Goats and Sheep have a new Gazebo in Sosua

I just got this completed this week. The frame is concrete and the roof is Cana taken from my Cana Palm Trees on the property.

Goats and Sheep don't like the rain and I haven't had shelter for them before but now they have some from the rain. It is 5 meters by 5 meters which is about 16x16 and I am willing to bet that during a heavy rain all of them will be under this.

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Tomorrow we pour the roof on a 120o0 gallon cistern which is a water holding tank. We have community water but they only turn the pumps on 2-3 days a week so we need a lot of storage.

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My friend has a pool that holds about half of that according to him so that is a lot of water. I am also pouring concrete collumns above it to build a cana roof there also.

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This is the evergrowing project and I am trying to make this a place I will love in the future slowly now.

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Hasta Pronto!

Herbert

This is my buddy Herbert posing with a few of the ladys in the bar one night last week. He just left and I am sorry to see him go. I love hanging out with him and of course giving him a hard time for just about everything.

After I finish posting the blog and am going to make an offer on real estate that he and I are going to buy. Wish us luck although I think it isn't a hard bet on this one. Herbert, come back soon!

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Hasta Pronto!

Trujillos Cars at Camp David

These are Trujillos cars on display at Camp David in Santiago. Trujillo was a dictator that ruled here until he was assasinated in the 60's. He was a vicious ruler but there was law and order then. Now it is like the wild west but I still like it for the most part. This was his son's Chevy. The next one is a Willy's that he rode around in. He was the chief of the Armed Forces. This was the boss's Caddy with me standing next to it. I know you will hardly notice the car with such a handsome and distinguished gentleman standing next to it:) Doug Hicks took this shot. I am not usually in my photos because I am the picture taker so here is a rare view of me! . We had a great day and Doug was a pleasure to ride with. He is a great rider and that made it a pleasure. We did a trip that would have taken me with the rest of the guys 3 days to do. . Doug use to be a Professional Hockey player and was said to be the reason Bobby Orr retired (joke out of dougs mouth). Doug was his last defense partner if my memory serves me right. Doug is still a athelete and does everything I can't do anymore and probably couldnt do it back then either:) I look forward to my next trip with him. . Hasta pronto!

Sunday Motorcycle Ride

This is my buddy Doug. Doug has been threatening to go riding with the rest of us for a while now. We finally made it on Sunday. This shot is where we stopped for lunch at a Hotel in Santiago called Camp David.

This is the view from the balcony where we ate lunch. I had a decent salad and a Ice COLD beer which was great after a half day HARD motorcycle ride. This day it was just Doug and I and it was better that way because we did a whole day affair and most of the other guys crap out in half a day. Usually from the bruising:) We started the trip at Pedro Garcia which is where I ended a trip another day with Will. We were close to cresting a mountain and a dark cloud came over and Will crapped out on me because he said he had a bald tire and didn't want to go down the hill in the rain or when it was wet. I told him I was going to hate myself for turning back because I needed to see the other side of that mountain. We were at a very high elevation and I needed to see what was just around the next corner but alas, I didn't because Will appled out. This time we went over the top and it was well worth the trip. This is a picture coming back down the other side of the mountain. Man this is such a cool country, I plan on seeing every freakin inch of it before I die.

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There are times when we are so deep in the campo I feel like these people have never seen a white guy before. It is usually right after that that I see a white kid running out of a house:) It always surprises me!

This was on the other side right near the top of the mountain. Look at all those pine trees! Talk about elevation. We drove around every nook and cranny and we eventually got back to the road called the touristica which runs from Montellano to Santiago where we headed for lunch.

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After lunch we went to the highway and took that to the airport and returned via the Moca - Sabeneta road which is another mountain pass similar to the touristica.

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We stopped at the river in Jamao El Norte and I showed Doug where the mountain population in that area goes swimming and drinking and otherwise spending their Sunday. He never knew it existed.

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We ended taking the El Choco Road from that road back to Sosua and of course stopped at the farm to see the goats and sheep. I also got to show Doug the construction since he has last been there and I think he also enjoyed that.

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Hasta Pronto!

Gals of Pedros

Hey Boyd, this Buds for you! These are a couple of the gals that work in Pedro's who I happened to catch on the camera today. This is Maria who is one of my sisters. This gal below is Rosy and she is a bit camera shy. Took like 20 shots to get one good one. She works mornings and afternoons along with her sister who I didn't happen to capture to computer today but I will. She looks good going also:) Bet you never noticed!

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Hasta Pronto!

And now its time to say goodbye to all

This is Fred who was one of the originators of Pedro McMurphys Irish Sports Bar in Sosua. They built it and sold it in 3 months. Successful plan!

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Fred returned today to Vancover BC and we have had small going away parties for 2 days now for him. I will miss the guy for sure. He was immortalized on one of our Motorcycle rides when he crashed and burned. I didn't get to see it because I was helping another guy get up off the ground a 1/4 of a mile away at the time but when I got to Fred he was in the River washing off all the blood. He has the Scars to prove it:)

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When I asked him if he was ok he smiled and said sure but he must have been one hurting puppy and sucked it up big time. Hats off to Fred and I for one hopes he returns SOON!

He has already threatened to buy a bike on his return and get back in the saddle! Great guy, lots of fun and will be missed! BYE FRED!

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Hasta Pronto

Little problem

Slight problem in our electrical room at the condo complex. Water pipe broke and flooded the room. Hope we don't have lasting damage from this. Water and electronics do not get along well. This pic was evidence for the insurance company. We dried everything out but had to turn off all electric to the complex when this happened. Very dangerous.

Hasta Pronto!