Friday 3/22/13
This morning I wrote an email to
family, as a kind of update on my where-abouts, on Barb’s computer because I’m still unable to
post these blog entries until I have Mac wi-fi access. I need to become conversant with
various ways to successfully connect to the Internet when I’m traveling –
Guatemala and now Mexico, etc, when there’s no wi-fi.
This morning a group of us went
to the hot local breakfast spot and had a huge Mexican breakfast. I ordered ‘café de oro’ (a regional
specialty of black coffee flavored with a bit of cinnamon and just a pinch of
sugar); I also ordered jugo de naranja (freshly squeezed orange juice) and una
omeleta de jamon, pimiento y queso (known as a Denver omelet in the US). It was delicious served refried beans
and a side dish that I would describe as cut up crispy fried corn tortillas
reheated with refried beans ‘til warm and softened - sounds a little strange
but tastes great. Also on the
plate were three or four slices of the local white cheese – very mild flavor -closely related to our cream cheese but
a little drier in texture. After
breakfast, they served rice pudding (arroz con leche) with beautiful huge
raisins and cinnamon. There were about 18 or 20 of us from Hacienda Contreras
and we had a great time. Once
again, almost everybody in town is related to Sal – and each is very welcoming
to us.
After breakfast, Nova Scotia
neighbor, Jerry Gale, and I went to fill our propane tanks; I think I mentioned
that I’d run out in only one week.
Well, they ‘filled’ the tank today with 10 liters, which is about what
they’d filled last week. So, when
I got home I did the math … It’s a
4.7-gallon tank or 17.9 liters.
So, the reason I’m running out so rapidly is that they’re only filling
it about half full each time; I guess I can’t trust what my gauge says so I’m
going to have to insist that they fill it until it turns off automatically –
just like the gas pump for vehicles!
During the day six new RV rigs
arrived; people (Mexicans and Gringos) want to get away from the beach areas
because Sunday will be Palm Sunday, the beginning of Semana Santa, and college
kids from the North, as well as lots of Mexicans visit the beach areas for the
week and it’s just too crowded.
[Interesting, some gringos actually complain about the Mexican tourists
“invading” their beach RV parks!
What? This is their country]!!!!
Nancy and Doug have had Doug’s
sister, Diane, visiting from Medicine Gap, Alberta, Canada for more than a
week; they’re leaving tomorrow to spend the last three days of her vacation in
Guadalajara – about a three hour bus ride from here. It’s a city I’m going to
have to miss this year– but I sure plan to do it next.
A gentleman named George Lehrer,
Jorge in Spanish, drove into Hacienda Contreras yesterday. He’s the first male RV-er traveling
solo I’ve met. Lots of people
‘know’ him as he’s been writing a blog for ten years and has about 5,000 people
who follow his daily posts. He’s
interested in hearing about Renate and my experiences traveling alone because,
even in this day and age, single women traveling solo are still a bit of an
oddity. He’s been living in his RV
full-time for over ten years and has no plan to ‘settle’ down into any
conventional kind of living. His
‘inmigracion’ card allows him to stay in Mexico as long as he renews it once a
year. Interesting – he’s still a
US citizen; his license plate is from South Dakota. He’s planning to be here about a week; so we’ll have more
time to converse.
This afternoon Renate and I
talked about possibly heading north in a similar timeframe, meaning we might
‘caravan’ as long as it’s comfortable.
Neither of us wants to be dependent on the other, but if it works out we
could enjoy some things together while heading towards the US. We talked about visiting San Miguel de
Allende for the first stop. [I’d
really not been too interested in visiting SMdA as it’s a haven for ex-pats;
but I’m told that it’s a beautiful Colonial city with a glorious history. Also I hear that the ex-pats who live
there are very interesting people – probably more Latinized that lots of
gringos].
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