This and that, Bits and Pieces etc. etc……

It is the end of the season and all the snow birds are flying north.

This is our German/Canadian friend Regina helping her husband Gunter back up after he hooked up the night before they left.

Gunter said he ran over whatever is in his hand but it was okay.  Regina helped out by…..drinking her vino tinto.

They are fun.

Ursula and Max were finishing their packing up as well.  They fly to Canada from Germany every winter and travel south with their friends Gunter and Regina.  They are all lovely people and even though they are not sure if they’ll be back next year….we hope they will come.  

Always a few last minute chores. 

This is the cook in the family and that night we were having tuna. 

With some mango salsa and tomatoes.

I gently sautéed the tuna in butter but I didn’t really like it done that way.  Diane tells me that she grilled theirs on the barbecue, 2 1/2 minutes each side and it was delicious.  I’ll try it that way next time.

Over the last week we have been cleaning things up.  This day Eric was washing the roof of the RV.  It hadn’t been done in couple of years but he said it wasn’t bad.  Maybe it was all those torrential tropical rainstorms that we had this winter. 

There must have been a huge hatch of bugs over the last couple of weeks as the sparrows were flying by the thousands to catch them.

Hard to see them all but there was a huge amount of them.

Time to wash the rest of the rig.

Eric spied this iguana on the tire of the truck but by the time I got the camera he was down.

I shot this out the window through the screen so it’s not really clear. 

A little snack as he moved along.

 

This is Eric’s pet frog.  He discovered it up inside the water connection area inside the rig.  

He must have climbed up the water hose to get there.  Eric picked it up with a rag and set him on the ground and he hopped under the rig. 

When he washed the motorcycle and lifted the cover off he was on the engine.  Back on the ground and he hopped under the rig. 

Then Eric was filling the water tank and he was back up in the rig.    Enough already!  He picked it up with a rag and took him over to the fence by the bush…..bye bye frog!  Must have been a tree frog.

Time for Fred and Marion to head home.  Fred had a little electrical problem with the rig that morning but he got that figured out and all was okay.  Now it was time to hook up the car.

Two heads are better than one!  Have a good trip home.

Dennis/Marilyn along with Alex and Valerie are heading out so this was their final happy hour.  They are all tucked in behind Rocky and Nancy’s rig in the shade.

 

Diane and Marilyn.  

Next morning and Dennis is hooking up and soon will be ready to go. 

Bye bye.

They are on their way to the chicken ranch in Los Mochis and then San Carlos before they head home.  Safe travels!

Luis showed up just in time to give Eric a hair cut before we head home. 

A spruce up in the shade.  Convenient to have your barber show up in the park.  

Looks pretty lonely down our way.   Just the way we like it!!!

It’s spring and the trees are flowering. 

The mango trees flowered earlier and they are already growing their fruit.

Won’t be long before their ready.

Lots and lots of mangos.  Felipe (park owner) says the workers pick a few and when they fall on the ground the Chachalacas get the rest.  

 

The branches are already drooping. 

There is a small plumeria tree that is blooming.

We saw many of these in Maui and they have a very sweet scent.

Perhaps they are the culprit in the evening that really get Eric’s allergies going. 

So….tomorrow is Saturday the 28th of March and we are hitting the road.  First stop (Saturday) a Pemex in Los Mochis and then on to the Playa de Cortes in Guaymas on Sunday where we’ll stay for a few days.  We know that the road between Obregon and Guaymas is hideous so it will be a slow trip.  We will travel slow and try to do as little damage as possible and no more broken springs.

Ahhh Mexico!