More Bucerias Happenings

We have had several visitors to our new house. Besides Deb, Wills, Sandy and Barb who I mentioned before, we also had some other board members come visit. Yvette and Steve and their friend Tom braved the bus system to come to our happy little town. They had an unexpected side adventure when the bus driver misdirected them, but Yvette said that Bucerias really does have a lovely highway. We had big plans to go to La Desembocada with them for a shrimp lunch, but to our dismay, the place was closed. We did get together with them later at Vaca Grill, along with several other board members incluing Tara.
A few days later, Amy and Tim came over. They had just gotten massages so decided not to ruin all that effort with a bus ride and arrived in style in a cab! We have been working on the ten-cent tour so that in the future it will be more professional. Harold will still want to show everyone the unpaved streets though.
It was fun having lots of board activities going on, but it is a little quieter now and we can get more in a routine. I have been going to Curves three times a week. It is about 4 blocks away so I walk over and back. Walking back up the big hill is probably as much exercise as the workout!
Patricia and Joann got us involved in the local Feed the Children program. Every Sunday, volunteers go to the Hotel Pelicanos and get the leftover food from the Sunday brunch. We gather it all up in plastic containers of all sorts, bring it back to Bucerias and then portion it out into plastic bags to give to local kids. The first time we got the food, 10-year-old Michelle and her older sister Iris accompanied us. Michelle was the expert, as none of the rest of us had been before. She knew just what to do and we got the food and returned to Bucerias. The girls plus their mom and another sister helped with the distribution.
We did have another guest from the board. Jeanie and her husband Dennis were going to La Penita. Their plane got it too late for the last bus so we invited them to stay with us for the night. We picked them up from the airport and returned to the house. In the morning, we all went out for breakfast at Bambu in Bucerias. We gave them a ride to La Penita where they had an appointment with a realtor. Harold and I went to the beach for a bit, then ate lunch at Hinde and Jaime’s Restaurant in La Penita then returned home.

Our stuff arrives

Leon from Lake Chapala Moving called and said our moving trailer would arrive at noon on October 29. We were amazed when Harold looked out our window at 11:45 and saw a Rodeway trailer on the boulevard near our house. Sure enough, it was our stuff!
When the trailer arrived, the first problem we had was that there was a seal on the door and we had no way to remove it. We had arranged with the guys on the construction job behind our house to help unload. They returned to their jobsite to get bolt cutters and opened the seal.
Between those two guys, the truck driver, his wife and 3-year-old son, Harold and I we got the trailer unloaded in less than an hour. We were then left with a mountain of boxes, bundles and tubs! Since then, we have been slowly but surely sorting things and finding homes for them.
Some of the things went directly to the bodega (storage building). Christmas things and winter clothes won’t be needed for a while! There was some damage on the things in the trailer, so we have also been making a list of that.
It is great to have our things here, but seems like it will take forever to get it all organized. Poco a poco!

Getting settled in

We were getting pretty settled into our house. With so many board members in town, we were busy, too. We went to the beach a couple times with Kevin and Stephanie and ate at Isla Marias near the airport. We were pleasantly surprised when they treated us to dinner. It was lots of fun hanging around with them. We are looking forward to their return with the whole family maybe in May. After a quick stop at Pie in the Sky, we dropped them off at the airport on Monday afternoon. Too bad they had to leave before the “party circuit” started.
On Tuesday, we met Sandy and her sister Barb at the airport. They went to check in at the Eloisa. I felt like a concierge showing them how to run the AC, where the switches were for the lights and fans, and how to adjust the fans.
We went right over to the cocktail party at La Escondida, hosted by Dave. There was a big crowd and everyone was enjoying the chance to catch up with board members new and old. After the party, a group of us went to Encanto. We had never been there before. It was very good.
The next day was the annual pool party at the Velas, hosted by Howard and Vicki. PVDeb counted 69 board members and guests in attendance. There was a buffet lunch and the drinks were flowing! We were surprised that not many people went into the pool. The Velas is beautiful and everyone had a great time. After the party, we gave board member focsle (Mark) and his wife Linda a ride back to La Cruz. You can really see where the marina construction is taking place.
Sandy and Barb came to Bucerias to visit us on Friday. We gave them the two-peso Bucerias tour and then enjoyed a relaxing lunch at Adauto’s. By the time we got in gear and got into town, we almost missed the crowd at CyC. After happy hour, we joined several other board members for a delicious dinner at Café Bohemio. The food there is really good, and the owner Sol is a hoot! Everyone enjoyed their food and the company was super as well.