The big news of the month is the huge rain storm that caused so much damage in Jalisco September 12th. Twelve inches of rain fell over a very short period of time. Melaque was very badly damaged with water chest high. Not only water but mud. Lots of mud. Barra de Navidad was fine and La Manzanilla also had lots of damage and flooding. Out here at Boca de Iguanas our arroyo overflowed its banks, took a short cut across the property and cut us off for two days. Further afield, Lake Chapala received devastating mud and rock slides. But you know, the Mexican people just get on with it. They don’t sit and wait for help. They just start cleaning up. One does not hear a lot of moaning. The Army too were out helping clean up, delivering new mattresses, food and picking up destroyed appliances etc. Very sad to see actually. It is almost done now. We were in a hardware store yesterday and shop keepers only comment was that everything had been put back in a different place making it hard to find things. Getting my hair cut the other day I could see the water line just above my chair only three days after the storm. Amazing really.
In La Manzanilla, the roads have been more or less flattened. The rain plays havoc with both the paved roads and our dirt road in the village. We have long given up on keeping the truck clean.The beach was a horrible mess. They have removed a lot of the flotsam and jetsam but a lot more work still needs to be done. Our usual rock piles are on the beach and then one spring tide around December will come in and take them away. Nature has all kinds of tricks.
We could use some more rain now to cool things down. It is very sticky and HOT.
I just read on our message board that PV will be getting a Costco and Home Depot. Imagine that, I can give Walmart a break. This can be a little mini break. We have a very reasonable hotel we stay at right on the marina with lots of restaurants to sample.
Next month we are off to San Sabastian, (17th Century Mining town) Mascota and Talpa in the heart of the Sierra Madres. This area has recently opened up more because of a new highway. Before, one had to fly in.