February 26, 2009
Andy went alone (alone without me anyway….but with several other quads) on Lewis’ quad to a town further than ever before, to be gone 3 days and two nights. Meanwhile, Bob’s sister and I are painting the town red and I am finding out that I know how to find more places than I knew…..because I haven’t been driving much before. Justine and I have gone to Latitude 21 and Solley’s to eat, went to downtown Rincon and to the Thursday market. She and I found Arnie’s downtown store, the flan store, and the leather shoe shop (where I bought sandals of wonderful soft leather. We sat down and had flan in the middle of the market and people watched and then got a bit lost exploring La Piñata by night. We bought jewelry, walked down the beach, and made a coffee table on her patio out of a boogy board to sit our beer and salsa chips on. Justine tried a contest winner coconut margarita and all of the shrimp dishes we could find to eat. Judy, Sheila, Rebecca, Sharin, and I started painting the mural on the baños above us. They are going to have undersea, beach, and La Peñita RV park scenes…….one special one will be three white poodles astride a blue quad bike. Justine gets a kick out of the things we did when we first arrived, like the road work with no signs so you don’t fall in, the narrow roads that the cars water ballet around each other and between each other with inches to spare, and Margaritas served free at the jewelry store!
February 28, 2009
Andy had a great time on his quad ride and went to one town further than the last overnight ride. They rode to a town that starts with the letter “M” and I need to find its name on the map to tell you. It sounds something like “Mascot”. They had great food, saw another quaint village, slept in some needy places with a cold water shower one place, saw another beautiful church, and could see Puerto Vallarta from the 8000 ft. high viewpoint. The quads were parked, as usual, in a safe place inside while they slept. Of course, for Andy, it was the ride that was best. He has a tattoo on the fender of his bike, written in dirt, by a cute little girl. It said, “Rony” (and a little heart) in layer of road dust clinging to his quad. I forget, not being in on it, how much dirt can be on one person and one quad at a time, so you would have a time finding the color of his pants and face.
Meanwhile, JoAn (at home in La Peñita) went with Judy to her pottery class (Justine and Rebecca came too). We were fascinated by the paintings she had to show, the pottery and ground kiln set up in her flower child sort of living room combination gallery combination kitchen. Her pottery and sculptures were wonderful and Judy and Shirley are taking a class from her. She also caters breakfast….wish we had known about her when the kids were here! She is truly a free spirit in her art expression….I would love to have shared her and her pottery and art with Debbie and Carol. If we come back, I will take a class from her. She teaches painting as well as pottery. We worked a bit more on the mural but it will not have enough background done for me to do any sketches before we leave. We are leaving tomorrow morning at 7 am.
Today finds us loading kayaks, folding carpet, folding tables and loading them, and all of the numerous things we need to do to pull out of our spot tonight and hook up the car and line up by the entrance to leave tomorrow morning. We are going to the border with a nice couple named Ray and Judy Porteous in their 35 foot Dolphin with slides. There are at least 5 rigs leaving tomorrow and we will probably travel together to Mazatlan. In Mazatlan the others will split off and go another way. Some of them are going to the interior Mexico before they cross the border. Our plans are to stay one night in Mazatlan, then one in Los Mochas, one in San Carlos, and exit at Lukeville and go to Sunrise Nat. Monument where we can use our Golden Age passes. Our plans are to go to Utah and maybe Arizona. In Arizona, David Johnson’s wife has been diagnosed with Cancer and should be out of Cancer surgery when we get there. We may not do that though as she may be at a point in Chemo that she does not want to see anyone. The plans are to see our Utah kids also and we don’t know how long we can stay. The plan is for us to take three weeks getting home, but if we are to get home to take care of Penny for Deeana on March 14, we must do it in two!
We are downhill in a new spot just for overnight…..lined up for tomorrow!
Andy went alone (alone without me anyway….but with several other quads) on Lewis’ quad to a town further than ever before, to be gone 3 days and two nights. Meanwhile, Bob’s sister and I are painting the town red and I am finding out that I know how to find more places than I knew…..because I haven’t been driving much before. Justine and I have gone to Latitude 21 and Solley’s to eat, went to downtown Rincon and to the Thursday market. She and I found Arnie’s downtown store, the flan store, and the leather shoe shop (where I bought sandals of wonderful soft leather. We sat down and had flan in the middle of the market and people watched and then got a bit lost exploring La Piñata by night. We bought jewelry, walked down the beach, and made a coffee table on her patio out of a boogy board to sit our beer and salsa chips on. Justine tried a contest winner coconut margarita and all of the shrimp dishes we could find to eat. Judy, Sheila, Rebecca, Sharin, and I started painting the mural on the baños above us. They are going to have undersea, beach, and La Peñita RV park scenes…….one special one will be three white poodles astride a blue quad bike. Justine gets a kick out of the things we did when we first arrived, like the road work with no signs so you don’t fall in, the narrow roads that the cars water ballet around each other and between each other with inches to spare, and Margaritas served free at the jewelry store!
February 28, 2009
Andy had a great time on his quad ride and went to one town further than the last overnight ride. They rode to a town that starts with the letter “M” and I need to find its name on the map to tell you. It sounds something like “Mascot”. They had great food, saw another quaint village, slept in some needy places with a cold water shower one place, saw another beautiful church, and could see Puerto Vallarta from the 8000 ft. high viewpoint. The quads were parked, as usual, in a safe place inside while they slept. Of course, for Andy, it was the ride that was best. He has a tattoo on the fender of his bike, written in dirt, by a cute little girl. It said, “Rony” (and a little heart) in layer of road dust clinging to his quad. I forget, not being in on it, how much dirt can be on one person and one quad at a time, so you would have a time finding the color of his pants and face.
Meanwhile, JoAn (at home in La Peñita) went with Judy to her pottery class (Justine and Rebecca came too). We were fascinated by the paintings she had to show, the pottery and ground kiln set up in her flower child sort of living room combination gallery combination kitchen. Her pottery and sculptures were wonderful and Judy and Shirley are taking a class from her. She also caters breakfast….wish we had known about her when the kids were here! She is truly a free spirit in her art expression….I would love to have shared her and her pottery and art with Debbie and Carol. If we come back, I will take a class from her. She teaches painting as well as pottery. We worked a bit more on the mural but it will not have enough background done for me to do any sketches before we leave. We are leaving tomorrow morning at 7 am.
Today finds us loading kayaks, folding carpet, folding tables and loading them, and all of the numerous things we need to do to pull out of our spot tonight and hook up the car and line up by the entrance to leave tomorrow morning. We are going to the border with a nice couple named Ray and Judy Porteous in their 35 foot Dolphin with slides. There are at least 5 rigs leaving tomorrow and we will probably travel together to Mazatlan. In Mazatlan the others will split off and go another way. Some of them are going to the interior Mexico before they cross the border. Our plans are to stay one night in Mazatlan, then one in Los Mochas, one in San Carlos, and exit at Lukeville and go to Sunrise Nat. Monument where we can use our Golden Age passes. Our plans are to go to Utah and maybe Arizona. In Arizona, David Johnson’s wife has been diagnosed with Cancer and should be out of Cancer surgery when we get there. We may not do that though as she may be at a point in Chemo that she does not want to see anyone. The plans are to see our Utah kids also and we don’t know how long we can stay. The plan is for us to take three weeks getting home, but if we are to get home to take care of Penny for Deeana on March 14, we must do it in two!
We are downhill in a new spot just for overnight…..lined up for tomorrow!
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