Hola Amigos,
We have a reminder on our Google Calendar for every other Tuesday that says "Write Pic-of-the-Week". I usually just ignore it, but Ben mentioned today (in jest, I think) "have you written Pic-of-the-Week?" "Nope!" But now I feel a bit guilty, so I guess I'll get 'er done!
Since our last missive, we've had three sets of guests; one set of 4, one set of 3, and now my brother Rich by himself. The first group was Ben's brothers John and Greg, and Greg's wife Cherlene and daughter Georgina. It was a quick trip for them here at our place, as they spent the first part at a time-share in San Jose del Cabo. Several days after they got here via Aguila Bus, Ben was able to take them whale watching at Magdalena Bay to a new place (for us), and it was quite successful. So successful, we took the next guests there, too! Those 2 day trips included an overnight stay in La Paz, so that was nice for the guests to spend a bit of time there as well. Below is John, me, Ben, Greg, Cherlene and Georgina in front of La Playa restaurant, shortly before they had to leave.
Our next guests were our friends George and Carolyn from Oregon and George's brother Paul from Texas. They were all supposed to arrive the same day, but George and Carolyn didn't make it to the Portland airport from Salem due to a major truck turn-over accident on the I-5 freeway in Portland. They had to reschedule and come the next day. Paul made it in from Texas just fine, so we picked him up the first day, and then made a return trip to get the late-comers the next day! See what lengths we go to for our guests?
We had to go the the Round Bar at Rancho Buena Vista with them on International Margarita Day to celebrate properly. Rancho makes some of the best Margaritas in the area!
I got to go on the 2nd whale watching trip and took some fun pictures of the whales. We have never seen so many whales spy-hopping! Over and over you'd see them popping up to get a look around!
One whale came very close to the boat, and George almost got to pet it, but he said his wife and brother were holding onto his belt so he couldn't get quite close enough!! Anyhow, our 2 hour trip was plenty of time to see an abundance of whales. To see more whaling pictures, I've created a Sackinger Vacation album. And, you get to see a few more things they did on their vacation! They left here to spend the next part of their vacation on a Mexican Island, Holbox. Never heard of it? Me, neither, but they'd been there before, and it is supposedly very unimproved, but that's changing rapidly. It's near Cancun on the other side of Mexico.
Shortly after they left, my brother Rich arrived, and he is looking at a nice quiet, warm, two week stay. We just need a bit more sunshine! We've had quite a bit of cloudy weather since he's been here. I took him on a walk down the beach to the Round Bar, and he only got his foot wet once! (I told him not to stand too close to that rock!) We have taken him to several music nights (another one Wednesday night) so it hasn't been completely quiet for him.
I'm continuing my daily walks, and I've been getting up to the Flag Monument more often. I didn't make it up for the ceremony on Mexican Flag Day (February 24) since we had company, but we have a great view of the monument from our guest room balconies upstairs, so I got a picture of the flag while it was still up.
That's one big flag on a very windy day! Notice the crowd is still there enjoying the ceremonies and dancing and speeches. Next year, I hope to make it up. One of the problems with getting there is no one seems to know when it's supposed to happen. Our local "news rag" said "anytime between 9 and 2!!! And that's exactly correct!
Anyhow, when Zoey and I get up there, we always sit on a little wall and have a drink of water and rest a bit, but Zoey doesn't like to wait around...we usually are ready to go within a few minutes. Besides, it is mostly downhill all the way home!! 👇
I also like to look around for interesting things, and some thistles are starting to bloom now. They are rather pretty at this point!
We also see the local burros regularly, and I saw the whole group of them not too long ago. We met at an intersection in the roads, and they decided it was a good place and time for a dust bath! They were so cute!
Ben and I are getting ready for our second "Feeding the Hungry" Fashion show this season. We've moved the show to the springtime, so this year it's rather overwhelming. At least we get to wait for a whole year for the next one. We've been putting up posters and soliciting donations and setting up vendors and trying to find people to help with everything. It's pretty amazing how it all comes together in the end, God willing! We're trying to raise enough money so the hungry of Los Barriles (about 25 families are being helped) have funds during the summer for necessities. Here's one of the large posters Ben put up (while I held corners level and handed him screws and washers and drills).
The garden is doing fair
this year. The corn crop is pretty much a failure. I must have bought defective seed...the corn just isn't coming up like it should, and I'm very disappointed in the crop. I think it need's cousin Tom's encouragement! We even enlarged our garden area and added topsoil. Fiddlesticks! Next year I'll have better seed, I hope. The beans are just about ready to start picking, and the tomatoes are getting huge! We've enjoyed quite a few cucumbers (got rid of mildewed leaves and nasty bugs, and they're still producing.) We've had a lot of cilantro, lettuce, and spinach. So all in all, it's been a fair garden year. Guess I'll have to go to the Farm to get good eating corn next summer!
