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| Mexican tile from a fountain. |
We are still at Paradise Village Marina and it's been hard adjusting since Danielle left. We miss having family with us. The
next time we will see her is at her graduation on June 11th from Cal
Poly.
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| The part of the Marina along the lagoon/river where we are docked. |
So
the day after Danielle left, Tuesday, Rick and I just straightened up the boat
and went over to the Tuesday Market again. We met our friends Kirk and Heidi
who came by bus with some of their friends from La Cruz at the market only to
say goodbye a few minutes later as they had plans to go into Puerto Vallarta to
have a late lunch. It was a nice quick visit, which was fine with me because I
really needed to go see the doctor again.
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| Hospital on one side Casino on the other |
Right
across the parking lot from the Marina is a very nice modern looking Hospital,
which also happens to be in the same building with a Casino. I guess if you are
in the hospital and you have visitors they can go gambling while you are in
surgery. ??
Anyway,
it was nice and convenient for me. I went into emergency, filled out the
paperwork and saw a doctor almost immediately. He was such a wonderful person. He spoke English very
well for one and he listened to all of my symptoms, examined me and explained
thoroughly what I had, what the cause was and what to do about it. Turns out I
have Colitis Nerviosa (nervous colitis).
He gave me some pills to help with the symptoms but told me I needed to
take care of the rest on my own. He said pills are only like putting a Band-Aid
on a bullet wound. Sounded pretty wise to me.
So
since I am in the process of trying to fix my current health situation, we have
decided to stay here at Paradise Village until my body starts functioning a
little better and to be closer to a medical facility. Once we leave here and
head to the Sea of Cortez, there really won’t be any place for health care.
And, I’d like to be able to enjoy what we will be seeing along the way and
being a part of it, not just observing. And Rick could use his first mate to be
in ship shape.
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| A typical Lepe painting |
Today,
Friday, April 1st we are going to take a little excursion and take
the bus into Puerto Vallarta in search of a Gallery that is supposed to have
the works of the late Manuel Lepe Macedo. My mother was a huge fan of this
artist and had several of his pieces framed hanging on the walls of our home
while growing up. Since she has passed, all of us children have inherited one
or two of Manuel Lepe’s paintings.
His paintings are whimsical and naïve in nature based on the landscapes
and townscapes of Puerto Vallarta. They usually are of children playing and
angels and flying about. Everybody is always having a good time in these
paintings. It was sort of my mother’s motto. She’d say, “everybody dance,
everybody have a good time”. So I am reminded of her and her love of having a good time. I just learned
that April 17th is
Manuel Lepe Day (the day of his passing) and it is celebrated in Puerto Vallarta.
To
be continued…
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