on the edge

Time to Slow Down

It's June and the rains have come early. The snowbirds have returned to the north and the Mexican schools are still in session so the Mexican tourists have not arrived in any great numbers. 

Temperatures are hot, in the high 20's and low 30's (high 80's and low 90's) with high humidity. The mornings are cool with a nice cool breeze out of the mountains but as the day progresses the temperatures rise and the sun is hot. 

We had a hurricane near miss last week. Hurricane Carlos was just a tropical storm, most of its life. It's original track would have taken it over the mountains in the south and directly over Puerto Vallarta. Luckily for us it did not pick up any energy and was deflected by the mountains out to sea. We got extremely heavy rains for 3 days straight with lots of thunder and lightning. 

It is now sunny with hardly a cloud in the sky and cooler than it has been for several weeks. It would be nice if it stayed this way.

Car Crisis

Not to let things get too idylic, the following e-mail arrived today. By way of background, people who live here and buy property here typically file with the Mexican government for an FM-3. This is a migratory document that allows you to live here full time if you have sufficient income but you are not allowed to work here. It is mainly aimed at retirees. Two of the perks of having an FM-3 are (or should I say were) that if you buy property here and spend more than 6 months here you can sell your property and not pay any capital gains taxes. In addition, each holder of an FM-3 is allowed to bring one car or truck from outside the country and assuming you properly register it with the Mexican government at the border, you are allowed to keep it here as long as you are a resident.