Found the Camera!

Kathy had inadvertently packed my camera in her suitcase when she flew back home. And I found my spare one the same day! So all is well again. Met the wonderful lady who is behind the clinic in Playa that is doing such a wonderful job in the barrio community. She has big plans to build her hospital and put in a cardiac clinic. Such a great gal!
Didn't go fishing today as this was cruise day and too many people coming in and out of the beach here. Will wait for tomorrow....man~ana!

Days go by

We have enjoyed our daughters's visits so much. Cindy, Sue and their good friends, Kathy and Anna, came to stay a long weekend with us and just flew back home to La. yesterday. Unfortuately, we had the coldest weather we have had here since we came this year....it was down in the 60's and rained for 3 days. But Sunday turned out warm and beautiful so they got to snorkel and swim and not freeze to death. We enjoyed a day at the park and just stayed in the sun and Pop took us for a ride in the Rubber Duck down to Puerto Adventuras. The water was beautiful! And the reef was so nice just offshore in our little lagoon. But we did have such a good time with the girls. We did Tulum one day and they swam at Xel-Ha on Sat.
One bad thing....I lost my camera again. It was wrapped up in a towel that was left on their back patio at the hotel. I talked with the manager so if it shows up, he will know who to contact. Drat! My fault, for sure.
Life goes on. Doc and Pat are going into Playa today to check in with the Angel Notion....the volunteer group that they are involved with. They have invited us to go along. Don't know if Pop will go, but I would like to.
Looking for Diana and Bill to come in next around the 2nd of Feb. Lots to see and do around here. Hope the palapa going up next door is thru by then. The banging and sawing starts early for the palaperos.

spending time in Paradise

We have settled into our spot here in PaaMul. There is an explosion of palapas being built on either side of us. We have the early morning sounds of workers with drills and jack hammers. Hopefully it won't last long as once they get going, they go up pretty fast. These are big, beautiful palapas with balconies out the back that have ocean views and you can actually see Cozumel and the cruise ships. We have morning walks, bird watching for the beautiful Yucatan jays and orioles, and just slowing down to enjoy what we have here. Dips in the ocean are also nice. The food at the restaurant this year is much improved. Looking forward to our families coming to spend time with us. Life is good.

On the Road at Last!!

We finally got to leave home the day after Christmas. Saying goodbye to the family and heading south towards our winter home in PaaMul, Mx. Overnighted in Santa Fe, Tx with Pauline and Chuck then on down to the RGV for 2 days over the weekend. Had some difficulty getting our permits...only because we got to the Aduana office at Los Indios about 8 minutes after 5pm! They were out the door! So we stayed until Monday, met a neat couple headed down to Panama to house sit for a year!
Left out of First Colony RV resort at 8:30 Monday, Dec 29th and made it as far as right outside Tampico for the night. Staying at a big Pemex. We cause quite a lot of stares in this big MH, but it sure is comfortable. Roads have improved somewhat since last Spring. We still cannot seem to get everything to work right at the same time. The Motosat is temperamental and Direct TV is unavailable. Going to watch Mary's history DVD she gave us for Christmas. 8pm and we are ready for bed!! Pop does a wonderful job of driving this rig but I know it is tiring...must watch the road every second. We should be on the emerald coast at the De Alba RV park that we stayed at last year by tomorrow afternoon. Probably early evening. We need to walk on the beach! Life is good.

Thanksgiving 08 at Home

We had a beautiful Thanksgiving this year. Pop is recovering so well from his heart surgery; we have so much to be thankful for. Cindy and her family were here and her in laws. We had a lovely visit, good food, brisk fall weather. Allan duck hunted each morning and brought home the ducks! Diana and Bill and Trig joined us for dinner. We are blessed.

Stuff Happens

I feel like we fell into a blizzard while out going for a walk thru the woods! Our travel plans came to a screeching halt when Pete got the results from some medical tests. His coronary stints had all occluded and he was sitting on a massive heart attack that he could not have survived. So..he had triple cardiac bypass done on the 16th of November and is now in rehab and doing great. Meanwhile, his poor mother passed away this Sunday, Nov. 2nd. She had suffered the ravages of long time Alzheimers disease that had left her in a pitiful state in the care facility. It was a blessing that she is now in Heaven. Her funeral is tomorrow. Friends Pat and Doc are stopping in on their way down to PaaMul for the winter. Maybe we can join them later. We should know by Christmas how Pop is doing. The doctor said to give him that long and then he will decide if he can "cut him loose".
Meanwhile, all the family is gathering at our house and we should have about 20-25 people here. Pop and I have been sleeping in the Motorhome for about 5 days now. He was bound and determined that we were going to try it out so he moved his bacon and eggs and medicine box out last Thursday night.
Life goes on but I will be so glad when the stress is gone. We will just keep on keeping on until we can head south again.

The "Daytripper"

The new Motorhome has arrived! We have spent the past couple of weeks dragging our belongings out of the house and stuffing them inside. It has so many cabinets and nooks and crannies....much more than the previous bus had. We are actually doing a spread sheet to help keep track of things stored below in the cargo holds...I am trying to keep household items in the same general spots as the last coach. If I didn't, we would never find anything!