So far May has been
wonderful weather. It has been in the upper 80's with sea breezes
which keeps us cool. It has been nice to sit outside on the deck in
the shade and read my book in the afternoons with the breeze which
keeps the bobo's away. But look out when the wind diminishes as they
are all over the place and you!! I guess that is what we have to put
up with living in the desert.
Our garage is finally completed. It is now painted to match the other buildings on our lot and the windows are in. This was a huge project but so happy we have it.
So far May has been
wonderful weather. It has been in the upper 80's with sea breezes
which keeps us cool. It has been nice to sit outside on the deck in
the shade and read my book in the afternoons with the breeze which
keeps the bobo's away. But look out when the wind diminishes as they
are all over the place and you!! I guess that is what we have to put
up with living in the desert.
We have found snake trails
on our road to the house but not close to the house. We don't have
bird feeders or a lot of wood stacked up and we have gravel around
the house which they don't like. We have heard of other people
discovering snakes, but we have been pretty lucky. This is the time
of year I don't go hiking in the desert because of the warm weather
and I know snakes are out there. Since I hurt my back I haven't been
doing really long walks but at least I can walk about 3 miles. I
love walking on the beach and if I am lucky, will find sea glass or
other interesting things. Right now with the high tides the beach is
pretty clean.
Our little neighborhood is
almost full of people. There are 8 houses and a fifth wheel here,
and 3 empty houses. We have 5 families that come down at various
times. Some can only stay a couple weeks while others can stay
longer. Usually at this time of year we have a fuller homestead and
then by end of June most if not all of us go north for the summer.
It doesn't look as though this summer is going to be hot, hot,
because our spring has been rather cool compared to last year. I
couldn't walk the beach last year at this time until late in the
afternoon. Almost everyday I have walked the beach so it is a
pleasure!
We started out the month
going to Ensenada. We had planned on going up at this time to meet
up with our friends from Washington State, but they had to cancel
there trip to Bahia. So we decided to go anyway as we needed a few
things from Costco, Walmart and the Bank. We stayed a couple days so
we had plenty of time to shop and headed home on a Friday. There
wasn't much traffic which was nice.
Today the 5th
is our grandson Eian's 19th birthday. He is in the Army
stationed in New York area. We have people here who throw a Cinco de
Mayo party every year and we always get invited. They have corn hole
and bocce ball games and Dave and I like to play the Corn hole game.
Our sons play that up north and it is really a big thing up there.
Dave won a prize last year but not this time. I didn't win last year
or this but it is just fun to play. Lots of good food and it is nice
to get together with everyone who has come down for the spring.
Our son Mykel turned 46
today, the 9th. A lot of birthdays this month. It use to
be March was the birthday month but when my boys got married both of
their wives have birthdays this month and a week apart!!
On the 10th we
were invited to a benefit dinner across the bay in Rincon. The
dinner is to help a Mexican family that has severe autism and he
needs lots of medicine and doctor visits. So a lady that lives in
Rincon put this dinner together. There was a nice turnout and the
family was very happy for the financial help. What was really
special was it was Mexican Mother's Day!!! Their little boy is such
a cutie!!! We have a grandson who is autistic so we have some idea
of the cost involved and the many doctor appointments. We were happy
to help. This family put the dinner on and all we had to do was
donate some pecos!!! It was a delicious meal and we got to meet a
couple new people at this gathering.
We are thrilled that the
propane truck is coming out the last Wednesday of each month!!!
There for a long time we didn't know if or when they would come.
They come from Guerrero Negro which is another state and 2-1/2 hours
away. They usually come into town and fill up the locals, stay
overnight and come out our way the next day. The best news is they
are filling not only stationery tanks but our non stationery ones
too!!!What a blessing that is to not have to take the tanks into town
to have them filled. It does save us some money!
