Casa Update 5A

Well, we are here. Left the Bay Area mid Thursday morning and spent the night in Van Nuys. Headed out early and arrived in San Felipe at around 4:00. Had a great experience in the Declare line. Another Red light Green light thing. All they wanted were the receipts. We had no receipts for the stuff we were declaring. He lost patience and just told me to hit the button. Went green and so did we. Met our new found friends and they took us up to the place we will be staying till the house is done. Nice place but 100% solar. Now learning about battery management. Can't find a free internet connection so will have to drive down to the La Palapa Bar on the ranch seaside to send this. Will be working on getting a TV going tomorrow. Got another new friend to loan us his spare DirecTV dish and receiver. Now, got to get George to climb on the roof and mount it where his was. Went out to the house today (Saturday). What progress they have made. Looks like we never left as it looks like they have been there every day for the past 3 weeks. Punch list looks 90% done. The French Doors are in, the front door is almost done (no glass in the side windows), Kitchen cabinets are in. Vanities are being tiled. We have a Showed/Tub now. They found the second rear surround speaker wiring. They were putting in the accent tiles when we got there. All of the rooms are painted and they were putting in the inside doors. It looks fantastic. What an improvement from just 3 weeks ago. We will be meeting with the contractor on Monday to see what the remaining schedule is.

Will send pictures as soon as I get them taken. Too crowded to take them today. Will try for Sunday.

Well, here it is Sunday and have not sent the email yet. So, I have attached the pictures from today.



regards,

Larry and Regina

Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/LarEWill50/Casa0?authkey=Gv1sRgCPbD89Xdmrz8VQ&feat=directlink