PJ & Shelly San Carlos Bound

Time flies when you are having fun. Yes, we have been living here for a year now. We LOVE it. We love the slower pace of life here, we love learning about the culture, we even love learning to live without common items that you can't get down here. We are now waiting for our construction to be completed. We spend our time going to the ocean and swimming/snorkeling, taking walks, Shelly bakes bread, going to Guaymas Ostioneros baseball games (they are in the finals this year), going out with friends, PJ goes fishing, Shelly is learning to bead jewelry, and we are enjoying beach concerts (where there are always Pacifico girls to PJ's delight).

The front iron work and trailer gate are installed. The trailer gate swings open from the center where the garage gate is a single piece that will slide to one side to open (and weighs a ton). The garage ceiling is finished. Painting has begun. The exterior of the casita is a slate blue color. The interior of the casita is a cafe color. We are one week behind schedule in regard to construction completion. Our builder says he will be finished in one week (8/22) but we are not holding our breath. We feel very fortunate as most Mexican construction estimates are 1/3rd of what they really turn out to be. If we move in by the end of August we will only have added 3 weeks to our original time estimate.