Our friend, Paolo, from
Rome, Italy, is back for the spring and summer. Unfortunately his
wife, Angela, had to stay behind to take care of her mother. Angela
lost her dad recently and her mother is very distraught so she is
staying with her for a couple months and then will join Paolo here in
Bahia at the end of June. We may not get to see her until we come
back from vacation as we are planning on leaving around that time
frame. So we shall see. They are both very friendly and nice
people!!! We are good friends. Paolo bought a small truck from our
neighbor last year and he had only driven it 3 times to town and it
has been sitting at his house. So during a conversation, he
mentioned he was going to sell it as he doesn't have need for it any
more. So our ears perked up and we asked how much he was selling it
for and he said for what he paid. We have the old beater truck that
came with the house and it is really getting to the point we can't
trust it going back and forth to town any more. We just put
different tires on it as the other ones were worn, and we still need
to put air in one back tire before we go anywhere. This truck has no
working instrumentation, is rusted enough where no heavy load can be
hauled in the bed any more. Every third trip to town requires a fill
up and we need to keep an eye on the automatic transmission fluid and
brake fluid. The truck is a 1977 Silverado, Chevy. It was a nice
truck in the beginning but it had been left out in the hot sun and
weather for years and it just wasn't maintained. It has been a good
truck for us though. Our Bahia truck had a longer life than we
thought it would but now it is getting to the point we really need to
get one that will get us back and forth to town without having to
worry whether it will get us there or not. We told Paolo we wanted
to buy the truck. We were going to pick it up the night we went over
to his house for dinner, but because we were coming home in the dark
and not familiar with the truck we decided to get it later. It is a
Ford 150 4 speed, 1991 and has been kept in Bahia. At least the gas,
temperature and speedometer gauges work and the brakes are good and
so are the tires. We went back over to Paolo's a couple days later
and got the truck. Dave drove it home while I was behind him in our
Toyota truck. So now we are selling our old beater truck. There are
a couple Mexican people we are friends with that need a truck so we
talked to them. We explained to them about how the truck didn't have
any working gauges and etc, etc. We wanted them to know it was a
truck to drive in town with, not on the bumpy road from town to where
we are or further. So with all the negative information they still
wanted it. So in the end, our gate guard's dad bought it. He was
such a happy camper. That truck is good for launching boats and the
engine is still going strong, which is the only thing on the truck
that is. And you can haul rocks and sand in it but not a huge water
container. So they paid us and they were happy and we are too. We
now have a good truck that should last us a long time. We are the
4th owner. It is fun driving a stick again and it doesn't
bounce around like the big truck did. It is a baja truck as it
rattles on the rough road, but it works. We are going to buy spark
plugs and some other things while in the states and come back and
give the truck a tune up and change the air filter and all that kind
of stuff. Keep it in good shape!!! So our prayers have been
answered!!
My friend, Mary Ann
invited Dave and I over for dinner along with another couple we are
good fiends with. It was nice. Mary Ann is a widower and has lived
here in Bahia for years and years. This is her only home.
Happy Anniversary for Dave
and I. 27 years!!! Wow! It just doesn't seem that long. I am
looking forward to our future years together.
Our Daughter-in-law,
Brooke turned 40 today, the 21st. Ernie, my son, threw
her a great party!!!
Our gate guard, Tito has a
birthday on the 31st, but because some of our neighbors
won't be here to celebrate his actual birthday, we had a party for
him on the 26th. The neighborhood gathered and had
appetizers and a cake for him. We all gave gifts too. Since we are
going to be here for his birthday we are having him and his wife over
for dinner, then after dinner invite those neighbors who are still
here over for cake. Tito and Brenda have had us over to their house
a few times for dinner and camp fires so we figured this was a good
time to reciprocate.
Our other daughter-in-law,
Susannah turned 41 today the 28th. Boy these guys are
sure getting old!! Ha!
Today, the last day of the
month, we had Tito and his wife, Brenda over for dinner to celebrate
his actual birthday. Then we had our neighbors come over after
dinner and have cake with him. He looked happy.
Here are the ornaments I
made for next years' show and new items.
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