Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Pic-of-the-Week for February 27, 2018

Hola Amigos!

It has been a busy 2 weeks since the last post, and it has turned "wintery" for Baja.  Wind, cool temperatures, and lots of cloudy days.  We're looking forward to warmer temps next week, and more sunshine!  (Low temps have been in the 50's, and that's really cold here near the tropics!  Highs have been low 70's.) 




We had our sofa reupholstered by a little shop in a garage in La Paz, and I am quite happy with the fabric I picked out in Oregon last summer!  They did a great job with it.  It cost $1,500MX, which equals $80US.  Not bad!



We closed on our property, and the corn crop planted on that piece of ground is doing great!  The first crop is about a foot tall, and the second crop (you can see it through the wire, is about 4" tall.    Not quite "knee high" yet!  It is doing quite well in spite of the cooler weather.



The bean crop is keeping me busy every day picking what's ripe.  We've been enjoying fresh beans very much.  

Our 2006 Ford truck decided to not start the other day.  😬  Of course, Ben had just washed it and we were ready to go to Cabo San Lucas to have lunch with friends who arrived on a cruise ship.  Fortunately, the 2001 truck still runs, so we did our day trip in that one, and met Patti & Tom at Solomon's Landing at the Marina.  


We arranged for a tow truck from La Paz to haul the truck to our diesel mechanic in La Paz.  When he came on Saturday morning, we decided we needed to pull it out of it's parking spot in the carport in order to load it on the hauler.  We hooked it up to the white truck, and when Ben turned the key to put it in neutral so we could tow it, he decided to go ahead and turn the key further "just in case"...... and it started!!!  Well... we still didn't know why it didn't start all day the day before, so we loaded it up and sent it off anyhow.  Here's a little tidbit for you on the price of things in Mexico.  Diesel is currently about $3.72 US per gallon.  Labor, to work on our pickup for two days, is $45 US!!!!  That's the total cost.  Really!  Hopefully, the truck will be ready by tomorrow.  Ben will take the bus up to La Paz to get it.  


On Monday, we used the white truck (old reliable!) to haul the 1930 Model A body and various parts to a body shop in La Paz.  They promise that they can have it done in 2 months, and we're hoping they're correct!  They are doing some nice work in that shop, and they're excited to work on the "A".  By the way, it took Ben and I 3 or 4 hours to get it loaded on the trailer.  It took 4 hombres at the shop less than 1 minute to get it from the trailer to the setup in their shop!  Sigh.... only so much muscle...but lots of time (at home!)  


FYI, there is a minimal amount of work being done on the 56 Jeep.  It seems like the Model A has taken precedence, and maybe NEXT year, we can get the Jeep done and start using it.  Sigh.... only so much time and money!

We had a solid day of rain a few weeks ago, so the Ocotillo is blooming.  Here's a couple blooms from my morning walk today.  Most of the time, the plant looks dead, but it almost always sends out blooms after a rain.  It makes a striking red splash in the desert! 


I have added a few more photos to the
2018 February album.  Take a peek.  



Ben is off today paying our property taxes in Santiago.  I'm hoping it doesn't rain because I'm doing some laundry!  (No dryer here...only my eco-friendly clothes line!).  I'm also waiting for the propane truck to show up.  Soon I hope, since we're very low right now.  

Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos en Baja
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey

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