About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Monday, March 03, 2014

March 1 & 2, 2014; El Golfo de Santa Clara, Sonora, Mexico

MARCH  1, 2014, Saturday; DISASTER in EL GOLFO de SANTA CLARA
18* @ 7 am; 22*C down to 15* by 4 pm, windy and rain

That was quite a storm we had last night!  It destroyed the gazebo across the street (I went to help her) and sometime overnight, the tide came in and undermine the sea wall and it all collapse.  The amazing thing is that no one was hurt as people were staying by the wall but sometime late in the evening, the security guy told them to move.  Almost half the wall is gone; that is incredible!  A good half of the park is without water and power; we have power but no water.  Everything is covered in a fine sand/dust, so much for the washing yesterday!  I spent an hour dusting everything then we went into town to watch the “Mardi Gras” parade put on by the RVer’s in the park.  I think it was a success as there were lots of kids collecting the candies being thrown from the quads, cars and trucks which were all decorated.  There had to be at least 25 of them in the parade and some were all dressed up and walking.  I took a few pictures and posted them.  We stopped for a beer and wings at “ALEX”, a local bar catered by the Park gringos.

The tide is up again and there are waves braking over the wall again.  I filled the water tank with fresh water as we now have water again and updated my GPS; hopefully that will resolve the issues I had coming in.

Well, we are getting quite the mixture in weather system.  We had a downpour that lasted about half hour then stopped just as quickly as it started; now it is windy and the sky is clear and full of stars.  Watching the news, California is getting more than its share of rain and lots of mud slides but so far, we are OK.

 
MAR  2, Sunday; El Golfo
14*C @ 8 am; 21*C in pm

Yes, I slept in until 8 this morning and it sure felt great!  Loud music from the beach next door is what woke me up!  It was quite windy again overnight but it is calm this morning.  The sky is blue and the sun is shining but still lots of clouds around.  One of our neighbour is leaving early as they are not too happy about this area; their first time in Mexico and not a good place to get a positive impression of Mexico!

We had a discussion this morning and both agreed that we would leave earlier than planned!  We have set Wednesday March 5 (my birthday!) as our return date to Yuma, AZ, so now I have to make reservations for Winterhaven and make arrangements to have our slide locking system repaired and the rubber seals replaced.

We spent the day relaxing, as if we need it, and read our books.  The temperature is a bit cooler than usual but the wind has finally abated.  In the evening, we watched the Academy Awards. 

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