Hola Amigos!
This is it! My last POTW this season. Ben takes over writing this while we are in the US, and I get a vacation from this literary endeavor! Of course, he's on vacation, too, so don't expect anything regular.
We plan on leaving Friday, taking 6 days to travel 2000 miles and get to our primary destination in Bend, Oregon. We could do it in 4 or 5 days, but we're in no hurry, and hope to enjoy the drive. Zoey is finally at a point were she has some pretty good bladder control, so it looks like we'll be able to travel with her without too many problems. She's still not walking on her own, but we've got the sling thing down pretty well. As long as I can get her outside for a potty stop FIRST THING in the morning, we'll do fine! Ryan returned from his 2 week visit to California and Oregon and Washington on Saturday, so he's ready to take over and hold the fort while we're gone. Last year on this same day, we had our "BAD Baja road adventure" where we hit a nasty bridge abutment and broke a U-bolt on the car trailer. Ugh. At least we're not hauling a car north this year, so won't have to worry about that happening again.
You know we get all kinds of birds in our yard, and we enjoy watching them very much! Yesterday we had a Roadrunner visit our bird bath for a drink. We see them here and there as we're driving the roads, but this is the first time I've seen one in our yard.
He was real happy that our bird bath was full. It was a HOT day.... in the high 90's with 80% humidity, and there was a hot wind blowing a good part of the day. The AC in our bedroom felt very, very nice when we went to bed last night. Supposedly it will be getting cooler by Friday by a few degrees. It's feeling pleasant this morning, with the current temp at 70. Ahhhhhhh.....
Ben has been quite busy getting some last minute things done around here, putting up storm shutters for a friend, making a last trip to La Paz for some boat parts and other items. Ryan did bring back some major boat parts with him when he returned, and Ben got some pipe clamps (minor, but important!) While waiting for parts, Ben has cleaned up and painted the engine so it is looking very nice. Chuyito will work on it this summer while we're gone, and hopefully finish it by the time we get back.
I won't show you what the rest of the garage looks like during this process!
Ben also pruned our Mesquite tree. Yep, it's looking pretty stark right now, but we'll send an "after" picture next fall, and you'll be amazed. In the meantime, it's two BIG loads worth of stuff for the dump! Hopefully the dump will be open again soon!!
Our baby Orioles have hatched in the nest in a banana leaf right outside our bathroom window, and they had the ride of their lives yesterday! Mama sat in the nest most of the day hanging on for dear life, holding them in. The wind was really whipping that leaf! They all survived, and will have stories to tell, I'm sure! It's hard to get pictures of them...with the extra weight in the nest the leaf is hanging lower so we can't see much but a glimpse of open beaks sticking straight up now and again.
We've found a new "favorite" restaurant, and we're not sure why it took us so long. La Playa (the beach) is tucked into a spot on the north end of town, right on the beach (obviously!), and they cook some delicious breakfast food. We'll try them for dinner, too, next fall when they're open for dinner. They're ready to close down for the season now, but we got to enjoy eating here for about a month.
This is Ben's favorite thing to order: Burro la Playa. It is excellent! I can order a chicito burro (same thing, much smaller) for about 20 pesos, or $1.25.
The value of the peso keeps going down, which is a good thing for us. Right now it is around $18.50 pesos to $1 US dollar. Hopefully for the Mexicans, prices of goods won't go up much so they can still afford to buy groceries and gas.
Ben finally found my birthday present...a doormat. I like it! (It should say "if you forgot the red wine", though!)
Counting down the days until we travel....
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam and Zoey
PS. I have not started a Picasa album for June, and I forgot to tell you about May's last time, so just enjoy the few photos in this post.
This is it! My last POTW this season. Ben takes over writing this while we are in the US, and I get a vacation from this literary endeavor! Of course, he's on vacation, too, so don't expect anything regular.
We plan on leaving Friday, taking 6 days to travel 2000 miles and get to our primary destination in Bend, Oregon. We could do it in 4 or 5 days, but we're in no hurry, and hope to enjoy the drive. Zoey is finally at a point were she has some pretty good bladder control, so it looks like we'll be able to travel with her without too many problems. She's still not walking on her own, but we've got the sling thing down pretty well. As long as I can get her outside for a potty stop FIRST THING in the morning, we'll do fine! Ryan returned from his 2 week visit to California and Oregon and Washington on Saturday, so he's ready to take over and hold the fort while we're gone. Last year on this same day, we had our "BAD Baja road adventure" where we hit a nasty bridge abutment and broke a U-bolt on the car trailer. Ugh. At least we're not hauling a car north this year, so won't have to worry about that happening again.
You know we get all kinds of birds in our yard, and we enjoy watching them very much! Yesterday we had a Roadrunner visit our bird bath for a drink. We see them here and there as we're driving the roads, but this is the first time I've seen one in our yard.
He was real happy that our bird bath was full. It was a HOT day.... in the high 90's with 80% humidity, and there was a hot wind blowing a good part of the day. The AC in our bedroom felt very, very nice when we went to bed last night. Supposedly it will be getting cooler by Friday by a few degrees. It's feeling pleasant this morning, with the current temp at 70. Ahhhhhhh.....
Ben has been quite busy getting some last minute things done around here, putting up storm shutters for a friend, making a last trip to La Paz for some boat parts and other items. Ryan did bring back some major boat parts with him when he returned, and Ben got some pipe clamps (minor, but important!) While waiting for parts, Ben has cleaned up and painted the engine so it is looking very nice. Chuyito will work on it this summer while we're gone, and hopefully finish it by the time we get back.
I won't show you what the rest of the garage looks like during this process!
Ben also pruned our Mesquite tree. Yep, it's looking pretty stark right now, but we'll send an "after" picture next fall, and you'll be amazed. In the meantime, it's two BIG loads worth of stuff for the dump! Hopefully the dump will be open again soon!!
Our baby Orioles have hatched in the nest in a banana leaf right outside our bathroom window, and they had the ride of their lives yesterday! Mama sat in the nest most of the day hanging on for dear life, holding them in. The wind was really whipping that leaf! They all survived, and will have stories to tell, I'm sure! It's hard to get pictures of them...with the extra weight in the nest the leaf is hanging lower so we can't see much but a glimpse of open beaks sticking straight up now and again.
We've found a new "favorite" restaurant, and we're not sure why it took us so long. La Playa (the beach) is tucked into a spot on the north end of town, right on the beach (obviously!), and they cook some delicious breakfast food. We'll try them for dinner, too, next fall when they're open for dinner. They're ready to close down for the season now, but we got to enjoy eating here for about a month.
This is Ben's favorite thing to order: Burro la Playa. It is excellent! I can order a chicito burro (same thing, much smaller) for about 20 pesos, or $1.25.
The value of the peso keeps going down, which is a good thing for us. Right now it is around $18.50 pesos to $1 US dollar. Hopefully for the Mexicans, prices of goods won't go up much so they can still afford to buy groceries and gas.
Ben finally found my birthday present...a doormat. I like it! (It should say "if you forgot the red wine", though!)
Counting down the days until we travel....
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam and Zoey
PS. I have not started a Picasa album for June, and I forgot to tell you about May's last time, so just enjoy the few photos in this post.
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