Back in Mexico

Well, I’m in Mexico now. I came here on the 6th of May, last Thursday. It was a tiring trip and I had a lot to do when I got here, unloading and putting things away, and I couldn’t really take my time at it, because I don’t have anywhere to put things in the RV until I can get to it, like I do at home in Tombstone. Anyway, I’m all straightened out now, and even made biscuits this morning. However, I have a serious problem that I need to take care of tomorrow. Somewhere in the RV is a leak, and the floor in the aisle is soaking wet. I could hear water coming out somewhere, and had to turn off the faucet outside, to stop it. I’m not sure what’s wrong, but couldn’t do anything about it today, since it’s Sunday and nobody works here that I could call today. The guy who fixed my RV roof knows some plumbers, so I can go tomorrow where he works and ask him to call them. Then I’ll have to work at sopping up water. I took up the rug runners in the RV aisle, but the carpet underneath them was soaked, so I’ll just have to let it go until tomorrow. I could start sopping it up with towels, but don’t have that many. I’m drying the rugs outside overnight, so I can turn them upside down tomorrow, on the carpet and try to soak up some of the water. Then, I’ll just have to let it dry out over time, I guess. I’ll keep soaking up as much as I can, and if it isn’t too hot, I’ll turn the heater on and go outside.

The first two days I was here, Friday and Saturday, it was as hot as it’s ever gotten here, but today it was windy and had cooled off a lot. Too bad I didn’t have the leak when it was hot, it would have dried a lot easier. The dogs were glad to get here and on Friday morning, my landlord came here to the RV to welcome me back. He had a tray of homemade coffee rolls, and some cupcakes. Then yesterday, Saturday, his son brought me some tortillas with steak, salsa and guacamole, so I had that for dinner last night. They sure do spoil me here. One of the boys helped me unload the car and took some things out of the RV for me, that I had left inside while I was in Tombstone. He was a lot of help and I gave him a ten peso coin--that’s about 85 cents.

I did a load of washing yesterday and pulled a few weeds around the RV, but they weren’t so bad, not like in Tombstone. Before I left Arizona last week, I spread AMAZE over the entire yard. It’s a weed inhibitor, and it really helps to control weeds. My property there was in pretty good shape and I just took my time getting everything up to speed. The time went so fast while I was in Tombstone. What I miss most here is my bed and taking baths. I have to take showers here, and I do love to soak in a tub of hot water, when I’m tired, or when I can’t get to sleep. So, I miss that, but this time, I’ll only be here until about mid September, so that time will go fast. Looking back, it’s hard to believe I was here more than nine months. The time went so fast. I do get a lot of rest here, because I can literally almost stand in one spot to cook a meal, and there sure isn’t that much cleaning to do. I do what I want to and when I get tired, I stop and lay down, so it is a lot more restful and relaxing than living in Tombstone, but I like both places, really, so I know I’ll enjoy living in each place three to four months at a time. I plan to spend the hot summer months here, because it seldom gets above eighty degrees and there is almost always a nice breeze. Also, the rainy season here lasts from the first of June until about mid September, so that keeps it much cooler. Then, I’ll spend the cold winter months here, late December through March, because that is when it costs the most to heat my house in Tombstone, and here my heat is paid for. Also, since I’ll be here in the summer, I won’t have to use my swamp coolers, and they run up my electric bill, too. Arizona had two rate increases last year while I was gone here in Mexico, so I can save the most money by living here in the hottest and coolest months of the year. I will be a nice change of pace for me, and is sort of like going on vacation a couple of times a year. I really do like it down here and I’m in a very safe area. It’s good road all the way down and I can drive it in about seven hours. I lose an hour coming down because this is in the central time zone, and I gain an hour going back to Tombstone, since it’s in the mountain time zone.

Well, it’s 12:30 a.m., and I’m sleepy, so I’ll sign off and finish this later. I plan to buy some cell phone time and some internet time in the next couple of days, but I’ll first wait and see what my leak repairs cost. The nice thing is I can buy as much or as little time as I can afford, with about a $20 minimum. Then I can use it sparingly and it ends up being very affordable. I had all my services turned off when I left Tombstone, my phone, internet, TV satellite, water and even got my car de-insured, since U.S. insurance doesn’t cover anything in Mexico. I left my electricity on, because my refrigerator in the house, and my freezer in the storage shed have food in them. Everything was okay when I got home to Tombstone, that I had left there, and everything was okay here in Mexico when I got back, because the power was on here, too