Mazatlan
The weather has cooled down a little over the last few days with clouds and a couple of nights of rain. The moisture has dampened the dust and freshened up the air so that is a good thing. That has also meant not much swimming as we have also had that nice cool breeze that comes from Alberta. The beach has many Mexican families on it over Christmas and they have really been enjoying the water. They really love and enjoy their families, especially the children.
Christmas eve day was quiet after our dinner the day before. I finally washed our windows and screens as you could hardly see out of them. The built-in vacumn even got a work out so we are a little cleaner now. Even when you are away all those mundane things like shopping, laundry and house cleaning have to be done. It is easy to get so lazy you can hardly muster up the energy to do anything at all. Eric has that down to a science now and is still sliding into his winter coma! He finds it a big effort even to shave and though that Don Johnson look is cute on a young guy it just makes an old guy look like a bum!
This park is very laid back with no organized activities so that is right up our alley although the people are very friendly. We were lucky to meet up with Marilyn&(Dennis from Alberta), Connie&(Manny from Oregon) and Sandi&(Frank from Iowa) on the way down and they have included us in their circle from time to time. Dennis got out of the hospital (pneumonia) on Wednesday and then had to have a tooth pulled on Thursday following a broken crown but he is now on the mend. Yesterday Frank & Sandi had an appy party late in the day with their friends, two other couples and us. I brought over some smoked salmon that either Ken Blanes or son-in-law Wade had given us. It was a hit! We always end our evening get togethers early here due to you know what - the no-see-ums! Nasty little things.
Connie's little adopted Mexican dog has been entertaining us with her tricks. She knows a little spanish and when you say gatto she perks right up. Gatto is the name for cat and also the name of the cat that Connie adopted with Ramona. They were the same size as a puppy and a kitten and apparently Gatto is as big as Ramona now. Gatto is at home in Oregon so Ramona is always looking for a gatto to play with but they don't like her. Poor Ramona! She also drops over dead when Connie points her finger and goes "Bang!" She can sit up for a treat even though she is quite long and looks a lot like a cartoon. Funny! People do bring their cats with them but of course they are always on a string.
We will venture out on the bus over the next few days so I'll let you know how that goes. Who knows where we will end up! We are starting to feel more like home here so that is a good thing. We don't know where we want to end up yet but that will come. The people that we met here like it because there is always something to do. In a very small beach town you are likely get bored unless you were prepared to move frequently. So far, we are at our best when we are stationary!
Eric got out on the Harley and had a ride to La Noria which is northwest of Mazatlan. He had adjusted the timing on the bike so he wanted to see if it had made any improvement. It did, so that is good. La Noria is just a small Mexican town that someone had said had a Tequila factory but all he saw was a dairy. He has now put the back seat on the Harley so I guess I will be invited for a ride!
On yesterday mornings walk I had to dodge a rather large horned milk cow on the edge of the sidewalk. There are still a couple of little ranchos on the east side of the beach road. I guess this area was all pretty quiet a few years ago before they started building mega tall hotels along the beach side of the road. There doesn't seem to be any regulations on size etc. so you can have your view blocked pretty easily. We have been lucky with this park as we have vacant lots on both sides of us so the noise level is pretty good. The Mexican people really like to party which is fine but you don't want them right next to you if you ever want to get any sleep.
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