Leaving Kino Bay, Sonora, MX

October 22, 09
Leaving Kino Bay
We are now ready to leave Kino Bay and head south. This has been an interesting month with lots of activities. My daughter, Vera, son-in-law, Gabe and both grandchildren, Christopher and Catlin, were here for ten days and that was great to have them down here for the first time.
We took them back to Phoenix to catch the plane back to CA and then came back down here for some more work and relaxation.
So far the projects that have been done this far are:
Redo the palapa: Yes hurricane whatever destroyed the flagstone area around the palapa and it had to be rebuilt. But all is fine now and we even have a large driftwood log in front of it.
Doors on the cabinets in the barbeque area: We now have doors on the cabinets in the barbeque area. Nice not to see just openings there.
Storage area for beach things: We built some enclosed storage in the covered patio next to our bedroom to house the beach things out of the way. This now needs to have doors built for it on the next trip down.
Walkway and walls in the common stairway area: We built stairs with short walls for the owners of the lots around us so that they could access the beach area. Not a simple project but I did have some help for this one.
Painting the Kitchen area with color: Bev had some help from Jill our decorating color person in selecting some bright colors for the kitchen area around the stove and windows. This is not the end of the painting projects but only the very beginning.
Finishing the chest of drawers in the bedroom: This was finally finished with the drawers installed and hardware put on.
Planting: We managed to plant the inner courtyard and the outside planters, One with cactus and the other with plants and trees. What a job hauling all of the sand out and then putting topsoil in. Then came sprinklers and an automatic timer system to complete the project but it is done and now we can only hope that it all works, because, we won’t be here to check on it.
Internet and satellite TV: We now have internet installed at the house and satellite tv so we can now say that we have all of the vices that we had in the US.
Marine radio: I installed an antenna for the marine radio so that Bev can get the Kino Bay News in the morning. All she has to do is be up by 8:00 am.
Paying the Bills: We paid for the trust for another year and paid the attorney to complete the work on the lease of the Federal Zone in front of the house. I paid the water bill for next year (no meters you just pay for a years worth of water), and tomorrow I will try to have the electric bill deducted from the checking account automatically. Still have not been able to get online to pay the taxes but they are not due until January.
Some pictures are posted and now that we are traveling I will try to post more often.