres Amigos but the breeze is perfect here and of course no bugs 😎  My main goal is to decrease my pain and increase my energy level. The rest of the yard set up and unloading can wait. As far as I know we are here for at least 6 months. We had planned to go out and about for the Day of the Dead ceremonies and parade starting tomorrow but this year we are just going to sit tight.

Just love the sunflowers and the butterflies.

It was a great travel day, we were driving by 6:03AM and arrived on the Isla itself by 12:40PM.  It was a stressless drive. In fact we wondered if this cartel war was for real.  We saw neither bad guys nor good guys ( police/military, etc ) no one was being pulled over every so often as we have been the past two past days. No military presence whatsoever. The roads were busy with mostly trucks. Never saw another RV since we left the US border. It was an easy non stressful drive.

Until we got to the Isla that is 🙄

We disconnected as usual but Colin decided to take the Jeep for a quick preview of the condition of the road and the low hanging  trees. He was gone almost 90 minutes 😯 Finally he came back with dismal news. Our site was full of weeds and our gravel had not been delivered and the gate was rusted shut! But worst of all there were so many low hanging tree branches that needed to be cut so we could drive to our site. It would take hours.

I made an executive decision and called David, manger of Tres Amigos and he graciously offered us to stay in which ever site we want to in RV1. It truly felt like coming home. Our site for years and years was number one but we stopped in site number two. Not sure we would fit in our old site with the new to us RV. But it was really wonderful, pulling in here. Even the girls knew where they were.

So tomorrow is tree cutting and gravel delivery day. I am staying here with the girls. Nothing is planned for certain but we wonder if it might be best for us to relax here for a few days and get our INM Visa business completed and then move to the compound Tuesday or later. Here it will be like a vacation just sitting and relaxing.  Moving involves starting a permanent set up. I vote to stay and relax 😎   We already had visitors earlier this afternoon which was very pleasant. Happy Birthday Jeannie, sorry but we really needed to set up the RV. Hope your dinner was extra special.

I feel asleep watching the ocean waves and then it was sunset. Perfection.

First Isla sunset this season. It feels so great to be back.

This was to have been posted Wednesday PM but I could not internet to work. So now I am post ing at noon today, Thursday. So read the following as if you were reading this last night.

It feels like the first day to the rest of our life.

We have spent the past 9 or so days ( I no longer recall details ). All our boxes have been unloaded, most items found a home in the RV, a few others hit the dust bin. We purchased some necessary groceries. We now have a residential fridge that holds more that expected. Bonus.

The alternator was replaced a few days ago and works great.  Colin noticed that the the RV tires seemed more flat than round on the bottom. He called in a semi truck repair vehicle. The tires were at 90 and were properly inflated to 130. So we were good to go.

Today we travelled from Las Vegas to Quartzite and are dry camping to test out how it all works out with our new home re keeping the fridge cold via the inverter and so on and so on. We are running our quiet generator to charge things before shutting it down about 8PM.  Yes we parked all away from other rvers.

Set up is quick with a self levelling system, no jacks 😎  Four slide outs deployed within in a few moments, push buttons and there you have it all ready.

Today was the second day that I have not had to take pain meds so that is big plus. Today was also our dry run for our first few nights in Mexico. Speaking of Mexico things are not going so well right now on 15D. In fact there are now cartel wars in at least six areas of Mexico. I have heard that the new president of Mexico does no plan on initiating any activity against the cartels until October 29th? Why?? Is she waiting for the weekend celebrations of the Day of the Dead to invite more killings?

As you know our personal issue is the renewal of our Temporal Visa.  Legally it must be done at an INM office – actually the same one we started this journey with last year. We would prefer to not have to travel to Mazatlan at this time. So my plan is to ask at KM21 for mercy due to the cartel situation and ask the INM there to grant us a few weeks extension. Then we would stay in San Carlos or Playa Los Glorious in Gusave. If we are not granted an extension then we will have to make a major decision on Wednesday evening.

Many have emailed or commented about us flying into Mazatlan. First of all it is not a fly and fly out the same day. It can take up to 3 days of back and forth to INM.  That means hotels, etc. Secondly we would have to leave the girls alone in an RV they are not very familiar with and with strangers to feed and walk them. That just is not going to work plus it is rather expensive.

I have photos to share but not the time right now. I thought that you might prefer this update. Gene don’t you dare leave me after all of these years.  We are not settling into one location but will be traveling all around Mexico, the US and maybe back to Canada.  I know I owe that generator repair post…..have not forgotten.

Written at 8PM Thursday the 17th. Then spent two hours trying to post this. No go.

We have been in Las Vegas since last Saturday the 12th of October.  Much to my chagrin the internet is dead, dead, dead😵 We left the dealership about noon on the 11th and have had a few challenges. Long story short we need a new alternator. Finally got that today ( $$$$$ ) and then a no show from the RV tech. Hopefully tomorrow.

The entire packing and loading thing took much longer than expected. We knew that it would be time consuming but had no idea it would take the energy and amount of time that it did. Who knew how much space a king duvet and cover and sheets and mattress cover would take once all folded up? In the end both the car and the U – Haul were full and I mean FULL!!

Extra special thank you to our great neighbour and friend Jack who helped Colin pull it all together at the last minute. And he even took out all of our garbage and recycle later in the day. Also a huge shout out to our friend Cindy who was concerned that we were still home when we should have been gone 15 minutes earlier. The plumber could not come on the weekend to do the water blow out of the house which is why we rushed things to leave today,  However I had a hair appointment with Tana which would be my last for a very long while. Cindy took only a nano second to take in the que pasa of the moment and decided to save the day by driving me to the top of the Mission for my appointment giving Colin much needed extra time to finalize the packing and loading. Almost two hours out of her life to do this for me 😎

Meanwhile I also have another special friend working behind the scenes trying to help us figure out a way to delay the extension of our temporal due to the cartel situation in Sinaloa.

We had a shaky start to the day but we quickly crossed into the the USA late afternoon with few questions. The border agent asked all the usual questions but not once asked why the Jeep was loaded to the roof nor what we were hauling in the U-Haul. I must say that we truly felt like the Beverly Hillbillies today. It was only about a 130 mile day but we were ready to call it a night. About 10PM now, we just shared a tuna Subway for dinner and a lovely bottle  of Sauvignon Blanc. The girls were very upset earlier in the day because of all the strange activity.

Actually I later realized that I was also unsettled as suddenly I was being driven away from my home without having a chance for a final look at the view or even an adios to mi casa 😥 It felt strange not leaving the house together.

Tomorrow is the begging of another adventure for us, roads never travelled and so on.

Maybe photos tomorrow……

The weather has been spectacular the past few weeks. No rain to mention, the odd shower perhaps. Perfect conditions for packing and packing and even more packing. The leaves are just starting to turn. Nature is beautiful. We will miss our home here but not the cold which is beginning to creep in despite the sunshine. However it appears that at some point we will be back here next spring/summer for a bit, especially if the house sells.

Colin is working so very hard –  I never could keep up and now he is taking over most of my duties as well. I wasn’t going to tell you but then I always tell you everything so here goes. I had a fall, actually a bad fall last Sunday evening getting out of the bathtub. Finally I got up and got to bed. When I woke up Monday I could not walk and thespian was off the charts. No I did not go to the hospital as I don’t have 7 hours to sit in the ER. I carefully felt around, even both hips were hurting. Then I borrowed a walker. That helped me a bit. Mostly I sat at the computer and finalized all the online to do’s 😛 Yes finalized. There will always be things to do but I can let go now for a few days. I was so grateful for Colin taking on so many of my usual tasks.

Colin thought that this U-Haul which is that largest they have would be too big. Well it is pretty much filled to the top and front to back. Big worry is where will everything go when we unload.

