Tres Geckos, our RV lot

If you are thinking of spending some time in a very warm climate, we may have the spot for you...Tres Geckos RV Site.


Meg y yo have set up, Bea, our Boler, under a cute little palapa next to the beach. Bea is equipped with a fridge, stove, sink, bathroom and two beds. The kitchen has a microwave, coffeemaker, two-burner stove, and sink. There is also a toilet and shower beside the kitchen. We have a 10 x 10 mesh tent for dining ...the bugs seem to have moved on to different climes. We have friends from Portland, Patti and Joann, arriving today to be our first guests. More to follow...

To make things more comfortable, Jaime, our builder, constructed a
kitchen/bathroom/mirador in the corner of the lot. The mirador is over the kitchen/bathroom... it's the spot with a 360 degree panorama of the ocean to the west and a coconut plantation to the east and our neighbours to the norte y sur...a perfect place to sit and relax with a cool one to watch the whales swim by. There is an 2.5 metre wall on three sides of the lot and tubos on the seaside which allow a spectacular view of the ocean.


Across from Bea is a pad suitable for an RV...with water, a 30 amp electrical connection, and septic...especially suitable for vehicles from Arizona that are less than 10 feet wide (0:

Book now for a tropical experience...!!

Too busy to enjoy paradise...

We have been busy painting the casa inside and out, planting palm trees and bouganvillea, maintaining palm trees and bouganvillea, sorting and organizing 'stuff'. (I have yet to go boogeyboarding...though I will try to find some time this week.) We finally settled on a combination of mocha, latte and sky blue for the outside of the house. It is far better than the periwinkle and green combo that conjured up thoughts of a very large Easter egg.

After considerable deliberation, we created a retro tri-colour wave for the transition between the mocha and latte. I can guarantee that no other house on the beach has a similar stripe.

Our typical day begins around 7:30, just as the sun is about to rise over the small mountain range to the east. The first one up starts the coffee maker and we have a cup on the terrace, overlooking the ocean, scanning for whales. (We are starting to see the occasional pod slowly swim by - the new Nikon binoculars are perfect for zooming in on the action!) It takes about an hour to water the palms. We added another dozen or so this week to provide a little more privacy and give the lot a tropical feel. An enterprising young hombre up the road offered us palmas grandes one morning and returned that afternoon in a beaten up truck loaded with huge palms. He and a buddy planted them for us...what a deal!!

We have been setting up our RV lot for guests arriving next week. On Sunday morning we hooked up the Boler and towed her to the site. It's a good thing that Meg can manoeuvre the trailer so well...she backed it under the new palapa that we had built. It's very cute. I designed and painted 3 large geckos on the gate to the RV site...now dubbed 'Tres Geckos'... while Meg primed the bathroom/kitchen/mirador at the other end of the lot. Today we started to add some colour...tomorrow it will be done. We find that it's not easy working in 30C+ temperatures...we are pretty much drained after 4 or 5 hours.

Pests in Paradise

It's 88F outside...the breeze is blowing off the ocean...it's quite the idyllic life here in paradise - for now. But, at dawn and dusk, the bugs come out and they are HUNGRY!!

The worst of the lot are the jejenes. Generally they are the size of this dot " . " A swarm would look like :::::::....:::::: I managed to find this close-up of one...they are all teeth and seem to love to chaw down on tender Canadian flesh, particularly on the ankles. They don't hesitate to chew on previous bites just to add extra aggravation. The itch is way worse that that of a mosquito bite...mosquitoes pale in comparison...and nothing seems to take the itch away. At times a slice of lime on the bite will help stem the irritation. Submerging in the ocean helps a little, too, but the itch is back soon afterward.

Mosquitoes are a bit of a pest, as well. Currently, at night, on occasion, a truck will chug down the road, spewing a cloud of some chemical, trying to eliminate the mosquito hatchlings. Dengue fever is in the 'hood. From all the stories we have heard, it's not a pleasant malady and can have serious consequences. Symptoms are major headaches along with bone-breaking pain...and hemorrhaging. Medical attention is recommended.

This year our scorpion population is practically non-existent...we have only squashed 2, so far. Last year's toll was 17. We have noticed a lot more intersting bugs and beetles around the casa..stick bugs and praying mantises (mantii?), very large scarabs and huge moths. We thought we had mice but it turns out that we have bats who hang from the walls at night. Each morning there will be a scattering of evidence at the base of the posts. The bats eat bugs...hopefully lots of jejenes, so we don't want to discourage them too much from hanging around (pardon, the pun). If we could only but little, tiny bat diapers on them, there wouldn't be a problem.