Punta Perula

We've been sitting here staring out at the ocean for over a week now.  Are we bored?  Hell no! This is exactly why we bought our motorhome.

The life here is very close to perfect!

Yes, internet would be great, but you can survive without it.  We have just gotten so dependant on it.

Our routine is simple.  We get up around 8:30, grab a drink, coffee for Al, ice tea for me, and go sit outside on the patio and watch the fishermen, the pelicans and any energetic beach walkers.

When the grumbling of our stomaches interfere with the peacefullness of the scenery, one of us makes some breakfast.  Toast and jam, bacon and eggs or even waffles or french toast.. breakfast is an important meal!

Around 11 we shower and take the stroll into town for the days supplies and of course the internet!

We are about 5 blocks from the square and the stores.  There are a few of the typical beach stores, selling floating devices,  tubes, and boards along with beach mats, towels, hats, bathing suits and of course t-shirts.  Mixed in along the main road are little restaurants selling barbeque chicken, tacos and fresh juice drinks. There is one hardware store, one pharmacy, one cell phone store, one hairdresser and about 6 small grocery stores. There is one carnecia or meat store but we haven't seen any meat in it yet.  Meat is the one item in town (beside internet sticks) that is hard to find. You can buy fish, red snapper, tuna, shrimp, lobster, octopus,  crab even oysters, but chicken, beef or pork are hard to come by.

Now for Al this is no problem, but those that know me realize that this is a major problem.  Oh and did I mention that the vegetables here are only the very basics.

We have been having some creative meals...

Last nights dinner, was really good!  And , believe it or not, I made it.  The cooking and BAKING bug has bitten me.  I have been spending lots of quality time with 'the joy of cooking' cookbook.

Last nights meal was thick slices of ham (thank god the grocery stores carry ham, bacon and weiners) cooked in a pan on the barbeque with rice, canned mushrooms, carrots,  celery, green pepper, onion and chicken stock.

And dessert was....banana pudding made from scratch!

So far on this Mexican Adventure, I have baked baking powder biscuits (ok these were not the best), banana bread, lemon loaf, chocolate yogurt cake and now pudding.  This doesn't sound that adventurous to some of you BUT this is using a small (think tiny) gas oven, even smaller kitchen sinks and very little elbow room oh yes and only the very basics of utensils.

So, yes I think I deserve a pat on the back..

Back to our daily routine...

We have discovered 2 places that we can get wifi from.  The ciber cafe, this is where all the kids hang out, doing their homework, accessing social media and emails or playing a violent gun battle game similar to Call of Duty.  Thanks Corry without you in my life I wouldn't of had that snippet of knowledge.  This is one cramped store and  if it is too full the internet is soooooo slow.  30 minutes of internet costs about 9 pesos or approx 70 cents.

The other place is the juice/ice cream parlour.  We found out about this place from a transplanted U.S. citizen named Lola, she is definitely a 60's era hippie who found a better lifestyle.  Mel and Dave, we immediately thought of your mom!  The internet here is more expensive, flat rate of 20 pesos but it is quicker! 

By this time we are usually hot and dusty, so we head back to the RV park, stopping to pick up beer if we need it.  Beer here is cheap!  We pick up 24 bottles of cold Estrella beer for 210 pesos.  That is less then a $1 per bottle.

The afternoon is for playing in the ocean, more sitting staring at the ocean and the boats on it, having a nap if needed and anything else that involves little energy. 

Dinner time is usually arround 7 p.m. and then some nights we play cards or a board game,  we climb into bed and watch a movie and then fall asleep listening to the waves.

And then repeat...

Sorry it is just too slow to post pictures of this beautiful place..if we ever get good internet again I will post some, I promise...