Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico

Kino Bay, Sonora, Mexico
Well we travelled two days ago from Tucson to Kino Bay where our second home is. This is about a 4-5 hour drive with stops and is about 250 miles from the border to our home.
First is a stop in Nogales for gas and an Egg McMuffin ( I have not had one on about 4 months so it was time). The across the border for an inspection which we were passed by on and then on to KM 21 where you get your Tourist Visa. For us this is old hat and we only needed a 5 day one for Sonora only so there was no charge. We did have to pay the three toll road fees down to Kino but by now we are used to that and the toll road was just resurfaced for most of the way so I was happy to pay.
Next was a stop in Hermasillo to get some food as whe have not been home for 5 months and the pantry was empty. So after leaving Wal Mart we were on our way for the final 65 miles to Kino and home.
We arrived and had to pick up the extra key at LaPlaya Hotel where they keep it for me to let the cleaning lady in once a week. Thankfully, they know us right away and just handed over the keys and we were on to the house. I had forgotten that they had installed the security alarm and did not even know the combination so needless to say after 30 seconds we made quite an alarming homecoming. Well back to the Hotel to get the code and then all was well again.
It is always interesting to come home to a place that is not quite finished. Our clothes were still in boxes and we spent the next day and a half unpacking and putting the house in order. Thankfully the closets were finished and the clothes bars were up. Next in the order of business was to get the boxes in the garage down that Bev wanted to go thru and then I was off to Hermasillo and Home Depot to check on some light fixtures that we want to put up. I have been trying to get these for 1 ½ years and maybe just maybe we can get them in another 17 days. That is the frustration of building a home, if you want it has to be ordered and it may or may not come in.
We went to dinner at El Paro Rojo the first night as we were both very tired and cooking just was not an option we wanted to look at. I do like their fish stuffed with octopus, shrimp and oysters and covered with a betchemal sauce, mmmm good and for dessert a cream cheesecake. Well stuffed and tired we went right to sleep.
For the next two nights we had a steak barbeque ant then steak and shrimp. Wow the shrimp were really big and for $5.00 I was able to get more than enough for dinner and then a shrimp and egg omelets for tomorrow morning. You can see the shrimp boats out in the ocean just off the house so that is why they are so plentiful now.
We met with our builder and architect today and Ariel has a list now of things to complete before we return next time. I finally feel that we are getting to the end of this project and will be happy when the final little things are finished. A home is never really finished but you finally get to the point when you say enough, it’s done.
So we will stay tomorrow and then on Monday leave for Tucson again and then back to Redlands and the adventure is over. Well there is always another adventure just over the horizon you just don’t know sometimes where it will take you.

1 Desert driving
2 New agriculture in the area
3 Welcome to Kino Bay
4 View from the entry
5 Kitchen area