PACKING GIFT BAGS FOR CHILDREN OF MELAQUE, LA PLAYA TRAILER PARK

We once again had the pleasure of being invited to participate in packing candy and  gifts for children of Melaque Jalisco. In a lot of cases this is likely the only gift they receive for Christmas. It was a lot of fun being with our long time friends. It was a lot of fun.

Assembly line bagged 585 gift bags

Gifts and Candy donated by those that participate.

Some pretty nice toys along with candy.

Stored for the night, they will come out at 8:00 Christmas morning. 500 kids will file thru the campground.

It takes 3 cars completely full to store the bags.

And of course it is always nice to visit with friends.



There is always a lot of Santa's helpers.

GOLF AT ISLA NAVIDAD, GRAND BAY

Yesterday was a nice day of golf. We played at Isla Navidad, Grand Bay Resort. The weather was very nice, the golf not too bad and if was the special of the month, so lunch at the golf course was included. Great taco buffet, a few beers, good friends, what could be better.

Dinner Friday evening, polis sausage, cabbage, potatoes, Oh Boy was it good. Belinda's croc pot meal.

Pretty lilies and golf balls.

We had a gallery for our golf game.

He was watching where or golf balls were going.

Scenery from the golf course.

This is a kudamundi, very cool to look at. Seem friendly and we see them frequently at the golf course.

We saw mama and several babies.



BANANA PLANTATION VILLAGE SCHOOL CHRISTMAS PARTY

Yesterday we had the privilege of attending a Christmas party for the children of a very small school in a small village located in a banana plantation near Cijuatlan, Jalisco, Mexico. Our friends Bruce and Glenn are organizers of this party. Many Canadian's and folks from the U.S. make donations of gifts to be given out to the 32 children that attend this small school. This is not a wealthy community, so you can imagine how thrilled these children are to receive a few gifts. Of course they do put on a small play for us. Here are some pictures that we took at this event. They all make a card for us and we are expected to take a Christmas card home. They make and write on these cards themselves, this is all practice for their English lessons

Each kid gets a ticket, that determines the order that they choose their gift. Pricilla and Belinda counting tickets.

Friends Ray and Yvonne enjoying!

Bruce getting a lot of help unloading the truckload of gifts.

Bruce and Glenn making sure everything is OK. By the smiles, all is good.

School Principal/Teacher organizing kids.



Lots of gifts on the table.



He was HAPPY

A NICE CHRISTMAS PARADE IN LA MANZANILLA, JALISCO , MEXICO

We went out to dinner at Magnolia's restaurant in La Manzanilla and all of a sudden there were firecrackers, horns, music and a lot commotion going. Turns out that it was a Christmas parade. Belinda ran down with the camera and got a few shots of the parade and the stores selling Christmas decorations. What a nice surprise.

LIFE IS GOOD AT BOCA BEACH CAMPGROUND, LA MANZANILLA, JALISCO, MEXICO

JUST ANOTHER DAY ENJOYING THE BEACH LIFE

Start every day with a nice breakfast, I love camping.

Couple of our neighbors in the campground went fishing, that is a couple of nice dorado's. One of them has a rubber boat about 15 feet long, works for them.

Never get tired of the view from our patio.

An evening view from our patio.

This is the view while I was making breakfast this morning.

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.