Hola Amigos!
I have changed the title of this to "Pic-of-the-Month"! I seem to be getting slower (maybe lazier) in my old age. This is just one of those things that isn't high on the list of things to do.
We have been busy with lots of visiting and socializing and also a little work here and there. Many things are getting done...more or less!
Of course this month there was Valentine's Day, which we celebrated with our friends Katie and Mel, who came in from the wilderness of their camp at Las Frailes.
Earlier in the week we had visited them at their camp in the Las Frailes arroyo (about 4 miles up) for an overnighter. They fed us well, then took us on a neat ride (using their Samurai and ATV) up various smaller arroyos off the main one. Beautiful countryside! We saw so many interesting plants and rocks and rock formations. It really makes us want to get the Jeep running and get out and about more! (See later story). Not much water coming down this waterfall right now, but it does run other times of the year.
Here's a cute little cactus growing out of this rock wall.
Ben, Katie and Mel at another "waterfall" that happened to be dry right now.
Do you see the face in the rock wall?
The next week, we visited as guests of our good friends Tony and Janet for another overnight at Pueblo Bonito in Cabo San Lucas. We ate very well (and often)! They are staying there for some needed R&R and down time. We always enjoy being with them. Ben & Janet share the same birthday, so claim they are brother and sister. I think, with all of the snow happening in central Oregon, they are very happy to be in Baja right now!
Here's the view from our room on the 5th floor.
This was during the afternoon, and the photo below was sunrise the next morning.
On Sunday the 17th, we were invited to "the ranch" at Los Planes. It is the ranch of the family of our La Paz friend Rossi Amarillas. Her brother Alfonso still ranches there, raising cattle and renting out some ground for crops like corn or zucchini. We were celebrating Rossi's birthday and her's and Hector Manuel's wedding anniversary. They fed us some delicious Birria and shrimp ceviche and other tasty foods. We took a short walk out the driveway and photographed some of the huge cactus that grow there, and met some new calves.
This is a Cardon cactus, which grows in all of the Baja Peninsula. This one is possibly 500 years old!
Progress report on the car restorations:
The Jeep is getting new seats installed. Ben and our friend Chuyito went to a junk yard in San Jose del Cabo and bought about 2 year old seats and seat belts out of a Honda. They look like they'll be much more comfortable than the camp style seats that were in it. However, to mount them and to get them to fit properly, some welding was involved, so the Jeep is at a shop in town getting that done. Hopefully, it will be done on Wednesday. I'll add a photo to the February album when that is accomplished. The engine is running very nice, as Chuyito took it on himself to study up on the carburetor, and correct a few misplaced wires. See a video in our February album to see it running! (Chuyito is driving). Ben also bought some steps so we can get in and out of it without breaking a leg!
The '30 Roadster is coming along slowly. Ben has spent a lot of time underneath it (again!) shimming the body to try to get the doors to fit correctly. Since the body is not "stiff", with a roof and window frames, it's tough to get it lined up so the doors close and latch. He's close with the passenger door, but still working on the driver's side door. Then, this week we are going to take on the soft top roof project. We've found and watched several "how-to" videos. I hope our marriage will survive this project!!! Ben did buy a nice air powered staple gun (shown in the videos) because we thought that would be a lot easier than little upholstery nails and a hammer. There is a car show in La Paz in mid-March that we would like to take the car to.... time will tell!
Our garden is growing! Corn cobs are starting to develop, and if we can keep the varmits (Sam and Zoey) out of the garden, we should have some ready to eat in a week or so. (Yes, Sam sneaked in the fenced garden when we had left the gate open and knocked down a few stalks that were thinking about developing cobs. 😦)
Here's the link to our February 2019 Album, which has more pictures and videos in it than this post.
We have guests coming the end of this week, but we've got space for more! If you can get to an open airport, you might want to consider coming to visit us here in Baja California Sur, where it NEVER snows! And the weather is starting to warm up with highs in the low 80's, and the wind should start to slow down, too.