Tuesday afternoon I got my crown and it fit perfectly. Best root canal and crown ever. I was using the walker and in pain. Yesterday morning I saw the eye doctor but a different one. Not the surgeon but an ophthalmologist in the same office compound as the surgeon. She was young and full of energy and very helpful. I had the best eye examination ever. Long story short I do need some distance correction ( very minor and a bit of astigmatism adjustment in my left eye ). I do need readers for close up, computer and reading. I am going to alternate between a  2 and a 2.5 correction. She came up with the perfect prescription for me but when we walked across the hall to the optical area I discovered that while they can do many things in a day they can’t do progressives. It takes a few weeks which of course I don’t have. My eyes are still healing and in fact I still do have inflammation in both eyes. Also my tears dry in mere seconds which is another reason I have trouble seeing. So I need to continue with the eyes drops but Mazatlan’s humidity will take care of that. So I had distance lenses put into my old teal coloured glasses which will be great for driving. I will use the readers I have. I was hoping to get sunglass readers but they are expensive and take several days to make. So I will find a pain of nice sunglasses to cover my readers when outside or using my distance glasses. As my eyes heal I will likely no longer need the distance correction.  So it was a good surgery but I am unique in my healing time.

Today I have less pain than the day prior and am going to start using a cane instead of the walker. To be honest neither of us felt that I would be able leave tomorrow because of the pain levels. However here it is our last day and there is a huge amount of packing to get done and I have no choice but to get it done.

This quick post was just to update you. I might just use the lap top so there may be no photos. Right now I am focusing on the next hour and then the next hour. The poor girls are upset with all the activity and were not happy to be left alone for over 5 hours yesterday. Today we are all together and will be from now on.  I am looking forward to building them a lovely nest in the car for our hours of travel.

I have been stressed to the max but today I can see a glimpse of my lovely future. Just have to take baby steps. You all know that loading the RV in a day next week will be a challenge but that is next week.

Off to finalize the packing……

Right now at 11:45AM!  Go to go, coffee break is over.

…good lesson to learn. We must learn to live each day to its entirety – actually to live each hour to the fullest. Time passes so quickly and then it is gone. The day before yesterday is gone, yesterday is gone and today is almost gone and I am not happy about it. But how do we take control of our own time?  EDIT HERE : I wrote this last evening and then Colin insisted I stop so I could eat dinner. So here I am taking a wee break from packing to finish this post. 

We had a windstorm the other day and our fence came down. The neighbour and Colin got it back together.

The past three days have mostly been devoted to the transfer of my old iMac desktop to my new iMac desktop. You likely will recall that we purchased 2 new desktops computers this past July, one for each of us. Hopefully they will our last major computer expense. Colin set his up in August, it took a long time. Therefore I kept putting off the transfer to my new computer. Well here we were with just a week left so it had to be done. Long story short I/we spent three full days online with Apple techs.  They do a great job but only do what you ask. So you need to keep calling back to get it done. Today I realized that my Mail had not been transferred. And just now in really time Sunday morning, I realize that half of my mailbox folders are missing. Just another task I have to figure out later today.

The girls just find a wee corner to rest in.

I thought I was done midday today. Turns out that a previous FaceBook issue had resurfaced. So the new computer is operating a non functioning FB account on one email address and the old computer ( about to be killed and sold ) is using a fully functioning FB account with all my accounts and marketplace information. sadly I went down the dark road today of getting help from a FB ‘fixer’.  I fear I have been scammed $30.00 USD. He did fix it but says that he needs another 16.00US to delete the bad account so that I am good to go. Well we spent hours going head to head with neither of us giving in. He would not take 50%. I told him that I had trusted him with the 30.00  ( 45.00 CAD ) and that he had to prove to me he could do the job before I gave him more money. So at this very moment we are at a standoff. The major issue is that it is the new computer that I can’t use my correct FB account in.  The one where I have all that I am selling on. In fact that  email account will be cancelled this next Friday. I finally had to say enough and move on to writing this blog post. And again in really time Sunday morning I caved and send him another $16.00 USD. I think that he is working on it now!  I had no choice.

