10 July
Yesterday we surrendered our laundry for washing. This was arranged by Norm for $8 USD. Little did we know that our laundry was going to be washed and dried in the local sand wind. When our laundry came back we had to violently shake everything out, just to try to get the sand out of our clothes. Live and learn.
Since last night was so unpleasant with the sand wind, Roger and I went out investigating to see if there was someplace else we could camp overnight without the sand wind. We found Hotel California and Raul was very helpful in providing us information on where to park in the "sombra" without the sand all for $10 USD. When we informed Norm that we were moving, he said "I hope it's safe." We're under the impression that fear is one of the tools he's trying to use on us to play by his rules. Fortunately, both Roger and I aren't intimidated by Norm's tactics. Sandra came to check out Hotel California and she decided to move as well.
Norm once again asked her if she knew whether or not it was safe. Norm reminded us that he had local security keeping an eye on us last night. This entailed giving a flash light to a 14 year old and telling him to keep watch. Apparently he didn't do a great job, because somebody was taking pictures of Sandra's rig last night after midnight and we woke up with tourist flyers on our windshield.
After we set up our move, Roger successfully transited out from the beach. He had a confident speed going and was able to just barely scoot across the thick sand. Ben was disappointed because he wanted another excuse to use Sandra's wench.
Since we were going to move the RV, we ended up taking everybody to the grocery store. Norm hopped out without so much as a Thank You upon our arrival. The grocery store didn't open until 9 and so we had over a half an hour to kill.
We hopped on one of the bicycle taxis and headed to a panaderia (bakery). Sandra bought some bread, I was not impressed by the pastries so I didn't buy anything. From there we were peddled to a ferreteria (hardware store), where Roger bought some parts to run an extension cord from our house batteries so we can now run the fan all night long. Yeah! We can also now charge the laptop without starting the generator by using the extension cord. I had mentioned my idea to Roger a couple of days ago, and he need time to cogitate on the execution of my plan.
From the ferreteria, we went to a taller de cuero. Ben wanted a machete and saw one at the ferreteria, but they didn't have a case. So I asked our bike guy if he knew of a place where a case can be made for a machete. He did and rode us there. I talked with the guy at the leather shop and for $20 USD Ben (Sandra's son) bought a machete and had a leather case made for it. Ben was extremely happy with the end result.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing. Tomorrow is scheduled to be a long day, with a border crossing into Costa Rica. The log says 212 miles tomorrow. I hope our drivers both get a good night's sleep.
Yesterday we surrendered our laundry for washing. This was arranged by Norm for $8 USD. Little did we know that our laundry was going to be washed and dried in the local sand wind. When our laundry came back we had to violently shake everything out, just to try to get the sand out of our clothes. Live and learn.
Since last night was so unpleasant with the sand wind, Roger and I went out investigating to see if there was someplace else we could camp overnight without the sand wind. We found Hotel California and Raul was very helpful in providing us information on where to park in the "sombra" without the sand all for $10 USD. When we informed Norm that we were moving, he said "I hope it's safe." We're under the impression that fear is one of the tools he's trying to use on us to play by his rules. Fortunately, both Roger and I aren't intimidated by Norm's tactics. Sandra came to check out Hotel California and she decided to move as well.
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| They take security seriously at the Hotel California. |
After we set up our move, Roger successfully transited out from the beach. He had a confident speed going and was able to just barely scoot across the thick sand. Ben was disappointed because he wanted another excuse to use Sandra's wench.
Since we were going to move the RV, we ended up taking everybody to the grocery store. Norm hopped out without so much as a Thank You upon our arrival. The grocery store didn't open until 9 and so we had over a half an hour to kill.
We hopped on one of the bicycle taxis and headed to a panaderia (bakery). Sandra bought some bread, I was not impressed by the pastries so I didn't buy anything. From there we were peddled to a ferreteria (hardware store), where Roger bought some parts to run an extension cord from our house batteries so we can now run the fan all night long. Yeah! We can also now charge the laptop without starting the generator by using the extension cord. I had mentioned my idea to Roger a couple of days ago, and he need time to cogitate on the execution of my plan.
From the ferreteria, we went to a taller de cuero. Ben wanted a machete and saw one at the ferreteria, but they didn't have a case. So I asked our bike guy if he knew of a place where a case can be made for a machete. He did and rode us there. I talked with the guy at the leather shop and for $20 USD Ben (Sandra's son) bought a machete and had a leather case made for it. Ben was extremely happy with the end result.
The rest of the day was spent relaxing. Tomorrow is scheduled to be a long day, with a border crossing into Costa Rica. The log says 212 miles tomorrow. I hope our drivers both get a good night's sleep.
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