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We added a new RICH-U-ALL to our weekly list of things to do. That is
a Sunday morning bike ride in the newly constructed cyclopista along Lake
Chapala. |
Our first outing was to the city of Chapala, where they love their signage
along the Malecon. Round trip was seven miles, that took all morning, but
that included breakfast. |
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One of the tourist destinations is a statue of Jesus the Fisherman located
on a man-made island about 1/4 mile from the shoreline. |
Once the statue was built, a bridge
was erected for tourist and fisherman to walk to the island |
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Our little case include this piece of lawn about 170 square feet made up
mostly of crab grass and clover. We gifted the Meyers lemon tree to El
Parque. |
In its place we created an outdoor
patio to extend our outdoor living. After building an edging around the
lawn and leveling the area, the workers methodically laid out a Herringbone
brick design. |
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Once the bricks were laid, came the hard work of measuring and cutting all
of the perimeter brick, one brick at a time. |
Before long our COVID-19 Entertainment
Center was taking shape. The only two things we want is a side gate and a
fire pit. |
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When we saw our electrical bill spike after we installed the two air
conditioning/heating units, we decided to install six solar panels and along
with this smart inverter. It took two days to install. The nice thing
is when the power goes off we can still run the frig. |
This bi-directional meter was
installed to track how much electricity our new solar panels were producing as
compared to how much we were consuming. If all goes as planned our monthly
bill should be about $2.00 USD. |
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Our volunteer gig with FoodBank Lakeside took us to San Pedro Itzican in the
county east of Chapala. The first thing we learned is this village was
founded 100 years before the Mayflower landed in America. |
FoodBank Lakeside, along with Cruz
Roja (Red Cross) deliver these packages filled with cleaning supplies to help
local residence deal with the growing number of confirmed cases of COVID-19. |
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Its remote location and lack of tourist and business attractions has created
some of the worst poverty in the area. The specific reason why we
visited this village is a high concentration of children with Chronic Kidney
Decease--nearly twice that of other communities. |
As we walked along the cobblestone
streets we saw crumbling and partially completed homes along with stray dogs and
cats (even horses) but this is the first time we have seen stray pigs. |
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The Tiangus (local markets) are open, but many of the vendors were
conducting business no different than they did before COVID-19 hit Mexico. |
We captured this Gecko hanging out
near the ceiling of one of our bathrooms. Widely common throughout Mexico,
this little creature mostly does its work at night acting as pest control. |
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We made a Costco run to Guadalajara, who did an awesome job at patrolling
people entering the store. They used their carts to form lines and
checked our temperature and gave us a sanitized cart. |
While this advertisement is
commonplace throughout Mexico, it shows how wide spread subtle racism can be.
All of the people in these ads are light skinned. We also noted this in
FIJI in 2016. |
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Our friend sent us this picture he took on his patio overlooking Lake
Chapala with rainbow sitting on top of Mt. Garcia, an ancient volcano on the
southern side of the lake. |
Cloud formations can make or break a
beautiful sunset. And they can change in a matter of minutes. Most
times we just enjoy the experience. Stay safe and remain healthy!! |
