Spring Break 2010

Blustery days and cool nights continue here in Paradise. Our daughters, Cindy and Sue came in with 4 grandchildren. Had a great week doing fun things. No frantic running around this time, just beach time, palapa time, and occasional jaunts out of the park. We took the kids to the circus in Playa. What a hoot that was! Right out of the 40s in some areas and then male burlesque in others! Great animal trainer and some good performers. Lots of silliness. It looked like the whole town was waiting in line when we came out of the big top tent.
Trip to the beautiful beach at XpuHa was a good afternoon, tacos at Taco Paco and then swimming at Cenote Azul...what a great day! Akumal was too cloudy for good snorkeling so we did not get to swim with the turtles this time.
The work continues on our Palapa Casa. It is progressing amazingly fast. Papa is ramrodding the venture and he cuts no slack so they are coming along like gangbusters. It is gonna be so pretty! Should be finished by the end of April for sure. Way before we imagined it would be. The Canadians are just about all gone from the park now. Before long, it will be so quiet with only us die hards left. The fishing should improve by mid April and the winds calm down. The mahi mahi should be running by then. Yea! Life continues to be good down in this 3rd world country!!

March already

Here it is the 1st of March and it is still windy and pretty cool. This has been an unusually cold and wet winter. In between we have sunshine and some lovely days. The park is full with lots of winter Canadians that cheered on the Olympians with gusto! The days are filled with lots of book readings, good visits with family and friends. Our girls have each taken time to fly down and spend a few days with us, bringing husbands and grandchildren.
We finally got our FM3's registered in Q. Roo and Playa del Carmen. What an ordeal! Never saw such a beaucracy and useless paperwork! We are now attempting to get our CURP and IMAPAN cards which allow us a senior discount and even more identification as living in PaaMul and Mexico. We are hoping that when it comes time to renew, all this work will make it easier. LOL.
Mrs. Aguti has a new baby! Precious little piglet that I saw this morning for the first time. She wouldn't let him come out of the forest so he kept in the background while she came out to eat.
We are hoping to start on our "boxito casita" or permanent casita under the palapa soon. We don't want to leave our Motorhome here any longer than possible as the corrosion and salt makes the wear and tear really bad. So..we are building a little house underneath. Basically the same size as the MH but a little shorter. Several palapaowners have already built permanent structures and love them. This way, we can fly back and forth and even have the family fly down when we are not here. Best of both worlds.
Still painting on the wall mural. Ongoing labor of love. Still hunting for the art store in Cancun. We go back this Wed and have better directions this time! Every trip is a challenge. Life is good.