FEB 19, Saturday, SC
We got a call from the Holder’s about joining them at Santa Rosa for breakfast so we asked the Ennis if they wanted to come along which they did. We had a very nice breakfast then came home and showered. The four of us went for ice cream, just down the road then Louise and Val took the dogs to the beach. We joined Randy and Shirley for Happy Hour, our neighbour, then after dinner we had a fire and Joyce and Bill, Graham and Jean joined in.
I forgot to mention yesterday that my converter arrived with George who is on his way to Mazatlan. Mike and Roger helped me put it in and after testing it; it worked fine so now I don’t need to hook up the battery charger every time we are stopped. It’s an Intelli-Power 9200C, 60 amps with a wizard to maintain the batteries. I had ordered it on line and had it sent to George’s place in Oregon as he was coming down.
FEB 20, Sunday, SC
We left around 11 am for Nacapule Canyon, north of here. We drove by the Ranchitos then up this dirt road to the Canyon. They have done a lot of work around the entrance to the Canyon; there are now two bathrooms under construction and 4 Palapa to park and have a picnic under.
We parked out and walked into the canyon. It consisted of a dry river bed full of pebble, gravel and assorted rocks size. We slowly climbed to the first oasis and found that a few Palm trees had been blown over from the hurricane of 2009. Big rocks from the mountain walls had also felt down diverting the trail. At this point, the canyon splits in two; we headed for the one on the right and climbed over big boulders and followed the trail. We got to a point where there was a cave. During our previous visit here, this cave had an exit to the upper part of the canyon but now was blocked so we turned around. When we came outside, about 5 Mexicans youths met us and one of them spoke English and showed us the new passage which consisted of climbing over a couple boulders, go through a small tunnel and emerge on the top. Louise didn’t feel agile enough to do that and Dave definitely not so we watched the boys go up and disappear on the upper trail. We headed back to the truck. We took a few pictures which are posted on the Picasa Website. We had a beer when back at the truck then drove to Soggy Pesos for lunch. The wind was blowing quite strongly and the sand was been blown around so we went back to town and stopped at “The Capitane” restaurant/bar and had lunch there. Cathy joined us which was a nice surprise. We went home, had Happy Hour then called it quit for the evening. I ordered a new Delorme GPS to replace the one I lost in Mazatlan.
FEB 21, Monday, SC
Val went for her Tai Chi in the morning and I read then dumped, very exciting stuff! I made a couple calls, one to reserve a spot at Casa Grande, one to have our mail delivered at Casa Grande. In the afternoon, the two of us went to Guaymas to do some shopping then came home in time for happy hour. Another cool day, warm in the sun but the wind is very cold
FEB 22, Tuesday, SC
The big event today was a Park get-together put in place by Joe, the owner of Totonaka. Pretty well everyone showed up and each brought a snack and Joe provided all the margaritas and beer. We were planning on going for only a half hour and stayed for almost 2 hours. There was so much food that we forfeited supper. Linda from the Lot came for a bit and so did Fred and his wife (they were here before and bought a place in the Ranchitos). We met Joe’s wife and his 2 years old son.
Later in the early evening, our lane met on the road with two propane fire pit and we continued the camaderie and socializing. There was at one point 18 people present. This has been a good group to be around...very friendly!
FEB 23, Wednesday, dentist visit in Guaymas
We were at the dentist by 11 am. but he didn’t show up until 11:30 am...typical! Anyway, we had our teeth cleaned and some repair done for 1000 pesos ($95cdn) and we have to come back Saturday for Val to get some adjustment. We were there for 2.5 hrs including the waiting time.
We came back to San Carlos and stopped at El Cheque for a hot dog and pop ( so much for clean teeth), then it was home for some relaxing time before Happy Hour. We had dinner with the Ennis’; she served Shepperd Pie, a French Canadian dish made of mash potatoes, corn and lean beef, green beans on the side and fresh bread cooked and bought this morning. This is a dish I like making from time to time and I make it a bit different than hers. I won't get into which is better (SMILE). We had a nice evening until Dave had to watch CSI at 9 so that was our clue to come home. Good day again in Paradise although it was windy today and quite cool!
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