3/10/13 Sunday
I’ve been here about 24 hours and am really enjoying this
park and locale. This morning Barb, the
owner, took me into Valle de Juarez – a regular middle-class working Mexican town /
pueblo. The streets are clean,
yards are well-kept, people friendly and helpful. There do not appear to be 'street people' and certainly not many gringos. Barb Contreras is an American lady who met, fell in love and married Sal when he went to Chicago to work many years and five daughters ago. They, of course, came home to visit his relatives (there are hundreds!) every year; then decided to retire here after Sal worked for the Chicago Transit Athority for about 35 years and Barb retired from nursing. The property for the RV park
We went to a real Mexican grocery store – that in some respects
is better stocked than Walmart!
Oh, and the Central Park/Plaza is beautiful – bright white wrought iron
park benches, a gazebo for music, etc, beautifully landscaped and tended. I will go back to this area to take
pictures and get the lay of the land.
There is a good carnecería enfrente del Parque Central [meat market
across the street from the central plaza] – supposed to have really good
meat. But today is Sunday, so I
bought some frozen ready made hamburgers and some sliced ham. I made tostadas for lunch with refried
beans, green salsa, cheddar cheese and avocado. Pretty good on store bought baked corn tortillas.
When I got home I did a load of laundry in a brand new washing
machine [$15 – 90 cents] and hung the clothes to dry in this high altitude
(6,000 + feet) breezy sunshiny day; the clothes were dry without wrinkles in
less than 2 hours! A few new
people arrived today – one couple, Dale and Judy, who recognized me from
Mazatlan! I made the decision to
stay for at least a week - $750 pesos – about $60!!! Wow – and it’s so clean and quiet and great. I’m looking forward to exploring
Mazamitla and Valle de Juarez more thoroughly. Maybe I’ll hire a cab.
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