A new home for Dod

Dod moved from his original spot here at El Chaco which was right on the beach but with no shade.  Dod is now in the middle of a palm grove about 70 yards from the beach.  I can find shade easily at any time of day and the inside temperature is 80 degrees at 4 pm where at the old site yesterday it was over 90 inside.

Dod nestled between palm trees next to the river

I am also 200 yards closer to the restrooms and showers and I can get on the internet right from Dod at the new location which means I can watch movies at night on Netflix, write my blog and catch up on the many blogs I follow.

In order to get to this spot I had to navigate an obstacle course of mature and young palms that at times were no more than 9' apart.  Dod is only 7' wide so it was more fun than challenge.  Tioga George came by and tried to figure out how Dod got there.  When I showed him my route he had a look of disbelief on his face!

Obstacle course

View from my new front yard

While I was outside reading on my first day at the new camp I heard a splash and then watched this beautiful yellow bird fly up from the water to sit on this post.  I am thinking it is a kingfisher of some sort; maybe Judy can help.

A forced break from blogging!

I had to take a break from my blog to do some electrical work.  Last night while I was in Dod watching a movie, my neighbor (the one I am sharing power with) used his four slice toaster and the power went off instantly.  I figured it was either a circuit breaker in his rig or a circuit breaker in the restaurant where the power originates.  My nighttime investigation proved fruitless but this morning I discovered that the extension cord from the restaurant to his rig had blown in half where it had been previously patched.  I retrieved my electrical kit from Dod and 15 minutes later we have power again.  There is one more patch on the 100' cord which I will fix later today unless the manana spirit of Mexico overtakes me.