{"id":3585,"date":"2023-10-12T14:24:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contessajewall.com\/?p=3585"},"modified":"2023-10-12T14:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T21:32:16","slug":"and-the-rest-of-the-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/contessajewall.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/12\/and-the-rest-of-the-story\/","title":{"rendered":"And the rest of the story"},"content":{"rendered":"

All of the upheaval began less than two weeks before we were to leave the Isla and drive back to our home here. One of the first things we did was drive about 90 minutes north to Celestino Gasca to check out Villa Celeste. We have stayed there many years ago for short periods. The beach is each lovelier than the Isla’s, mostly because there is no one on it. However the only site that we could have was in the middle of the park near the washrooms with no view. Plus the closest city is Mazatlan. Celestino Gasca is a pretty small village. \u00a0On the drive back we talked and did a great deal of thinking. Much as the place was lovely I just couldn’t leave the Isla and all my friends. It was enough to have to give up my garden, my trees and my view. Colin understood that.<\/p>\n

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The first view of our new home. The lot is now level and the berm has been removed.<\/p><\/div>\n

The next day Colin was driving around the Isla and saw a ‘Se Renta’ sign. There was a fellow in the empty lot and Colin stopped to chat with him. It turns out that the for rent sign was for the upper floor of the house next door. However the lot was not for rent but then the fellow said it was possible to rent it. He called the owner and it was decided to rent the lot to us because they liked the idea of someone staying there for security.<\/p>\n

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Standing with your back to the ocean and looking towards El Faro, the lighthouse. Taken March 23, 2023<\/p><\/div>\n

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To help orientate you. The other RV park is on the top right, pretty much to the edge of the photo. This is the Isthmus, a man made piece of land connecting Chivos with Isla de la Piedra. We will be along here close to the Playa Sur Embarcadero.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Our new fence. The property is large enough for three RVs.<\/p><\/div>\n

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They will finish putting in the septic system this week.<\/p><\/div>\n

The lot is actually three separate lots purchased by the owner for him to build a large home on when he retires. He runs a very successful business in Monterrey and has no plans to retire in the near future. So that is how we found our new home. A rental price was negotiated and they would create three RV sites. They would create a septic system – which they will complete this week. Both water and electric run to the edge of the property and they would bring those to each of the three sites. We aren’t sure who is paying for the electric set up because it will set up for 50AMP and 15AMP so there will likely be extra costs involved. The first thing they did was build a wall ( shorter then I would have liked ) but any wall to fence in our property is better than none. They have offered to put in a gate as well. We are very fortunate to have fallen into this situation.<\/p>\n

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The Playa Sur Embarcadero is top left. The dark coloured square is our lot. That straight line is where our RV will be parked. The circle at the bottom of the photo is of another RVer who has left the RV Park. The large house between the two belongs to yet another RVer. We have friends all around us.<\/p><\/div>\n

Many meetings back and forth. Rent was sorted out. We will be paying much much less that we did at the RV Park. I started to sort out my plants and pots. I did dig a few plants out of the ground as I had large enough empty pots. Right now I honestly can’t remember but I think it was close to 30 pots that Colin moved to a friends home so they would be watered over the winter. Sadly I had to leave many of the larger ones in the ground. There was no way to dig up my five palms that I had planted back in 2010. We also had to leave behind the mini front palapa and the long side palapa. Over the years we have had to reroof the palapas. We even paid to bring in our own pea gravel to cover the dirt and keep the dust down. All in all we think that we might have put in $20,000USD, give or take, to create our ocean front paradise.<\/p>\n

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So now we will start to do to create a new site. Some work is being done prior to our arrival. Everything was to have been completed long before now. But Mazatlan has has the hottest and most humid summer in history. Most people were not inclined to work in those conditions. Then the rains and the winds came. Fortunately Mazatlan was spared the hurricanes this season. Not sure what will be completed before we arrive but we will just go with the flow.<\/p>\n

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The red arrow is our place. Playa Sur Embarcadero is in the middle at the bottom of the photo.The yellow arrow is for the large yellow house.<\/p><\/div>\n

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What we will see in front of us.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The shipping channel is directly behind us and the sun sets to the right of the lighthouse behind us,<\/p><\/div>\n

No sense sharing with you all of our plan, as things may change a bit or a lot. Instead once we get there you will see as much as we see. And of course watch it all come together.<\/p>\n

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From the beach. We will be to the right of the yellow house. The girls are very familiar with this end of the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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