Hola, Amigos...
Another two weeks (and a day) has quickly gone by while we enjoy our sunny, but coolish, days here in Baja. By coolish, I mean that the morning temps have been in the 50's, highs in the 70's. And that is cold for some of the Mexican homes that have no heating systems except for a few light bulbs and the cooking range.... and blankets! It is supposed to warm up to the 80's this next week. (Smiley face!)
Yesterday was a beautiful calm and warm day and good enough for snorkeling ... at least for our friend Maggie. We visited them at their new home yesterday, and when we got there she was down on the beach visiting folks from England and Germany who are here to take kite boarding lessons. Of course on non-windy days, they need to do something else, so were snorkeling there, too. Those rocky areas attract a lot of fish, and she said there were hundreds of them out there.
Ben got our little propane heater working the other day, but it took the whole day to do it, and taking the thing completely apart and tipping it over to get to the little bits and pieces. The gas supply line had separated from the igniter (he found that after much trial and error). At first, he tried to order the igniter unit, but found that the shipping would be about $75 for next day air to get it to friends coming down soon. Ha!! Forget that for a $35 part! Next he tried the store in Salem where we bought it. They didn't have it. Then he tried another one in Medford that wasn't real quick in getting back to us. In the meantime, he managed to get the supply line back into the fitting by carefully, and with multiple tries, drilling out the fitting. After about 10 or 12 times out to the shop to drill it again, it finally worked, and the fitting clamped nicely around the line. Sure is nice to have a "Ben-of-all-trades" who can figure this stuff out.
For those of you who have heard Miguel de Hoyos, our favorite guitarist, when you've visited us....he was back in town! Hooray! We got a front row seat for his last night here a few days ago, and really enjoyed his mastery of the guitar. He claims he will be back again in January or February (with Alex on the violin), so we are pleased about that. Check out our December 2016 album for a couple sample videos of his music.
We are getting ready for Christmas...making our guest list to Christmas dinner and checking it twice or thrice. Ben hopes to smoke another turkey, and I'm sure we'll have all the dishes to accompany it. Ryan got our little stick tree out of storage and it is set up in the living room. It's not decorated yet, but it's on the list of things for me to do! Mañana! Here's what it will look like.... Or something like that!! At least the lights are already on it, so I don't have to deal with them this year.
Ryan has a couple friends coming to visit for a while tomorrow, and they are our first "long term" guests this year. I guess the weather hasn't been cold and miserable enough yet for the rest of you to consider a Baja vacation! Ryan will be gone for several months mid January thru March or longer, so we'll have two guest rooms available then. Something to think about!! You can sit in our garden and watch the hummingbirds!
Oh, I almost forgot... Ben took the 1929 Ford pickup to a car show in La Paz and won another prize or two. I went up on the bus on Sunday afternoon, and got there just as the sun was going down.
Isn't it pretty?!
I've got two photo albums for you to look at this week. The November 2016 has some "end of the month" pics, and I've started the December 2016 album (and lucky you, a couple videos of Miguel playing have been uploaded).
Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey (who snuggle together on cold mornings!)
Another two weeks (and a day) has quickly gone by while we enjoy our sunny, but coolish, days here in Baja. By coolish, I mean that the morning temps have been in the 50's, highs in the 70's. And that is cold for some of the Mexican homes that have no heating systems except for a few light bulbs and the cooking range.... and blankets! It is supposed to warm up to the 80's this next week. (Smiley face!)
Yesterday was a beautiful calm and warm day and good enough for snorkeling ... at least for our friend Maggie. We visited them at their new home yesterday, and when we got there she was down on the beach visiting folks from England and Germany who are here to take kite boarding lessons. Of course on non-windy days, they need to do something else, so were snorkeling there, too. Those rocky areas attract a lot of fish, and she said there were hundreds of them out there.
Ben got our little propane heater working the other day, but it took the whole day to do it, and taking the thing completely apart and tipping it over to get to the little bits and pieces. The gas supply line had separated from the igniter (he found that after much trial and error). At first, he tried to order the igniter unit, but found that the shipping would be about $75 for next day air to get it to friends coming down soon. Ha!! Forget that for a $35 part! Next he tried the store in Salem where we bought it. They didn't have it. Then he tried another one in Medford that wasn't real quick in getting back to us. In the meantime, he managed to get the supply line back into the fitting by carefully, and with multiple tries, drilling out the fitting. After about 10 or 12 times out to the shop to drill it again, it finally worked, and the fitting clamped nicely around the line. Sure is nice to have a "Ben-of-all-trades" who can figure this stuff out.
For those of you who have heard Miguel de Hoyos, our favorite guitarist, when you've visited us....he was back in town! Hooray! We got a front row seat for his last night here a few days ago, and really enjoyed his mastery of the guitar. He claims he will be back again in January or February (with Alex on the violin), so we are pleased about that. Check out our December 2016 album for a couple sample videos of his music.
We are getting ready for Christmas...making our guest list to Christmas dinner and checking it twice or thrice. Ben hopes to smoke another turkey, and I'm sure we'll have all the dishes to accompany it. Ryan got our little stick tree out of storage and it is set up in the living room. It's not decorated yet, but it's on the list of things for me to do! Mañana! Here's what it will look like.... Or something like that!! At least the lights are already on it, so I don't have to deal with them this year. Ryan has a couple friends coming to visit for a while tomorrow, and they are our first "long term" guests this year. I guess the weather hasn't been cold and miserable enough yet for the rest of you to consider a Baja vacation! Ryan will be gone for several months mid January thru March or longer, so we'll have two guest rooms available then. Something to think about!! You can sit in our garden and watch the hummingbirds!
Oh, I almost forgot... Ben took the 1929 Ford pickup to a car show in La Paz and won another prize or two. I went up on the bus on Sunday afternoon, and got there just as the sun was going down.
Isn't it pretty?!
I've got two photo albums for you to look at this week. The November 2016 has some "end of the month" pics, and I've started the December 2016 album (and lucky you, a couple videos of Miguel playing have been uploaded).
Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey (who snuggle together on cold mornings!)
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