Nuestro par llejo al Aeropuerto de Puerto Vallarta en Diciembre de 1967 hace 33 años.

Una vez tiempo atrás había dos jóvenes enamorados en la mejora ciudad para eso, Montreal. Se casaron en julio de 1966 y planearon lanzar una nueva compañía en el mismo tiempo de EXPO 1967. La compañía fue llamada SIGNO AERIAL, la cual hoy permanece trabajando y se llama SKYCOM of CANADA Ltd. El lanzamiento fue tardado pero en diciembre de 1967, la compañía la cual tubo un subcontrato durante la EXPO obtuvo una licencia para funcionar como Servicio Comercial aéreo clase siete AIRA. En aquel tiempo y en aquel lugar, el trabajo en el invierno fue muy poco y la rutina de invernar empezó. BILL SEMEYN, quien conocía Acapulco pensaba que MEXICO era mas barato y mas bonito que su nativa Colombia Británica para llevar a su nueva esposa mientras esperaban un mejor clima para regresar a EXPO con Jarry Park.

Bill tuvo un amigo que trabajaba en un negocio de fotografía donde el trabajo antes de fundar SKYCOM y este amigo se fue a trabajar con Xerox el cual estaba en el zenith al haber introducido la fotocopiadora. Nada era demasiado bueno para estos chicos y estos amigos que ganaron un viaje a Puerto Vallarta en 1965 o 1966 estaban contando que el lugar era espectacular. Así fue que ese ano, llegaron la pareja a Puerto Vallarta en su avión Cessna C-170B de SIGNOS AERIAL en diciembre de 1967, hace mas de 30 anos.

Certainly this has to be on your itinerary he insisted and so it came to pass that aboard the lone Cessna C-170B of Aerial SIGN Co. our duo touched down at the PVEE airport in December of 1967 over 30 years ago, imagine. The irony was that armed with Arthur FROMMS book "Mexico on $5. a day" as it was called in those days. The couple didn't like their first night in a beachfront hotel called the PARAISO (nowCARLOS O'BRIEN's Clothesline) which was a modest $3. (only 25% of the rate of CASA ANITA today) mind you that was for two sharing at $3. mind you it was U.S. which was close to par with the Canadian dollar in those days. Anyway the bathroom down the hall with only a curtain for privacy was disturbing to Bill, whose wife's shapely figure would have caused car accidents (had their been more than the 45 present around that time) Find another place was the first order of the second day in town. We had the best it seemed and finally in desperation after having searched out most of Arthurs cheapies, they headed back to the airport seeking to fly south to Zihautanejo 500 miles to the south east. Here they met some difficulty that would prove crucial to what you see today.

Ironically that year we had mail forwarded to the same mail box we have today. Number 411 at the main post office. You can tell the oldtimers by the low number of their post office box. I know someone who has No. 10. Same goes for telephone numbers 2-00-18 was the 18th phone line in Puerto Vallarta! Anyway the proceeds cheque for the car turned up in the box a few days before a friendly jog with the young and only bank manager in Puerto Vallarta. A casual remark while jogging past a piece of property that was going to be foreclosed on shortly as the owner was at the end of his rope, changed a whole hell of a lot of things. On the way back we stopped and looked at the land which the manager had a hankering for himself, but couldn't afford it. (as though we could either) However the pereption is that all gringos have money and yes the proceed cheque would suffice to hold the 250 meter piece of land with already some foundations and pillars erected on it until next year where we would be expected to pay it off. In other words I was taking out the defunct debtor to the Bank in an amicable manner which saw him with some proceeds and relieved of the burden that was overwhelming given his deteriorating health. Presto a land baron in MEXICO. The pillars and foundation are now called CASA ANITA #1, named after the French Canadian bride that Bill is still in love with 33 years later·.. Annette.