Setting up shop

I apologize for our blog laxity, but we really haven’t done much of note since our arrival.  

The plot so far: Arriving later in the season meant that Martin, the wash and wax guy is up to his eyeballs in business, and hasn’t yet been able to clean our rig up after her long journey.  Our final setup can’t really be done until the wash process is complete.  Also, I have been considering having El Valiete’s cooked-out vinyl graphics removed and painted back on, but arriving later means the auto body guy is also neck deep in business, and unlike previous years where he was part of the welcoming committee, he has not yet been around.

The first thing we had to do, was lift the legs, store the slides, and move literally five inches east.  Have I mentioned that the prime real estate here in the park on the cliff overlooking the beach is a little tight?  

Nancy walked into town and did a big shop, then wisely took a taxi home with all of her goods.  Next, she did a massive clean of the motorhome, removing the detritus of 4,600 Km. of travel, and put out all of the rugs and furniture throws that are only in place during extended stays.  

Our friend made a trip to the storage bodega and brought us our table, chairs, water dispenser, and other miscellaneous shiite we have acquired.  

Our neighbours have been here since the start of the month, and have had Carlos perform the annual knocking back of their vegetation.  

We’ve talked to Antonio and are in line to get our’s done as well.

The hummingbird feeder is up, and well-attended.  I will state right now that the accompanying shots are less than optimal, but illustrate our current setup.

We’ve used our fresh water tank for non-potable water in our Mexican travels, so last night we bleached our water system, and this morning, flushed everything out, and are now onto the Park’s potable water system.  We will continue to have a 5 gallon supply of agua pura for guests. 

The promised Park wifi improvements have been completed, however the wifi can still, at times, be dismal.  As an example, will trying to do a simple banking transaction, I had to log in three times, over 20 minutes, because the connection was both very slow, and intermittent.  Our neighbours pay for a Las Colonia tower based internet access.  I asked Antonio about it, he said Eric is doing an installation here today, I’ll send him over when he’s done.  Eric says $2200MXN for the antenna and installation, and $300/month for service with NO DATA CAP!  I asked him how soon he could do the installation, he said tomorrow.  We’ll soon see whether he meant Saturday (today) or mañana (not today, sometime in the future).  If this works as it should, it means we have FaceTime, Netflix, and all the other niceties which have, in the past, eluded us.

Anyone who knows Kirk knows that there' something wrong with this picture.  Kirk, never, and I mean never, rests until every morsel in his dish is done.  On inspection, he has what we think is an impacted gland, So Nancy and he are off to see the vet, while I wait, just in case either Martin or Eric show up today.

Other than the above, we have been resting up from our travels, catching up with friends we haven’t seen since the spring, and enjoying the heat and a beverage or two.