HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY TO ALL THE BLOGGERS! Still here and enjoying the weather although it has become a little windy again, but I am not complaining at all. It was a little cloudy too the last couple of days and it even sprinkled. That is very unusual. Today we just went on some of the back roads here in quest of this new hotel called Hotel de los Pescadores. We found it without a problem and went in to see it but no one was on duty! We had planned on having a brewski by the pool but no one [View Full Entry]

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It has been awhile since I last entered a blog but things are still going well for us here. Bob and Joyce were here for about a week and we tried to "acclimate" them with cultural experiences so as to immerse them with an authentic "feel" for the Baja. They will be entering a "guest blog" here soon to relate their experiences. Before they got here, we were able to get our "gate" work finished up. Arturo stepped up the work when he realized that just "being in the park" for six hours did not net him six hours of wages [View Full Entry]

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Saludos! The winds are finally dying down here so the gringos are getting happier and the kiters are putting their equipment away for the year. The new Pemex station has opened and is having a big grand opening this weekend. Already folks are complaining that they are watering down the gas so as to make a bigger profit. There is another Pemex in town too and one of the locals who owns the big hotel here also owns the other older Pemex station and threatens her employees that if they use the new Pemex, they will be fired. Word is that [View Full Entry]

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Monday we travelled to La Paz about 70 Miles north of here to attend the Carnaval which is a long awaited event each year for residents of the city. It marks the celebration occurring right before the season of Lent which begins tomorrow. This year the celebration of dance, music, food and costume began the 19th and closes on the 24 of February. Eight residents from Costa Brava hit the road early yesterday and stayed in a colonial style hotel just about 3 blocks from the event site. Although the hotel was not a luxury hotel by US standards, it was [View Full Entry]

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Hola, again from Los Barriles. The wind continues to blow, but I am not complaining as I know how much snow dropped last night in Michigan. Even more reason to come down......... I hired the guys here to install a walk in gate as well as a gate we can use to pull in the car here when we leave. Ridiculously slow, but I kept track of their hours and only paid by the hour. I think they were not happy, but I can't see paying a day's wage (6 hours, can you believe it) just because they are physically here [View Full Entry]

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Not much new to report here. The big "drama" in the park is the structure being built on the front that is made out of steel. Everyone is up in arms b/c of the welding that is going on which poses a huge fire danger to the palapas. First the structure was way too high so they had to lower it. In the process of lowering the trusses, more welding along with more sparks. The owners on either side of this are very nervous as are most of the folks because it is so dry. One spark combined w/ the propane [View Full Entry]

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Hope this finds all of you well on this Valentine's Day. I began my day with a Rotary Club sponsored "Run with you Hon" 5k walk here in Los Barriles. There were not as many participants as last year but almost all the residents of Costa Brava Park walked --none of us ran and were content to just walk and finish! Well, actually, three of us kind of took a shortcut so we would not have to be last to get served breakfast (included in the price to participate). Proceeds from the event go to helping the community here in Los [View Full Entry]

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Saludos, amigos! Nothing but sun and warmth to report from our paradise in the Baja. We know that Michigan is experiencing a bit of a warming trend too! Hope it remains, but...... Saturday I was again in La Paz in search of one of my neighbor's, Betty, little Yorkie, Rosie. Betty and her husband had been in La Paz for a doctor's appointment and then stayed at this B and B owned by another gringa, Linda. Apparently, when they arrived, they were talking and unpacking and I think that when they closed the parking gate in front of the B/B, Rosie [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday morning I headed out to La Paz with three gals from the park here and headed for what they call Segundas, which are second hand stores in quest of "stuff". Last year I had found this great "segunda" outside the airport in SJD and found some great buys.: an old recliner, a table and with the other gals in tow, we made out well with all of our purchases! However, it being a Monday, I think the segunda owners were not very eager to deal. Usually they are tired from the weekend and may have made enough over the weekend [View Full Entry]

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The biggest news here is that the cattle are jumping over the cattle guard every evening and have eaten every bit of hibiscus in the park! The park dog, Oso, is very good at chasing them out. Today we didn't do much but went to the store in the nearby village of Buena Vista to try out their government store which tends to be a bit cheaper than the local grocery store which attracts the gringos and the locals who have more money. I like to buy things where the locals shop or on the street if at all possible. Anyway, [View Full Entry]

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