Published 03/28/2025
Up at 6:30, breakfast, bible reading then started working through our list.
At 9 am the laundry lady arrived and took our laundry. Then we washed the boat. This marina restricts water on the dock to two hours, 9-11 am. They also restrict “hot” water in the showers.
The shower limits we ran into after washing the boat and heading to the shower after lunch.
Then, going to get Propane for me and Reneé went out to get a haircut. Since I had the cart to get the propane, I was also going to get mineral water. We have found that we really like sparkling mineral water. The propane place here is about a 10 minute walk from the marina. Normally they are on the outskirts of town in Mexico, but here it is very easy to get to. Unfortunately, the place I went to for the mineral water only had the expensive brand and it was more than we wanted to spend, so back to the boat with only the propane. Reneé wound up scheduling an appointment for her hair cut tomorrow afternoon.
She also eventually found a bank that she could get pesos out of at a reasonable rate. This is an interesting issue. We do our banking in the US, and we can go to any ATM here in Mexico and get pesos directly from our account, the bank in the US pays the fees so that part is free to us. However, the conversion rate from our bank is the best available at the moment we withdraw our pesos, many of the ATMs here in Mexico will give you a choice (usually hidden somewhere on the screen) to use their default conversion rate or let your bank do the conversion the difference was 18.81 pesos to the dollar or 20 pesos to the dollar. It took her three ATMs to find one that had pesos and would let our bank do the conversion. She was attempting to get 10,000 pesos and the difference would have been about $32 US, lost in the conversion. In the end she was only able to get 7000 pesos (about $350 US).
This is a fairly sparsely populated area, and most places don’t take credit cards, cash is the only way to do business, so we try to have some on hand. In the bigger cities we can use a credit card to make a purchase for groceries or supplies for the boat, but in smaller places (like Aqua Verde) we have to use currency.
We got showers about 6 pm (4-7 for “hot” water). We had beer at the brewery on the way out and on the way back, (we split one the second time). We eventually found mineral water, and bought some of the groceries as well.
Below is our list of things to get done in Santa Rosalia:
– [ ] Take a look at the wash down pump and hose see if I can fix the leak
– [ ] Get bottom cleaning done (scheduled for Saturday)
– [ ] Grocery shopping
– [ ] Reneé gets a haircut (Friday)
– [ ] Stern light repair
– [ ] Order the solenoid for the propane to be at Lukeville in about a week
– [x] Fill propane tanks
– [x] Pharmacy
– [x] Wash the boat
– [x] Bank
– [x] Get water
