Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all of the mothers out there that are celebrating it today and of course especially to my own mom.  Hope everyone has a great day.
I talked to my mom on the phone this morning; but unfortunately she hasn't received her gift from me yet.  Why? Well, probably because I am late getting it into the mail.  I did finally finish it yesterday though, so now all I have to do is get it into the mail and in about 2 weeks she will get it.
I did a variation on the hummingbird that I had done on the black background; but did this one on a white background so that I could spray it good with fixative.  So it is all set to go.  I hope she likes it.

This is it.

Mothers Day

Monday evening we decided to go out for dinner for Mothers Day, which is always May 10 th in Mexico by the way.

We went to our favorite restaurant for shrimp, which is Club Nautico at the new marina in centro. You are probably sick of me posting pictures from here; but I can never resist taking a bunch while there.

The food is always good, the service also good, some English spoken if you need it, and the view is lovely.

They moved a table into the shade for us and we sat outside looking at the view. We have never actually sat inside the restaurant to eat, we prefer to sit outside and look around us at what is going on. Seldom any bugs here by the way and a nice soft breeze to cool you off if you are too warm.

Some of the fishing boats and Navy boats/ships tie up at one end and at the other end is the pleasure boat marina, in between is the view of the bay and the other side of the city across the bay. Behind you is of course more of the city and the mountains/hills. What more could you ask for??

We both ordered our favorite Coco Shrimp and sat back, relaxed from our hectic week in our work world (tongue in cheek here) and enjoyed the view and the activity going on around us.

They have a small pool and there were some children playing in it with dad keeping a close eye on them. Later on some boaters came to use the pool also, so perhaps that is included in the slip rental?? No idea really.

The food arrived and as always it was good, we have never had a bad meal here. No room as usual for desert so can't say what they are like. We have never had room for desert so have never tried any of them; but assume they would be good as the main plates are.


Coco Shrimp plate. This is 120 pesos, less than $12.00 depending on exchange, which is fairly high priced for a meal here; but it is worth the higher price. You actually get veggies on the plate and they are not cooked to mush and are tasty.

Some of the views: The first one is the pleasure boat marina. The second one is the restaurant and other buildings at the marina. The third one is the swimming pool, there is also a circular pool that I assume is a hot tub. Having never used it, I can't say for sure. Lighthouse, self explanatory. Fifth shot is the Iglesia de San Fernando in the setting sun. The video is of some of the fishing boats moving around. Not sure if this fellow couldn't get situated properly in his "parking spot" or what; but he kept coming out, turning around and going back in and trying again. Maybe he needed lessons in parallel parking lol.

Happy Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day to all north of the border. Mothers Day in Mexico is tomorrow, it is always held on the 10 th of May here. I hope everyone has a great day.
Last night we were happy to see that our favorite torta stand was open again finally. They have been closed most of the time since the tropical storm Jimena last September. The street they are on has been dug up lots putting in new, bigger, better sewer pipes, drains, whatever. Apparently around there is a main line and they were replacing and upgrading it all. So at different times the various blocks on this street have been dug up, things replaced and then they move onto the next block. The traffic flow keeps changing from one side of the street to the other, so it has been interesting watching the cars zip back and forth from 2 lanes to 4 lanes. Anyway the street still needs to be paved; but it looks like the digging is all done, maybe??
At least they were open and the taste is still the best. We tried a couple of other places but they just did not compare.
So we were happy campers last night.
Tonight I think we are gong to go out for a shrimp dinner to our favorite spot that has a view of the bay. Yum, should be good, hope they are open.
Have a good day.

Happy Mothers Day

Yesterday was Mothers Day here in Mexico. It is always celebrated on the 10th of May regardless of what day of the week that falls on.
We didn't do anything much here. I went uptown for a little bit and there were lots of people around. The flower salesman were swamped, red roses and red gladiolus seemed to be the order of the day and the stores were busy. Mothers Day is a big deal here.
Today is Mothers Day up north so I will be spending some time on the telephone today calling people.
Wherever you are and whatever you are doing, have a great day.

Mothers Day and Baja

Mothers Day and Baja

Thursday was Mothers Day in Mexico; although we waited and celebrated it on Sunday, old habits die hard. I spent most of the morning calling and talking to people. Calling landlines in Canada is easy from the computer and very cheap. The voice quality is very good and as my mother put it, it sounds like you are right here. It was nice to catch up on all the family news, I don't phone as often as I should and my excuse is, that with not having an actual telephone I just don't think of it, and I don't.

We later went out for dinner at La Barca and as usual it was very good. We both had the enchilada plate, and this time they were chicken. Sometimes they are beef, you never know and we never ask as it doesn't really matter to us. The usual refried beans and some salad rounded out the plate, with of course the usual coke to drink. The bill came to 100 pesos for our dinner, (about $10.00). After we finished eating we stopped at a store so that I could pick up a couple of things that I was needing yet for our trip to Baja.

We have been busy getting all our ducks in a row for Baja. We have all the bills paid up until the end of July and pretty much everything is ready. I did the laundry this morning and then packed my clothes, which wasn't a big deal as we are not taking much. The house that we are going to be housesitting at for the next 2 months is right on the beach of the Sea of Cortez, so we expect to be spending the majority of our time in shorts and bathing suits. We are taking all of our snorkeling stuff, so by the time you pack 2 pr. of fins, etc. you don't have much room to pack many clothes unless we want to drag a truck behind us.

We will be leaving Thursday morning on a bus south to Los Mochis and then will take the overnight ferry from Topolobampo over to La Paz where our housesit couple will pick us up Friday morning. We will then drive to their home in Las Barriles an hour or two south of La Paz. I doubt that we will get much sleep Thursday night, so I am sure that we will be tired the next day.

I intend to continue blogging and posting photos while we are gone, if the computer connections function. They have been having trouble the last while, both with their computer and their connection; but hopefully have it fixed now. If not there are internet cafes in the town, which is only 6 miles away. So for the next 2 months we will be the new parents of 4 cats, which will be nice, as I still miss my pets that had to be left in Canada.