Computer change over. Colin is holding his phone so the Apple tech can see what is going on. The new computer is the green on the left.

Yesterday we  officially cancelled our MLS listing for the house. We will re list in early 2025. Difficult decision but it needed to be done.

So I saw my eye surgeon this past Monday ( the 23rd). My eye tests were done and the doctor told me that all the “numbers” were good. He decided I have dry eye ( probably from being on the computer so much )and now has me doing different eye drops 4 -5 times per day. He is confident that I am fine. He did suggest that I lower my readers from 2.5 to 2.  Hard to say how much of a difference it is making. He did say that the humidity of Mazatlan will be of help to my eyes. However I have another appointment on Wednesday to pay to have my eyes tested by their eye glass selling division and to give me the numbers I need for readers. Maybe I should order sunglass readers??

Once my desk left I had to change my work space.

Next is my root canal. For the first time ever I asked to be sedated 😎  Definitely the way to go. I have no recall of the 3 hour procedure. However I still have pain today…supposed to get the new crown Tuesday.  I recall having pain for a full month this past February when I got my crown done in Mazatlan. I guess my teeth are sensitive.

Every room looks like this.

Only 5 sleeps to go and still lots of work to do. So I best be off and get it done.

Going to miss this view.

I have no idea where to start. We plan the day and then it goes 10 ways sideways.  So much I want to share with you but things change 4 – 8 times or more per day. My mind is a few days behind. I have not kept a list as the time is passing too quickly.

Girls are being so patient will all the activity.

For instance we are in the midst of our……….. – I wrote the above about 10 days…….

We had wedding photography in our yard one hot summer day.

I wrote the following this past Wednesday the 18th of September.

Right now today ( the18th ) I am sitting at the airport in Edmonton waiting for my flight back home to Kelowna.  Colin left home yesterday @ 4:30 am to drive with the twins to Vancouver to do some must needed errands before we leave.  I left home at 8am. At least we were gone the same day. I flew to Edmonton to see my chiropractor.  Good thing I did as I had quite a few issues directly related  to my fall this past July when I broke my nose.   I needed more intense treatment today, hopefully that is all the I will require.

Meanwhile Colin got his two major errands done and my two smaller ones. He says that the girls travelled well and despite all different people he met and going up and down elevators three times that they never barked once.  Sadly he never got home til almost 11pm. I was already asleep in my uncomfortable hotel bed. But I was on the 8th floor, top floor, and kept getting up to check on the Northern Lights. Despite having been out the past few nights they were a no show last night – much to my dismay.

So que pasa? The house has not been sold. The very original plan was to sell the house and upgrade our 2001 RV – probably in the spring of 2025.  But as the house never sold Colin started to look at options. He found a lovely 2006 Marquis in Langley, B C. However he discovered that we would have to pay a $25,000.00 luxury tax to register the RV.  Well of course we would not do that.  So then we decided to drive our original RV to the USA to trade it in. First of all they would charge us $5,000.00 USD to register it in the USA so that they could sell it. Plus they would have only pay us 50% of what we could sell it for here.

My relaxing Greek lunch in Edmonton.

So it became a bit of a game. Colin who gets up a few hours earlier than I do would wake me up with the “new plan for today” about 8am.  So almost every day we had a new
direction to plan for.  One morning he had yet another plan. We should sell our RV here in Kelowna and to drive to the USA and purchase an RV there. I simply glared at him and said no way.

I also had a wee visit with an esthetician. But the 18 steep steps up just about did me in. I had to first to up to make the appointment and then go back a bit later.

The next day he had a solid plan. We would unload the RV – which by now was fully loaded and only needed the rest of our clothes and bathroom items to be loaded.  My quick reply was asking how the $400.00 worth of special frozen food that I had already ordered would be transported. In the end we ordered two freezer/fridge coolers. Click here to see them.

