Happy Thanksgiving!!

Jerry has been working hard for the last two day trying to get the solar panels mounted and installed before he leaves for the States. The project has been going very smoothly, we had to get some wood and screws and bolts at the Home Depot here in La Paz. We ended up having to use pine wood when we would have liked to use oak or teak wood, but this is at great pattern for when we get somewhere that we can mount them the way Jerry would really like them to. Today will be another day of mount the panels so we can get to the wire installation part and hopefully get some power out of them soon.

Skeeters new bed...Happy Birthday Skeeter

One Solar Panel Mounted

After going to Home Depot and Walmart the last two, while Jerry goes and work I have been going with Kate and Dan on SV Akupara up to the market, on Tuesday after going to the market and filling my backpack up with lots of fruits and veggies we walked up to an American bookstore that had the new cruising guide book for the main land Mexico. Dan also directed us to probably the largest candy store in the world, it was so cute, Kate was literally ‘as happy as a kid in a candy store”, with all their excitement you couldn’t help yourself to buy something, so I did.

Cathedral in La Paz

After hours and hours of walking around La Paz, going to the Cathedral, we decided to stop and have a couple of beers at Ciao Milano and American food restaurant and bar right across from Marian De La Paz, which is where the dingy dock is. There was no one in there so we walked right up to the bar and I ordered three Pacificos, as the bartender was reaching in the cooler for them, he looked back at Kate and asked her how old she was. She told him she was 28 and Dan informed him that they were engaged, he seemed very surprised, but that gave us some good laughs, how do you get carded in Mexico with the drinking age of 18?

Last night we hosted SV Akupara and SV Lisa Maria, who had Randy and Jenny on board from San Carlos, all over for dinner. Kate and Dan brought some dorado and rooster fish, we had a fillet of dorado left and Kathy on Lisa Maria brought a Chinese salad and chocolate cake that was outstanding.

Kathy, Mark SV Lisa Maria; Jenny and Randy; Jerry; Dan and Kate SV Akupara

Today is Thanksgiving and Marina Palmera is hosting a potluck dinner at three, we are going with Dan and Kate who is bringing mashed potatoes and we are taking a bottle of red wine. It should be a great time with 200 of our closest friends.