Oct 25, 2018
Que Pasa
Our plans were to stay here at the RV Sunday and Monday in order catch up on blog posts and to rest after three days of adventure. We were awoken Sunday morning ( the 21st ) with thunder and lightening and of course rain. The storm went on for over two hours, the longest thunderstorm I have ever experienced.
I had problems with my computer, it was like it was, to put it bluntly, constipated. It took almost all day and part of the next to get that problem sorted out. I am frankly getting tired of sitting at the computer so much. Thank you computer guru.
Colin meanwhile set up our satellite dish, he had to make up the coordinates as we are out in the middle of nowhere. He did a great job and we had a signal within five minutes. He also enjoyed the time to be able to play his guitars. Yes that is plural.
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Just to catch you up in real time regarding Hurricane Willa.
I spent Monday evening, Tuesday morning , late afternoon and evening glued to the computer concerned for Mazatlan and of course my beloved Isla de la Piedra. I had several contacts who were updating the que pasa of it all. It was a miracle that we were spared, however we are very sad for the area that was hit. Immediately Wednesday morning many in Mazatlan who had prepared for Willa to hit were donating their items, like food, water, candles, batteries and the necessities to get through the days to come. Others were trucking the supplies to Teacapan. Meanwhile here is a news article just published three hours ago that shows some of the devastation there. Click here to read that story.
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Looks like fun. Glad to see the Isla didn’t take too bad of a beating.
I am sure that you know how very relieved we are.
Glad you are getting things done while Mexico cleans up after Willa.
Be Safe and Enjoy!
It’s about time.
Thanks for following along and we so appreciate your support.
So glad your space survived Willa and wow that croc is scary! Love the sunset picture of your unit 🙂
You have no idea how relieved we are re Willa. The sunsets here are amazing.
A couple of quiet days is always nice to enjoy. Nice that the Isla paradise mostly survived this hurricane.
Enjoy some more travel days.
We enjoyed our 2 days off but wow have we been doing things since those days.
No sure if you know, but there are computer programs that are available (free) that give you the exact aiming coordinates for satellites if you have the lat and longitude information from your GPS or smart phone. It worked well for us when we had a dish on a tripod for Hughes and Shaw.
So sorry to tell you that we have no GPS nor am I using my iPhone in the US. Way too expensive. We have a printed chart from at least 15 years ago that we use with the coordinates for various cities all over North America. Colin went between three known areas and calculated our area from that.
I’m not into Apple gadgets, I have an android smart phone. I remove the Canadian SIM card from it once we cross into the US (high Canadian roaming charges!) and I use the wifi feature to connect it to our US wifi hot spot. Google Earth on the phone has the lat and longitude information, I’m sure Apple has similar information that my Android phone has. All the other features on the phone (except calls) are active when connected to the wifi hot spot.
Never knew that, thanks for the info.
Excellent your Isla contacts were able to provide you with postitive updates. Now you can rest in comfort your Winter Home is safe for your arrival.
rocmoc n AZ/Mexico
Thank you, we were hugely relieved. Had things gone the other way, we might have been camped in your driveway 🙂
I did. Not. Know there were alligators in Mexico!!!
Your place looks good n waiting for you..
Oh yeah, many of those nasty creatures but none that we know of where we live on the Isla.
We are so happy you missed Willa! We knew you were not at your destination yet, so we were not worried.
A bad storm can cause so much damage… Happy you are doing great, and thank you for sharing your story!
What a beautiful trip!
Cheers!
Paul and Jan.
We appreciate you constant support. Looking forward to the day that you can join us.