Yes, it is finally complete 😀 Colin carefully followed the construction and made a few suggestions here and there. We are confident that it will be a able to withstand high winds but not certain about a Hurricane 3 or higher.
Very heavy supporting beams. Our last palapa had cement posts.
Colin insisted that the holes be deep and also that cement was added.
We definitely needed some protection from the sun.
Love our view.
It was about this point that Colin had an epiphany. The main beam had to be raised several inches so that when leave we can actually get out. Once our engine is on the airbags start to inflate and the RV rises. Had Colin not thought of this, we would have had a major problem to back the RV out.
Once the problem was discovered and the solution found the building of the palapa continued.
The tall yellow and white house belongs to RVers Drew & Jeannie. The next white house ( closest to us ) belongs to our loverly Mexican neighbours.
It is turning out to be a larger palapa than we expected. No complaints about it though. Once the roof in front of the RV was completed we removed the large window screen.
End of the day.
The next morning the palm fronds arrived.
This old timer came along to help. He kept his unlit cigarette in his mouth the entire time. What he is doing is splitting the palm frond in half by splitting the spine in half by simply using his hands.
Half of the branch is carefully placed one at a time.
At least two layers of palms,, then heavy plastic sheet and more layers of palms, all covered by a net ( my request ).
The first set of support braces.
We decided to not have the roof come too far down so we could enjoy the full vista. I really like how my mini palms make it all come together.
If you look up, you can see a bit of a pattern from the palm fonds. Very neat.
Taken the day after the full moon.
I am still in pain because of the root canal. Thank goodness for drugs.
Even more palapa photos coming.
Your palms definitely finish the palapa off. I sure hope you feel better soon.
I love my new winter home. Fortunately I have a dental appointment Monday.
Wow great pics! Can’t wait to see it! Hope your mouth gets better soon!
I hope it will be better soon, at least before you arrive.
Looks lovely. You might want to get that tooth checked, as you should not have any pain after a root canal.
I have an appointment on Monday. They told me that I needed a week after to root canal.
Best of luck with the tooth.
Thank you Colin for thinking ahead. What a nightmare that would have been!
I love the place, much nicer than the other, the palms offer a better view than the dust screen even though it was partially hidden. The views are wonderful. Enjoy.
So nice to not have a dust screen. We do get dust but not very much.
It is concerning that you have pain after a root canal since there shouldn’t be any nerve left. I am the Queen of Root Canals and have lost count as to how many I have had. I don’t want to alarm you but I had only one that gave me pain afterwards and it was because infection went into the bone. That required clindamyacin and an incision in the base of the gum with tubes for the infection to drain. Don’t wait to have it checked (like I did) because you can lose bone. I hope your problem is something much simpler. 🤞
I really didn’t want to read this but I have been suspecting that something is wrong. Dang!!! I already have an appointment with the first dentist on Monday. They wanted to wait a full week after the root canal. I had called the day after the procedure complaining about pain. They do things differently here in Mexico I guess.
Hi Contessa, sorry about your toothache after the root canal. Yes, it could be an infection but it could also happen like it did to me, the root have an extra root-nerve hidden & that was causing the pain. The dentist went & have the second nerve extracted. Talking about weird situation, 2 nerves in a root !!!!!
Look at u guys go!!!! It looks very nice! And all those palms add really nice greenery. Looks to be a lovely place,…
Ready to relax! Hope all gets worked out with the root canal. Healing thoughts your way.