He's saying "can't you grow bigger corn stalks? I get to eat it when you're done with it, but can't it be a little taller??"
I've created a March album, and you might want to see more pictures in the February album.
Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey
We have a reminder on our Google Calendar for every other Tuesday that says "Write Pic-of-the-Week". I usually just ignore it, but Ben mentioned today (in jest, I think) "have you written Pic-of-the-Week?" "Nope!" But now I feel a bit guilty, so I guess I'll get 'er done!
Since our last missive, we've had three sets of guests; one set of 4, one set of 3, and now my brother Rich by himself. The first group was Ben's brothers John and Greg, and Greg's wife Cherlene and daughter Georgina. It was a quick trip for them here at our place, as they spent the first part at a time-share in San Jose del Cabo. Several days after they got here via Aguila Bus, Ben was able to take them whale watching at Magdalena Bay to a new place (for us), and it was quite successful. So successful, we took the next guests there, too! Those 2 day trips included an overnight stay in La Paz, so that was nice for the guests to spend a bit of time there as well. Below is John, me, Ben, Greg, Cherlene and Georgina in front of La Playa restaurant, shortly before they had to leave.
Our next guests were our friends George and Carolyn from Oregon and George's brother Paul from Texas. They were all supposed to arrive the same day, but George and Carolyn didn't make it to the Portland airport from Salem due to a major truck turn-over accident on the I-5 freeway in Portland. They had to reschedule and come the next day. Paul made it in from Texas just fine, so we picked him up the first day, and then made a return trip to get the late-comers the next day! See what lengths we go to for our guests?
We had to go the the Round Bar at Rancho Buena Vista with them on International Margarita Day to celebrate properly. Rancho makes some of the best Margaritas in the area!
I got to go on the 2nd whale watching trip and took some fun pictures of the whales. We have never seen so many whales spy-hopping! Over and over you'd see them popping up to get a look around!
One whale came very close to the boat, and George almost got to pet it, but he said his wife and brother were holding onto his belt so he couldn't get quite close enough!! Anyhow, our 2 hour trip was plenty of time to see an abundance of whales. To see more whaling pictures, I've created a Sackinger Vacation album. And, you get to see a few more things they did on their vacation! They left here to spend the next part of their vacation on a Mexican Island, Holbox. Never heard of it? Me, neither, but they'd been there before, and it is supposedly very unimproved, but that's changing rapidly. It's near Cancun on the other side of Mexico.
Shortly after they left, my brother Rich arrived, and he is looking at a nice quiet, warm, two week stay. We just need a bit more sunshine! We've had quite a bit of cloudy weather since he's been here. I took him on a walk down the beach to the Round Bar, and he only got his foot wet once! (I told him not to stand too close to that rock!) We have taken him to several music nights (another one Wednesday night) so it hasn't been completely quiet for him.
That's one big flag on a very windy day! Notice the crowd is still there enjoying the ceremonies and dancing and speeches. Next year, I hope to make it up. One of the problems with getting there is no one seems to know when it's supposed to happen. Our local "news rag" said "anytime between 9 and 2!!! And that's exactly correct!
Anyhow, when Zoey and I get up there, we always sit on a little wall and have a drink of water and rest a bit, but Zoey doesn't like to wait around...we usually are ready to go within a few minutes. Besides, it is mostly downhill all the way home!! 👇
We also see the local burros regularly, and I saw the whole group of them not too long ago. We met at an intersection in the roads, and they decided it was a good place and time for a dust bath! They were so cute!
Ben and I are getting ready for our second "Feeding the Hungry" Fashion show this season. We've moved the show to the springtime, so this year it's rather overwhelming. At least we get to wait for a whole year for the next one. We've been putting up posters and soliciting donations and setting up vendors and trying to find people to help with everything. It's pretty amazing how it all comes together in the end, God willing! We're trying to raise enough money so the hungry of Los Barriles (about 25 families are being helped) have funds during the summer for necessities. Here's one of the large posters Ben put up (while I held corners level and handed him screws and washers and drills).
The garden is doing fair
He's saying "can't you grow bigger corn stalks? I get to eat it when you're done with it, but can't it be a little taller??"
I've created a March album, and you might want to see more pictures in the February album.
Hasta la proxima vez,
Tus amigos en Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey
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