Hasta la proxima vez (who knows, maybe sometime in March!)
Tus amigos de Baja
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey
I have changed the title of this to "Pic-of-the-Month"! I seem to be getting slower (maybe lazier) in my old age. This is just one of those things that isn't high on the list of things to do.
We have been busy with lots of visiting and socializing and also a little work here and there. Many things are getting done...more or less!
Of course this month there was Valentine's Day, which we celebrated with our friends Katie and Mel, who came in from the wilderness of their camp at Las Frailes.
Earlier in the week we had visited them at their camp in the Las Frailes arroyo (about 4 miles up) for an overnighter. They fed us well, then took us on a neat ride (using their Samurai and ATV) up various smaller arroyos off the main one. Beautiful countryside! We saw so many interesting plants and rocks and rock formations. It really makes us want to get the Jeep running and get out and about more! (See later story). Not much water coming down this waterfall right now, but it does run other times of the year.
Ben, Katie and Mel at another "waterfall" that happened to be dry right now.
Do you see the face in the rock wall?
The next week, we visited as guests of our good friends Tony and Janet for another overnight at Pueblo Bonito in Cabo San Lucas. We ate very well (and often)! They are staying there for some needed R&R and down time. We always enjoy being with them. Ben & Janet share the same birthday, so claim they are brother and sister. I think, with all of the snow happening in central Oregon, they are very happy to be in Baja right now!
Here's the view from our room on the 5th floor.
On Sunday the 17th, we were invited to "the ranch" at Los Planes. It is the ranch of the family of our La Paz friend Rossi Amarillas. Her brother Alfonso still ranches there, raising cattle and renting out some ground for crops like corn or zucchini. We were celebrating Rossi's birthday and her's and Hector Manuel's wedding anniversary. They fed us some delicious Birria and shrimp ceviche and other tasty foods. We took a short walk out the driveway and photographed some of the huge cactus that grow there, and met some new calves.
Progress report on the car restorations:
The Jeep is getting new seats installed. Ben and our friend Chuyito went to a junk yard in San Jose del Cabo and bought about 2 year old seats and seat belts out of a Honda. They look like they'll be much more comfortable than the camp style seats that were in it. However, to mount them and to get them to fit properly, some welding was involved, so the Jeep is at a shop in town getting that done. Hopefully, it will be done on Wednesday. I'll add a photo to the February album when that is accomplished. The engine is running very nice, as Chuyito took it on himself to study up on the carburetor, and correct a few misplaced wires. See a video in our February album to see it running! (Chuyito is driving). Ben also bought some steps so we can get in and out of it without breaking a leg!
The '30 Roadster is coming along slowly. Ben has spent a lot of time underneath it (again!) shimming the body to try to get the doors to fit correctly. Since the body is not "stiff", with a roof and window frames, it's tough to get it lined up so the doors close and latch. He's close with the passenger door, but still working on the driver's side door. Then, this week we are going to take on the soft top roof project. We've found and watched several "how-to" videos. I hope our marriage will survive this project!!! Ben did buy a nice air powered staple gun (shown in the videos) because we thought that would be a lot easier than little upholstery nails and a hammer. There is a car show in La Paz in mid-March that we would like to take the car to.... time will tell!
Our garden is growing! Corn cobs are starting to develop, and if we can keep the varmits (Sam and Zoey) out of the garden, we should have some ready to eat in a week or so. (Yes, Sam sneaked in the fenced garden when we had left the gate open and knocked down a few stalks that were thinking about developing cobs. 😦)
Here's the link to our February 2019 Album, which has more pictures and videos in it than this post.
We have guests coming the end of this week, but we've got space for more! If you can get to an open airport, you might want to consider coming to visit us here in Baja California Sur, where it NEVER snows! And the weather is starting to warm up with highs in the low 80's, and the wind should start to slow down, too.
Hasta la proxima vez (who knows, maybe sometime in March!)
Tus amigos de Baja
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey
