Make Me Laugh Again

We had two morning appointments today.  Cano, Elizabeth’s employee came by to measure the drain hose he’d need to replace the sink hose in aft head.  It is draining very slow.  Ivett came by to make templates of the portals and pick up fabric to make covers for them.  We also went over some other needed repairs…fastener on dodger cover and zipper on shore power bag.

After lunch we headed out to do some shopping.  We took an Uber to Home Depot and then a taxi, driven by Julio, to Auto Zone.  Then we walked to Costco.  Julio picked us up at Costco and drove us to another Auto Zone and then to dinner at La Puerta Grande.  Julio then picked us up and took us to yet another Auto Zone and then home.  Why did we go to 3 Auto Zones?  I’m glad you asked.  We are looking for a tool…a flexible grabber claw thing.  Auto Zone carries it but all three were out.  We weren’t successful at finding other items either so yuck…our US shopping list gets longer.

 

No pictures today

 

We got up at 7am, well, OK, Renee’ got up at 7am, I slept until about 7:40. I we listened to the net, then we waited for Elizabeth to come by to explain what she would do for her money as regards to watching our boat. We got the estimate from Armando yesterday, and we are comparing the two. Advantage of Armando is he is somewhat lower in price, and he does direct supervision/involvement of watching the boat. Advantage of Elizabeth , she speaks English and is a “go getter” and organized. With lots of contacts to do a variety of types of work. Of course the rates for all that work include her cut, as nothing she does is for free. 

We had our breakfast after the net and before Elizabeth got here. Around noon, I noted that the pump out guys had not been by and I called the office as they were supposed to be here in the “morning” (that being what I asked for). They sent someone by shortly after that. We put some water in the tank afterwards and they pumped it out again. Somewhere in there I changed the filter on the vent, under the forward head sink. Easy job but stinky!  I also got the outboard ready to leave for the summer.  Reneé worked on deep cleaning.

We are continuing to work through our list of things that have to be done before we fly out. The list of things we are bringing back in the fall is getting longer. We will have a lot to bring across the border. 

We got up and had breakfast, listened to the net and debated what to do for the day. Finally decided to go to Paradise Village and get a slip for the duration. We had originally planned to go in on Tuesday, but the list of what has to be done is pretty big, so. Here we are!

We started into the list, taking some of the easy stuff first, like putting covers on instruments and canvas on windows. I adjusted the battery charger and solar controller to keep the batteries at less than 100% while we are gone. We have a list of things we have to do before we leave the boat and a list of things for when we get back. Adjusting the battery charger is on both lists now. I walked to the office and checked us in, then took a water taxi to the Port Captains office to get checked in there as well.

Good news: the bathrooms are very nice, Bad news: they are about a mile (round trip) away. The pool and beach are easily accessed and they have a happy hour at 5 pm, beer is 60 pesos and it is two for one, so about $1.50 per beer.

 

 

We walked out to the grocery store, it is a pretty short walk and it is a very upscale store, this area of Nuevo Vallarta is very high end, as some one said, it is more like Redondo Beach. Unfortunately, the prices match the look.

I tweaked something in my neck or back and I am having issues with lifting my right arm as it hurts so much. The symptoms are very similar to what happened about 10 years ago. Then I had chest pain on the left side, my left arm felt like someone was hitting it with a baseball bat, and I had lost sensation in my left thumb and first two fingers. At that time I called the advice nurse and was told VERY calmly to take one aspirin and have someone drive me to the emergency room. When I eventually got to the emergency room, they did not let me sit in the waiting room and escorted me to the back, where I was immediately hooked up to an EKG machine and after a bunch of other stuff, they took x-rays of my neck (as I told them from the beginning, I thought it was a pinched nerve in my neck). Finally after several hours in the ER and a pretty big bill, they told me that they thought it was a pinched nerve in my neck. They even showed me on the Xray where it was, then they showed me a nerve map of the human body which showed that the symptoms for a particular nerve in the neck between two of the vertebrae were chest pain on the left side, pain in the upper left arm, and loss of sensation in the thumb and first two fingers. I remember that the nerve between the vertebrae either above or below that spot had similar symptoms, except it was on the right side.  Anyway, I took some Advil and went to bed.

We woke up around 8 am, had coffee and breakfast and discussed plans. Overnight we heard the water pump a couple of times, so we turned it off. I checked this morning, and yes the water heater is leaking again. We have decided that we will put things away this morning and head across to La Cruz and spend two nights in the anchorage, then head to Paradise Village.

No pictures today

 

We woke up after another rolly night. It is kinda cool this morning. Unlike most of the time we have been this far south. We listened to the net, had breakfast and got it together and went ashore.

To go ashore we called Edgar on channel 10 on the VHF radio and waited for him to come get us. After he picked us up, we went to another boat, S/V Toccata and Marilyn and Sherry joined us, and as it turned out they too were planning to do the hike to the waterfall, so when we got ashore we set out for the waterfall. Pictures below, it was a fairly long hike and took us until around 12:30 or 1 pm to get back to town for lunch. After lunch Reneé and I went back to the boat and the two ladies hiked to the other water fall and checked out the town. We took naps, and then ran the generator for an hour or so while we floated behind the boat. When we had hot water, we took showers and got dressed for dinner at the gathering of cruisers at the Yacht Club. “The Yelapa Yatch Club” (Yes, that is how they spell it here. Dinner was very good, and the entertainment was provided by the violinist that we have heard before here.  Finally about 9:30 or so, we called it a night and went back to the dock and called Edgar for a ride. This time there was about 11 of us on board the water taxi back to the boats.

Another rolly night.