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.