Thursday night was the first rainfall in months. I woke to streaks of lightening and house-rattling claps of thunder. Poor little Stella was shaking so hard she almost fell off the bed. It’s how she started sleeping with us in the first place. She’s terrified of thunder, poor baby.
In Austin, after months of drought, we woke one morning to find an inch of water standing in our dining room. A drainage problem that we didn’t know we had, made its presence known after the first spring downpour.
Gracias a Dios there were no major leaks this week in our Bacalar jungle house nor water gushing down the wall. When building nine years ago, yes, it’s hard to believe it’s been that long, we did everything we could to channel water away from the house. We also built drains on the porch. If water came in the front door, we could help it out the back. Our house sits at the bottom of a steep slope.
We did find a leak from the palapa over our front door. Palapas only last about five years. Of course we’ve had our fingers crossed so as to avoid the replacement expense. It’s time to call the palapero.
DOS TORTAS
the adventures of dos tortas 
That’s an amazing roof!
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Thank you. Sometimes we forget to step back and appreciate the beauty we’ve created. Last night we had a BIG storm. Water didn’t come in where we expected but it came in. We’ve spent the last hour mopping the floor. I walked the property in the downpour seeing where we need to clean out drains and reroute water. Gratitude gratitude
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I suppose ‘every cloud’, as they say. At least you now know what to clear. 🤔
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You 2 are so Awesome!!
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Gorgeous! When you repair the palapa, do you pull off the entire roof or just add another layer?
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Good question. I have a message in to the palapero to come out and give us an assessment. I think the one in the video will need a whole new palapa and we have a couple of others needing repair, but truthfully I don’t know.
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Palapero. Of course that’s what he’s called!
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Is that tropical storm heading your way? I couldn’t tell much from the map my weather person put up.
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It is and we’ve been pretty oblivious. Thanks.
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We were on the edge. Funny I wrote that blog, because we indeed found leaks.
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