Actually I have a great deal to share and I like to do so as it makes for a great diary recording details of our life. We love, love, love being here. I can’t think of anything major, nor minor for that matter, that we are not happy about. The palapa is great, the weather is perfect and the girls and us enjoy the beach as often as we can.
We did get some R & R in about three weeks after we arrived.
I even got my moss rose seeds planted, the ones that I saved from our garden back home. That small beige fence was to try and keep the girls in the yard. It is a steepish drop down to the rocks and ocean. However nothing will stop the chocolates when a feral cat goes past. Colin has since added a higher fence but I don’t like it because I want a clear view. Solution in progress.
As you know there are 3 sites here in ‘our’ RV Park. Sometime last September I shared with a few people that we had two spots available. By the end of that month G&J had snapped one up. They moved into our compound as I sometimes like to call it December 10th. I always wanted to live in a compound just like the Kennedys 😉 Their original check in was January 1st but they couldn’t wait another day.
Thursday December 7th, three loads of soil were delivered and then placed all over G&Js site in order to level it. Here they are shovelling the dirt out and then they would carry it over to level the area. That took several hours.
As well an electrical 50 amp RV plug needed to be installed. Water had to be hooked up and a sewer need to be dug. But by the time the fellows came back from a late lunch the sun was getting lower in the sky. As I explained before, the isthmus is built on huge rocks. These guys used a pick axe to dig down to install a sewer pipe to reach G&Js RV.
They did the same for us but in the daytime. Colin put our Jeep in position and let it run with the lights on. Colin and I came up with a few large beam flashlights. They just kept working until they were done. Such very hard workers.
The pea gravel for G&J site arrived as planned the morning of the 8th, however the wrong size gravel had been delivered. Our handyman called the patron who authorized that he pay for the mistake and not G&J. Meanwhile a front end loader arrived from another construction site and moved the gravel to the entrance to the park. Amazing.
The next day, the morning of the 9th, the proper pea gravel was delivered. All that landscape cloth you see had to be covered shovel by shovel before they could move their RV in. It took us hours to get that gravel moved in our site. Suddenly the handyman and his workers began to help J move the gravel, shovel full by shovel full. That huge full truck load was spread in 90 minutes. G&J kept giving the workers both water and coke and I think at the very end beer. They generously tipped the workers for their extremely difficult work in all the heat and humidity. Now they could finally move their RV in.
Sunset on the 8th.
Colin had arranged for some tree trimming. We got a dent and a few scratches on the roof of our RV. The road was now clear.
We still have things that need to be done here in the park but have decided to wait until January.
Here they come the morning of the tenth.
Welcome to the Isthmus RV Parque. Sadly our internet line was somehow pulled down. Of course that took the rest of the day to sort of but we did have internet before dark.
Looking pretty settled the next day.
Spontaneous happy hour to welcome them and the success of our wee park.
So much happens on a daily basis that I run out of time to post. Last week we ate grilled cheese sandwiches three nights in a row. Our time has been taken up doing things for us and for our RV Parque. I love giving however I do need some quiet time for me. I don’t regret anything that I have done the past few weeks. My wish for Christmas is another 20 hours in each day 😎 Today was busy but I did did get a few hours to myself to read.
We have had many impromptu happy hours this past week ( hence the grilled cheese sandwiches ). Always fun to spend time with others.
We have begun to eat well again. I made a veggie ground round spaghetti casserole in the crock pot yesterday and the night prior Colin make a fantastic salmon fettuccine with tons of fresh mushrooms.
Colin and I put up our outdoor Christmas decorations just this past Friday. This has to be the latest we have ever done so. Then Colin started putting up the inside Christmas lights. While he prepared dinner I put up the rest of the inside decorations. We ere both so relaxed and happy to have it done. I love Christmas but circumstances are different this year. Setting up an entire new site and developing an original RV Parque takes much more time than expected. But we are having fun doing it all.
Very quick shots taken thru the RV windows.
However we have neglected to take photos of everything we have done but on the other hand I have some very different things we have been part of to share in the days to come.
I am officially getting my crown ( for the tooth 😳 ) this Wednesday. After that its just going to be Colin and I relaxing and enjoying every moment to the fullest.
Last weekend there was a lovely wedding on the beach that music playing until 5:30AM. I didn’t sleep much and finally got up to read. So last night there was another event, don’t know what ( perhaps a pasada ) for, but it was closer. Again the music went until 5:30 AM. Colin slept through it all, but I woke up every 30 -50 minute but was able to fall asleep again.
Tres Amigos continues to have a variety of events and fundraisers. We have not participated. We have been told how bad the biting bugs are this season. So wonderful that we have no bugs here 😀
I finally finished getting my plants planted and two flowers beds seeded with wild flowers just outside the wall along the road. Took a bit of energy to clean out the beds of debris and old weeds but we did. The seeds were sown yesterday. Hard to believe that we have been here 6 weeks but there just wasn’t time to get that project completed. However we are going to be here long enough that we will see them bloom.
We have been able to see so many fireworks since setting up here. Most are coming from Mazatlan but a few are from the Isla as well. Such a privilege to be able to see them several times per week.
I am very frustrated with using my iPhone for photography. It is fast and I’m able to get them online quickly using Air Drop. However I really prefer my ‘real’ camera. When I download those photos they go into proper areas, day by day and are dated. I have lost so many photos I think with theiPhone, because they are all mixd together and unless I download everyday they sort of get lost. Guess I need to get more organized. Maybe next year. So I plan to go back to my real camera tomorrow.
A bit of Christmas with more photos to come.That is me working on this very post tonight. I tried to finish this last night but had to stop for dinner. Poor Colin, he was so tired tonight that he went to bed without dinner. Hmm no wonder, I put just over 5 hours into this post.
Very good to read all this. I was waiting for an update.
Everything looks so nice there.
The Christmas decor looks beautiful in your RV.
Glad to see the update. Was wondering about you. Looks like a great place to be. HOpe you can take ity easy after the holidays.
I’m happy to see you have taken a day or two here and there, or at least some hours if not the day. Everything looks wonderful and soon all those blooms will have you snapping pics with anything handy.
I agree that after Christmas is soon enough to continue doing any projects you have in mind. Slow down, you have time to do many things and some can wait for another year. It is a get away, resting, beach walking, enjoying life before it passes by left unexplored. Just think about it please.
Thanks for the updates, the new place looks perfect for you. I hope you don’t mind me asking but, do you own the lot and are renting out the other two sites? You often refer to “our” rv park, that’s why I ask. I hope you all will be able to have a very Happy Christmas and New Year at this wonderful, waterfront paradise.
Thank you for all the wonderful information and pictures- so glad you are in ‘paradise’. Sounds like you are building a new community. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Glad to hear all is going well. Your place looks so pretty! I hope you and Colin have a great Christmas and more importantly more relaxation in 2024 🙂
I’m happy to see you are getting settled in, it was a good move. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and Colin! I will be spending Christmas down in Victoria with Penny and her family.
I’m with the folks upstairs. I checked in the other night and nothing new until tonight. I was getting concerned.
So, thanks for the update. Things are looking swell!
Hard to believe but we have hardly any snow up here (HWY 97) and the temps are quite warm.
Some weeks back you shared a post of a couple building a bus. I was interested but lost their website.
Do you want me to “E” you., or share it here?
Have Fun!
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