Shell Station

I think it will be easier for me to show some of our favorite things in little sets. We will see what I have tie for at the end of each day or early in the morning...as we have lots to post.

This is our favorite gas station... we always stop on our way to Belize City.

These are the people we see the most. Phil gives them a hard time and they always smile when they see us. Great service with a smile!
In the glass case are the chicken sandwiches. If something comes on a bun in Belize, it is called a burger... so actually this is a Chicken Burger.

It has shredded chicken, a little jalapeno/onion relish and a smear of cheese sauce...sometimes. Today's did. We love these things. That would be about as close to McDonald's or a chuck wagon as you can get. But no preservatives and additives like in the States.

Yumm! On the way to Belize City!

Phil's Shower...

Jim and Lois- you will be glad that you are summering in Colorado! Phil has his new favorite thing about renting the ittle brown house... the out door shower.

Every day after work, Phil comes home and heads to the -well, I say Back of the house, Phil says front of the house... and takes his shower.

Non of our neighbors are in their houses right now... Lucky neighbors....

I saw a Parakeet!

For a long time I have heard that parakeets are wild here in Belize. I have heard many many times the familiar loud chatter they make... But today on my way to work I saw one! It was a blue one... no doubt a relative of Misty, my Mom's second (an final) parakeet.

The Time Has Come...

With mixed emotions we announce that we have given notice at our jobs and will be moving back to MN on Aug 28.

We don't have a lot of details yet but know in faith that all will fall into place.

So for now, we continue to enjoy our time here in Belize. Watch for more post of some of our favorite things and little stories to share.

Love PandV

What have we been up too...

Time sure does fly.

We are in the final month before our trip home to MN and a visit to the UP of MI. I think that is on our minds the most. Family Vacations, friends, good food, and 2 little dogs.

We have been riding our new bikes to work each day. Yep, we have the coolest bikes on the block with fenders and a head light. Strange riding in the dark. But we have been luckly to not have any rain in our area for the past almost 2 weeks. The last post of the rain that came, well it flooded the road so we had to got through about 4 big puddles with no dry land around. Those puddles come form the marsh land on the non sea side of the road. One rainy night we did take the little red truck back to the house as we were doing our laundry at the resort...a crocodile crossed the road!!! SO... I don't like the idea of riding in the dark it there is water on the road.

The following photo is of the repaired road... they filled one of the big puddle area. Yes, this is repaired. Many of the dirt roads in Belize are like this...or worse. It takes 45 minutes to get from Hopkins to Dangriga... what would be 20 minutes on all paved US style roads. The dirt roads is the main reason why.
We don't go-go-go like we did when we first moved to Belize. WE go to Dangriga about once a month to maybe every other week. You plan every trip wisely... Driving is just not that fun.

Lets see... We are missing our friends Jim and Lois who are summering in Colorado and our friends Tony and Angela who are back in Alaska for about 6 weeks. Rugger is missing his Mommy and Daddy too... But Aunt Vicki and Uncle Phil are trying to spoil him!

So it mostly just Phil and I together... we love the game Phase 10 (and challenge Erika and Bridget to a wild card marathon in MI.)

Phil fixed the AC after the first week of being in our house. This week he fixed the washer and dryer! He even washed out the green water that was in the washing machine. What a great husband! He likes to surprise me with projects he finishes when I am working...I had to work a few days that we are normally both off. He also killed the first scorpien in our house. They do say if you see one, you have more. So we do keep our eyes open...

Also we are following closely Phil's nephew and his family as they go through the start of Chemo. Know that we are thinking of you and lifting you all up in prayer! www.caringbridge.org/visit/johnverly


SO I need to also get more photos of Hibiscus. I thought I got a photo of them all, but have found about 3 more I missed just on the resort grounds.

Another cool thing is I have had some guests staying at our resort tell me that they have been following our blog! So if you are coming to Belize and staying in the Hopkins area- drop us a line!

More soon!
~V&P

Hibiscus of the Week, Week 15

Hibiscus of the Week, Week 14