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Puerto Rico Update! – looong post by BK

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We called Alwilda who is the current owner of the property in Puerto Rico. She said that her lawyer received some papers back from the government / title company (I am not entirely sure how it all works down there yet). Apparently this is the last paper that needs to be signed for the property to be registered/titled correctly. I sure hope so.

When we asked Cassie’s uncle about purchasing property in Puerto Rico he wasn’t entirely sure because he was licensed in particular states, his advice was to make sure you go thru the larger well known companies. I would have to say that after our first attempt at the purchase this was true. The bank has lawyers and they checked out all the property access requirements and survey/appraisal which is wonderful. They are the ones who found out that the title wasn’t setup properly.

We are getting closer to re-applying for the loan. Hopefully this time it will go thru; we asked for more time intitally (in January) and boy did we get it!


Satellite Image of PR

I was thinking about this summer / fall because I think that is when Hurricane season starts. I actually am kind of excited to experience one. People here are somewhat proud that we don’t have such disasters. But less than 10 miles away we had a pretty large tornado roll thru here, so even we aren’t ‘safe’.


Greeley/Windsor Tornado

There is also one other thing that I find really interesting and dangerous about PR.  The trench to the north of the island.  Well that AND the fault line. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Rico_Trench 


PR Trench

“The island of Puerto Rico lies immediately to the south of the fault zone and the trench. The trench is 800 kilometers (500 mi) long and has a maximum a depth of 8,605 meters (28,232 ft) at Milwaukee Deep, which is the deepest point in the Atlantic Ocean.”

Which is also why I am ok with not being on the beach front.  If an earthquake hits apparently from what I’ve read the trench can have underwater avalanches that cause tsunamis.  Although here in the mainland we have the ‘economy’ which could be way worse than any tsunami.  Look at our trench!


US Trench

I dont know which is deeper?  I guess I will take the one that only crashes once every hundred years (PR Trench) not every 30 (stock market).

Rockin Out

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Well it’s summer time.  Got to love riding bikes, going to BBQs and swimming.  We rode bikes to our friend’s party last night.  We had a good time.  I just checked the odometer on my bike and it was 6.5 miles round trip.   Cassie can really cruise on her new bike which makes it easier to decide to take a bike.  The old one was pretty heavy and inefficient.

 
Cassie on the ‘Aloha 3’


Not Rockband- Britton playing “tongs” and Matt on air guitar for the audience

I made some pinchos on the grill (chicken on a stick with a piece of bread at the end).  I think though it would make more sense to use a tortilla instead of bread.  Next time.

Everyone was afraid to try rockband…Ok not everyone.  But singing was definitely something that most people didn’t attempt.  It’s fun though, the game tracks your pitch so you need to be somewhat in tune to score points. Cassie sang most of the night.


Josh Chad and Me


Erin and Cassie

Video Games!! – a BK poast

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Well it certainly is less expensive to drive this Corvette than the real thing.  I can even race against other people without fear of getting a ticket.  I played some games today with my friend who is living/going to school in CA.  Xbox live is great for that.

It’s a far cry from what video games looked like when I started playing them back in the days of Atari.

In fact games have gotten to the point where their realism is beginning to cause trouble.  In a racing simulation ok, realism is fine with everyone.  What about Grand Theft Auto?  I know if I had kids I wouldn’t let them play GTA until they were at least what..10? 

Oh and Party at Matt’s house tonight!  We’ll be playing some Rockband (another video game).  We are going to party like rockstars!  It’s a sweet game because they did a good job of simulating what it feels like to be in an actual rockband.  You have these guitars, drums and a mic.  It’s cool and something that everyone can play.