I am selling and selling on FB Marketplace. This was fun request but we were too far for them to come and pick up.

So you now are starting to understand how each new day had special challenges.  In addition to that I was able to shut down Colin Jewall Photo Studios Inc.  the end of August. The final final year end will be done the end of February.  However I am done and so very happy about it. The last six months balanced to the penny – of course it did.

The weather has been very pleasant and the girls have been hanging out at our beach.

Meanwhile every day poses new challenges. A few are solved quickly but most take more time which changes the course of our planned day. Of course we are behind schedule. The last two showings we had were canceled at the very last minute. Oh and due to a multitude of factors we are now leaving a day earlier.

At this point we plan to take the house off the market the end of September and relist in the spring. We have arranged to have the house winterized as usual on Friday the 4th of October. Plumbers don’t work on the weekends so we’ll have to leave a day early.

Everyday Colin is working at packing things as well as planning for the weeks ahead. Our motor home sold in two days site unseen for full asking price. We had hundreds of inquiries. My job was to sort out the buyers while Colin cleaned and unloaded it. We had literally just finished loading it. What we found sad was that most of the inquiries were from people wanting to live in it full time as they had no home. A couple and their two kids were renting one room in a house. They were so hoping to get the financing to make our RV their forever home. Sadly they were unable to get the financing. We felt so badly for them.

…..and now I am continuing in real time today, Sunday the 22nd. 

So we got back from our mini individual travels and hit the ground running. Well not quite, I was exhausted, I went to bed without dinner that first night back. I have been having a tooth ache off and on for a few days. So a few days ago – Thursday past – I went to the dentist. Very bad news. I have a hidden cavity under my gold crown. It is a big deal, crown has to come off, clean out the infection, kill the three roots and and prep for a new crown. Three hours in the chair. $3850.00!!  I am on antibiotics. And for those who will tell me to wait and do it in Mexico, I can’t wait because of the pain. Also it would probably cost more or the same as here. You may recall that I had that root canal just this past February and then Colin had one, same price as here. So this is an expensive year for teeth.

We are enjoying the fruits of Colin’s labour in the garden. About two weeks ago the tomatoes started to ripen. Late this year but worth the wait.

As well as expensive in getting my cataracts removed, I think it was about $3700.00. I still am not seeing clearly. There is no way I can drive as I can’t do anything using my readers and a magnifying glass. I see the eye surgeon tomorrow. It looks like I will be going back to eye glasses.

We have also put a deposit down on a new to us RV in California. We did a FaceTime video walk through. However it has now come to our attention that in order to do all we need to do ( register the RV in Montana, get an LLC and the plates and have everything legal – including no paying California taxes ) we now have to pay for the RV in full this coming week.

The girls keeping me company after one of my eye surgeries.

Things would’ve been much easier if we had sold the house. Also if we did not have that deadline of renewing our Mexican Residency paperwork I Mazatlan by the end of October. We are being pushed in both directions.

I am in the process of changing my Facebook information. I have changed it to Contessa Jewall from Connie Doxie but am having  a load of trouble changing my email address with FB. Don’t even ask.

Colin is like the energizer rabbit. He just keeps going and going and going and packing and packing even more. Thus far we have 40 bins full with many more to come. The final ( at least I hope it is ) plan is that we will be pulling a U – Haul trailer, probably 6 X 12 or 5 X 8. We don’t actually have a plan because we don’t have time to talk about it but I think we will be on the road for 3 nights hoteling it. Traveling to the Sacramento area where the new bus is waiting for us.

That is all I can give you today folks. Yes we know about the cartel activity in Sinaloa but I can’t even think about it until we get into our new home. we will have a week or so in Las Vegas to get settled and sorted out. I refuse to think ahead about all there is to do. Enough to do at this very moment. My desk is sold and goes out this afternoon.  I am sad about that. I also need to get my new iMac set up before we leave.

Thank you for all your thoughts and comments.

We really need to get to our home on the Isla.

That looks like fun!