The events of early April have put my blog posting onto the back burner… until today!
As I briefly mentioned in a postscript to my last blog, my dear Mom, Muriel Olive Loten (nee Keable) passed away during the morning of April 1st, while we were still in Uaymitun! She is survived by 3 children, 8 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
We returned home on April 9th, WestJet Tuesday; had a few days to open the house and then flew out to Abbotsford, BC. Elaine and I were very grateful to be accompanied by our three daughters, Tricia, Kerry and Kristy and Kerry’s 9 year old son, Ben. My sister Valerie, brother Roger, all the grandchildren, many of the great-grandchildren and some close family friends gathered for Mom’s “Celebration of Life”… it was very meaningful for all. Not a dry eye was left as “Amazing Grace” was played by a local piper to close out the ceremony. It was a time of tears, smiles and laughs… Mom would have approved!
Now… back to our regularly scheduled blog posting…
As the end of March approached, it was time for many of the winter beach folks to head home! We were scheduled to stay until April 9th, so we were some of the last to leave.
We made sure to spend some time with our Uaymitun friends before the season came to a close!
We had talked numerous times with Raymond and Pam about trying out a local “Cocina Económica” that they had been to several times! So we booked a lunch date to be followed by cards!
Then it was time to get serious… the World Championship Title (between us 4) of Hand and Foot was up for grabs again!
Through great strategy, skill and consummate team playing, Pam and I beat Elaine and Raymond to regain the Title… actually we didn’t just beat them, we annihilated, destroyed, decimated and countless other adjectives, beat them by a score of 12,369 to 8,573!
To let them recovery from the trouncing, we agreed to play some more cards… 5 Crowns it was… definitely not a “team sport”! Or so we thought!
By the time “The Kings Were Wild”, they had conspired and table-talked their way into a 49-49 tie… and then declared themselves the Winners! Pshah!
This season was Bob and Pat’s last one in Mérida, but we sure hope they’ll come back in a few years! We were invited to their house for one last sleepover!
The next morning we walked to a nearby artisan bakery, SOCO, for breakfast!
Back in in Post #11 “Mostly nothing!”, Doug & Janine and Gary & Laura had moved into the house just two down from us on the beach at the beginning of March.
To close out their stay, they hosted a “Murder Mystery” with Elaine and I joining them and their guests, John & Nancy!
“Honky Tonk Homicide”, Cactus Texas
A nasty murder investigation sure can disrupt Karaoke Night, especially when everyone in town is a suspect! So it’s time to put the microphone and shot glasses down and figure out who killed Bubba Angus… before we’re all put in jail!
- Sheriff Sissy Wesson (Elaine): The sexy, yet fierce and respected, sheriff of Cactus, Texas.
- Carney Folk (DW): An angry and sleazy carnival worker, passing through town.
- Rowdy Lawless (John): A bad boy with a short temper and a love for his bike.
- Dusty Diamond (Gary): Host of Karaoke Night at Bubba’s with big dreams of Country Western stardom.
- Reverend Jim Bob Eternity (me): The town’s beloved TV evangelist.
- Mary Kay Eternity (Nancy): The preacher’s wife, struggling for her own identity.
- Twyla Fleetwood (Janine): Cactus Court Trailer Park owner and designer of her own nuclear holocaust bunker.
- Crystalline Daniels (Laura): The young, beautiful and promiscuous barmaid.
It was a fun evening with a great meal… don’t want to be a spoiler, but it was the Preacher with the Pistol in the Office! 🙂
The next morning was a beautiful one…
I hope you’ve enjoyed this penultimate blog post of the season!
Cheers from Uaymitun!
-doug and elaine
Loved every photo. Miss you all. And sure enjoy vicariously being on the beach with you all. Till next year
Great blog Doug, sure wish we had some of that warm weather now!
That was a fantastic blog. Loved the pictures of the mystry murder night. Looks like you all had a lot of fun !!!!!!!!!!