Afternoon

Good Afternoon,

Well, the wind is really blowing now and we are under a wind advisory for most of the day. We had a very nice breakfast with Mum at Alice's. The food was good and the coffee was hot like Mum insists that it must be, smile. Elise is giving Chris a bio-feedback treatment at the present time so now I can tell you about our trip to Puerto Penasco ( Rocky Point, Mexico).

18 May 10

We left Tucson at around 11:00am after we had a very good breakfast at Gus Balones. At about noon we were stuck on Ajo Rd because they are repairing the highway. It seems like every trip that we take and we drive we get stuck due to road work. This trip is a slow one so we don't mind the wait too much. There is a nice breeze and the temp is about 78 degrees. We are listening to a book on tape about Erma Bombeck and it is pretty good and funny.

We stopped in Why, AZ to get Mexican travel insurance for 3 days. It cost about $54.00. Elise talked to the lady there in Why and she said that there were fields in Buckeye , AZ that were rotting because no one wanted to pick them except immigrants and the farmers would not hire then if they were illegal!! A very sad note. We arrived in Rocky Point at around 3:30pm and the house on the beach that belongs to our relatives Bucky and Dena had just been painted inside and out and it looked very nice. New patio furniture as well with nice turquoise cushions. We are sitting on the back patio enjoying the cool breeze and eating our famous tuna fish, jalapeno dip with Fritos and we are drinking a few Cervesa. Delicious!

We played Scrabble on the patio for a couple of hours and we continued to eat the dip and we had a few more Cervesas! After that we played a game called "Wizard" for a few more hours adn we moved on to our favorite game drink Jack and Coke. It is about 9:30pm and we are totally stuffed and ready to call it a day. Bucky called to see if we got there OK.

19 May 10

We woke up at around 8:30am and we both had stomach aches, I guess it was too much food or something? Smile! We tossed and turned during the night because it was a bit warm. Elise got up at around 9:00am and she fixed us a light breakfast of toast, jelly and coffee. After that we took a walk on the beach.We had to cover our tattoos before we went on the walk to keep the sun off of them. It was a very good long walk on the beach. After that we went into town to get some groceries. We bought some cheese(asadero and oaxaca), corn tortillas that had just been made, salsa, watermelon, ice cream, shrimp, water and dental floss. The grand total was $32.80. Not bad at all!

We returned to the house and we played rousing game of "Wizard" . later we played a game Triominos and drank jack and Coke and Elise munched on pistachios and I ate chicharones and popcorn. Elise took a shore nap and then she read for a while before she fixed dinner. We had refried beans with Mexican cheese and jalapenos in them, Quinoa, shrimp sauteed in olive oil and grape seed oil with garlic and a touch of sesame seed oil. We also had corn tortillas hot and lot's of salsa. We had some Black Box Merlot alone with dinner and it is always a good choice. We watched a DVD while we ate and it was in black and white a little weird but it was good . After dinner we sat on the patio and people watched playing in the sand and fishing off of the beach. We came inside and we played another round of "Wizard", we have become masters of the game. Then we called it a night at around 11:00pm. Another good day in Mexico.

20 May 10

We started the day at 8:30am but Elise is still on AZ time so for her it is 7:30am. Elise fixed a nice breakfast and I cooked a couple of smoked pork chops to go along with our corn tortillas and coffee. Next thing you know we were out for another beach walk. We walked for 68 minutes adn we are exhausted from walking in the sand,it is very hare work don't you know? It was hot as well even though the breeze from the ocean was feeling good. We walked part of the way behind the beach houses on the road to get a different view . Lot's of expensive houses for sale. One was a small one priced at $700,000 so you can imagine the price of the big ones. The house we stayed in had to have cost at least a couple of million, and let me tell you is is very nice. There are not very many tourist here but lots of workers painting and sanding the beach houses. So we imagine that they expect a large influx of people during the Memorial Day vacation.

We took a trip into town to visit a pharmacy this morning to get meds that you cannot get anymore in the states. We also bougth more salsa and batteries for Dena's kitchen clock. We returned from the pharmacy and we had a few Jack and Cokes, of course we did. We played more Triominoes on the patio and Scrabble, right after that we took a little nap. Elise then made dinner which. We had those shrimp again, refried beans, quinoa, jalapenos, cheese and corn tortillas, and of course some more Merlot. We watched a movie on TV with Matt Damon and Greg Kinear that was pretty good. Then we went out side to watch the sunset it was very nice.

We decided to play some more "Wizard" and have some ice cream for dessert. There are a lot of people on the beach this today and some guys are in the house next to us and they are loud and and drinking beer. We called it a night after we completed the game.

21 May 10

We got up at around 8:00am and just missed a tamale lady selling on on the beach. We are preparing to head back to Tucson so we are packing our suitcases and we are going to take one more stroll on the beach before we leave. After the walk we decided to eat some watermelon on the patio and people watch. This morning's beach walk was for about an hour, and we are really tired from it. We picked up some shells from the beach for (Q) Kecia's daughter. We got showered and dressed and we locked up the house and we left for Tucson. We got back to Tucson and we unloaded the pickup and then we went to Oregano's for pizza, vino and a couple Bellini's. A very nice way to end a very relaxing trip. We sleep very well that night let me tell you.

The photos above are a few that we took in Mexico. I will post some on our blog over the next couple of days, enjoy! We did.

Cheers..............

Good Night Jeanne.

Tiger, Marcie and Jet, have a great evening.

Monna, so glad to hear that you are feeling better.

Mary and Bob, good to hear from you.

Rosie, glad to hear that you are back.

Olivia, good to her from you as always.