Our patio in back, looking at the Casita

Wow - first time inserting a photo and it turned out huge!  I am not sure how well this will show up when posted to the blog.  Again, this is a work in progress...

This place is very nice - not as large as we expected but that's because they count all covered outside area as living space in the sq. footage.  There is a deck off the 2nd fl. that's covered and the mirador on top is covered as well.  In general the house is very comfortable.  Our biggest challenges were all related to cooking equipment.  There were no bowls in the house!  We looked in all local stores and no one sells stainless steel bowls here.  I suggested the re-sale place in town - Gregg said "Nah".  We finally went to look and guess who won that bet?  Found 2 sm., 2 med. and 1 lrg all together for less than $10US.  Then there was the copper-bottom fry pan.  Gregg says it is at least 50 years old.  That was $35US by itself.

Another cooking related note:  We found a guy who makes sausage here via an ad in the local paper.  "Smitty" came out of his kitchen and brought his recipe books out, then showed us his home-made smoker.  He will make sausage for us to order when Gregg brings him in a recipe for Andouille.