Day at the Beach

The weather continues to be ideal for beach bumming and we have been unable to resist the urge to head to the Soggy Peso.  The Soggy Peso Bar is no longer the only kid on the block...there are three restaurants/bars, almost side by side.  A fourth is set to open soon.

Today a group of us went to the Peso for lunch and margaritas.  Monday is the Independence Day holiday so the place was busy with Mexicans enjoying their long weekend.

A rarity at the Soggy Peso beach.....no wind!  That meant no kite boarders, but it brought in lots of shrimp boats.

Some Things Never Change

When Walmart showed up in Guaymas and Leys in San Carlos, everyone thought that the small businesses in San Carlos would start to fail.  While there must have been some decline in profit, the smaller stores have learned to adapt.

They have brought in more American products along with trying to bring in fresher vegetables and fruit.

When coming down, we noticed that the food prices in the United States are beginning to rival Canada's prices.  Upon arrival here, we saw that prices have gone up in Mexico as well.

We try to support the local economy and continue to buy our fruit and vegetables at an outdoor market.

Tony has been here for years with a loyal following....to help with his business he has added a small taco stand next door that seems to be busy most of the time.

Anyone Know?

We are pretty sure these are Monarch butterflies.....there are thousands of them on the golf course.  Maybe they are migrating to Southern Mexico!

Any guesses?

Sorry for the poor photos!

Perfect Weather

The weather was perfect for a round of golf so we joined friends and spent the morning trying to hit that damn ball!

Fred and I decided that we wanted to start walking the course, but maybe today wasn't the best of days to start this project.  The temperatures are 30C - 32C which meant we were pretty dehydrated by the time we finished.  The water we carried with us seemed to be at the boiling point by the sixth hole.  All the more reason to have some beers after finishing!

Maggie's Travels

We have to sedate Maggie to keep her safe and quiet in the car.  If we don't she whines and paces constantly - if we drive for 8 hours, she paces for 8 hours.

She mellows out somewhat with the sedatives, but she never sleeps...she is a determined dog!

Yak Restaurant?

Friends...who needs them?

Last year when we arrived our house was for sale....this year they turned it into a "Certified Yak Restaurant"!!!  

Great Start!

We had originally planned to leave for San Carlos on Sunday, October 27th, but when Fred heard the forecast for Monida Pass he decided we should leave a day early.  That meant a couple of late nights getting things in order.

We finally got on the road on Saturday around 9:30 am.  The crossing into the US was a little strange with the customs agent asking us questions like: "How do you plan to finance this trip to Mexico?"  He kept us there longer than usual and we were beginning to wonder what was happening.  Eventually he just waved us through.

Not far from the crossing we hit something on the road and heard a pop..we knew right away that we were looking at changing the tire.  No problem with that, but to get to the spare we had to remove everything from the car....and we were loaded!

We crawled into Havre with boxes on laps and junk all over Maggie.  We looked like the Beverly Hillbillies when we finally made it to the lube shop at Walmart.  They were excellent, getting us on the road within an hour.  We needed a new tire, but at that point we didn't care!

We were determined to make it to Helena and we were able to accomplish that - two hours later than planned.