Not tourists that were kidnapped.

Friday, January 9, 2010

I spent a couple of hours yesterday morning on the net trying to ferret out the real story about the kidnappings.  It was well hidden but I found it in a periodico called El Sol.  It turns out it was three Mexican men and three Mexican woman who were apparently abducted and their three new vehicles stolen.  They said the thieves were wearing bullet proof vests and carrying machine guns.  Part of the drug trade?  Who knows what the real story is, but it was not tourists.   The rest of this day is a blur but I do know that we went swimming and it was great, warm and not too big of a swell.  Oh yeah and  Eric got stung by a jelly fish.

Monday, January 11, 2010

I can't believe I haven't put anything on this blog since Friday.  It is a lot of work and of course we are really busy!  Not!  Oh well I will keep up as best I can.

Saturday was our day to go out with a bunch of 15 from the park to Hacienda Las Moras for lunch and we all left at 11:30 a:m.  Eric and I rode with Dennis and Marilyn and we all followed Frank in a convoy.  Hacienda Las Moras is a restored Tequila plantation that has been turned into a restaurant and has casitas to stay over night.  It seems to be quite a way out of town as you turn off onto a dirt road on the way to La Noria and the travel is slow and dusty.

Arriving for lunch.

View down the front porch.

When we arrived we were greeted with the sight of brightly painted buildings set in a lovely country setting.  The buildings are quite charming and after we had lunch we wandered the grounds taking pictures and looking at the buildings themselves. 

Peacocks on the lawn.

Peeping peacock!

Peacocks and a rooster wander the grounds and make for some good pictures as well.  

The gang at lunch.

Lunch was very good and it was nice to eat in such a relaxing setting.  Eric didn't order enough for lunch as he thought the soup he ordered would be the size that he had in El Caliete and have all the extras as well.  I'm a good wife so I shared my shrimp fajitas with him because he looked so hungry!  Eric had a good look at all the buildings and wonders how some of them are still standing as the termites have done a good job.  The roofs are held up by poles and willow thatch covered with concrete and clay roof tiles and most of them are sagging.  

A nice place to relax after lunch.

Hal and Helene from the "Magic Bus" beside us.

Really nice people, he's from New York and she's from Quebec and now they live in New Mexico.

The chapel that overlooks Hacienda Las Moras.

Connie, Mannie & Ramona at the Chapel.

When we arrived back at the park one of the hotels was setting up a mariachi band, margaritas and appy food.  I had one drink and then back to the RV.  Too tired and we could hear the music just fine from the RV!   Maurice dropped by late in the day to say that they had been getting a busy signal at Jean's home in Edmonton and they hoped it meant that Marla was home.  He is going to move Jean's large motorhome up front tomorrow and Eric will help him park it.

Sunday January 10, 2010

Maurice had a look at the site up front where he has to store the rigs, boat and car trailor and Eric will help him later this morning.  As I hadn't met Anne, Maurice's wife I went to the back of the park to say hello.  They have been under such strain with the accident I didn't want to intrude until they had received good news from home.  They tell me this morning that Jean is in intensive care in Edmonton and is in stable condition.  He still has internal bleeding and a collapsed lung but now he won't have to be moved again.  A big relief for them and although they didn't have much to say and I'm sure they are still very worried.  We had a good chat and they seem to be relaxing and smiling a bit more.  Maurice is still gung ho to see everything he can and I think Anne just wants to rest.  Tomorrow they will drive to San Blas and back in one day and that will be one long day.  Eric said we have no guts and lots of maps and Anne said" We have lots of guts, but no maps!  Funny.  So, we gave them Map Point and Jack's Mexican maps to download.  Now they can have guts and maps!

Late today Maurice and Anne dropped by with some smoked Marlin which they say is really delicious.  They had a drink and we had a good chat and they are quite funny people.  They are about ten years younger than us and are French and originally from New Brunswick although they have been living in Edmonton for thirty years now.  They have two grown daughters in their mid to late twenties and no grand children yet.  I think they are probably a bit lonely since their friends Jean and Marla are not here now.  Eric says they came over because I went to see Anne and he is probably right.  So hopefully things will continue to improve for them.

P.S. The weather is sunny, the temperature is about 83F. every day and the water
        is warm.  No complaints!

Also, now that I am using the new editor in Blogger to upload photos there is no spell check available so if there are errors.  Sorry!