Casa Update 34

Friends,

Well, it was a very quiet month until the last week and a half. We did our usual thing of being retired; beach, town, reading, water volleyball, and Full Moon Mixer. There have been a lot of specials at all of the restaurants here. With tourism down 75% they are all hurting for business. The Pavilion which is the Ranch’s restaurant on the golf course is offering a lot of specials. The best is their “All American” breakfast. You get two eggs any style, bacon, sausage or ham, beans, hash browns, toast or tortillas, fresh orange juice and coffee. All of that food for only $5USD or $65 Pesos. Others are following suit. If you pop into “Kat’s Korner” she advertises these specials weekly.

Regina found this nice critter when she was opening the sun shade on the front porch.

We went to a “Beach Bash” on Saturday the 10th to support the San Felipe Animal Shelter. While we were there a local family dropped off eight pups. They were about six to eight weeks old and took over the show. All the pups got their shots and all were adopted by Monday. Attendance was a little low but this was their first attempt at a beach party and scheduled it 3 days after our Full Moon Mixer. They promised the next one would be better.

We also went to a friend's (Terry) birthday dinner at the El Cortez Hotel. Pictures are here.

We hosted a farewell dinner and Jenga tournament for Nate and Sue who were headed back to Michigan for the summer. We also had a little dinner for our neighbors Scott and Pam. Here was Regina’s salad. Guess where the Basil came from.

The Rev Jeanne came down for what she said was going to be a week. Well, arriving late on a Monday and leaving early on a Thursday is not a week! We did have a great time though despite the short time. Next time we are going to bounce her thru the “valley of the giants.” She got a lot of rest even with Regina getting her to play a day at water volleyball. Here are some of the pictures. We were not allowed to take pictures in the pool! That was a condition of her playing.

The following Monday is when all of the fun began. Regina woke up at 4:30am to a wet floor. Well, not quite wet but flooded. She woke me up and we sloshed around the house to find the source of the leak. The leak was found in the guest bathroom where a hot water hose broke. We do not know how long the water had been running but all but two rooms were flooded and the cistern was down by almost eighteen inches. We used brooms and squeegees to move out the almost one inch of water that was on the tile floor. When our contractor’s office opened at 7:00am, I called Lupe and he had a crew here by 7:30 with mops and sponges. They moved around the furniture and got into the places we couldn’t. They had everything cleaned up and the hose fixed by 11:00. Cost? Nada. Very little damage was done, I guess to our quick work. We cranked down the AC to try to dry out the house. When we woke up on Tuesday morning the main AC unit had quit. Called Lupe again and they had it fixed late in the afternoon. We were both glad that it was something simple as when they got here; it was 92 in the house. Well, they say that all bad things come in threes. That may not be true. When we moved into the house the dishwasher was broke and just for the heck of it, I pushed a button again. It lit up! Did a quick rinse and it worked! We then loaded it up to the gills over the next two days and ran a normal wash. It worked!! We are now in dishwasher heaven and saving water too!

We went to the Full Moon Mixer again last night. Regina teamed up with Sue and they cleaned house in Bocce Ball. They took first place!! No pictures though, forgot the camera.

Until next time,

Larry and Regina