BRING ON THE WINTER, WE ARE PREPARED

We have been busy, setting up for the winter, got a game of golf in, grocery shopping, a few small repairs and in general keeping ourselves busy.

There is a little construction going on in the bungalows next door to our RV site. They are getting ready for the Christmas vacationers. There will be a lot of people here for the Holidays.



A view over the lagoon next to us. There is a small river that runs thru the lagoon.



Just another beautiful sunset, picture taken from our site.

Lots of cleaning and fixing going on in the campgrounds.

They hire this guy to remove dead branches and harvest coconuts before the campers arrive. Imagine getting hit by a falling coconut.

Taken from the road to La Vena restaurant. You have to pass thru Blue Bay Resort to get to the restaurant.

What a beautiful beach.

Every day the sunset is a little different.

IT'S ALREADY DECEMBER, WERE DID THE TIME GO!

We have had lots of things to do for the past couple of weeks. There was Thanksgiving, then packing for the beach. Paying all the bills because we will not be back home for 3 months. Not complaining, we are both healthy and happy. LA VIDA ES BUENA!


We visited Hough and Joanne at their small RV park in Ajijic, they will be traveling with their rig to Boca Beach Campground and will be  our neighbors there. Had a great visit and then out to dinner. Hough, Joanne, Pricilla, Glenn, Roy and Belinda. Had a very nice happy hour and dinner



This was part of our group for Thanksgiving dinner at Brooks and Mary's home. What a nice dinner we had. Thank You Mary



The ladies at Mary's for Thanksgiving. That is Mary, second from the left.



We left for the beach in really shitty weather. It rained all the way to the beach, but when we got there it poured, but the temp was nice.



New highway thru the mountains, in a couple of years it is going to be even easier to travel to the beach. As it is now, we were there in about 5 hours.



Incredible project, many bridges, way up in the air.



Bridge entering Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico



The highway between Melaque and La Manzanilla



The weather got better, and here we are a day later, all set for the winter




Our rig set up, very close to the ocean.

CONCERT AND FOLKLORIC DANCING

Last evening,  a small concert with folkloric dancing, music and excellent Mexican food, margaritas and wine. This event was sponsored by our bank, Actinver. A very nice gesture for customer appreciation. Did I mention all for free.

WE HAVE BEEN BUSY

It has been hectic around here for the past two or three weeks. Veterans day, Big Welcome Back Snowbirds party at our community El  Parque, Red Cross golf tournament Etc. Etc.

The Red Cross Golf Tournament is one of the most important fund raisers. The ambulance and Red Cross clinic are not funded by the government of Chapala. Fund raisers like this and lots of volunteers provide the funding.
This is a tournament that we enter every year, pay lots money to enter and win a bottle of donated Tequila.
18 teams, We took 3rd place, and happy about that.

Every year El Parque holds a welcome back Snowbirds party. A nice arrachera steak, baked potato, corn on the cob and cheese cake dessert. We serve about 120 people. We have fun putting on the dinner. Oh, did I mention made from scratch Margaritas!

I have a feeling this song is YMCA

Some of our staff that works at El Parque helping with the party.

Our security is great, Jose, one of our security guards is on duty bartending today.

The entry to our clubhouse.

OUT FOR A WALK IN CHAPALA, JALISCO, MEXICO

Saturday we went for a walk on the Malecon in Chapala. The lake level is very high and it seems that the pelicans really like the high water. They are up very close to the pier and lighthouse. After taking the pictures we continued on to the American Legion Post for a delicious breakfast. It was a very nice walk and the weather is beautiful here now. Hopefully we have seen the last of the rain for a while.

In 16 days we will leave our cozy little campground here in San Antonio Talayacapan and head for the beach at La Manzanilla. There we will see a completely different pelican, we will take pictures of them when we arrive.

Life is good, La Vida Es Buena

A NEW ADVENTURE BEGINS

We have moved into our motorhome and our house in San Antonio Talayacapan, El Parque is rented for the winter months. We head for the Beach in La Manzanilla on November 27th and will live there for 3 months, returning in March sometime. We will then begin our journey into the U.S. for the summer. It will be a new adventure for us, staying in the motorhome for the next 1 1/2. We are looking forward to the travels.

Yesterday we were out for our morning walk, these are some pictures along the way in San Antonio Talayacapan, village.
                                                        The lake level is very high

                                                                  Full moon last night