Six of us, Al & Brenda, Rick & Pat and us got into our truck and went geo-caching. I had eight caches to find and our first one took us to Delfino which is the back road to Guaymas. Unfortunately, the place was all fenced in so we passed this one. The second one took us to the Naval Base where we turned around as we weren’t allowed to go in, so we drove back a little way, took a side road which took us around a different Bay. We saw this beautiful marina and not one boat on the docks, continued on around the corner and saw a fish canary factory in the distance and the stench of it all finally sunk in. It was repugnant! We quickly turned around as we had gone past our cache anyway, and drove down to the marina. Well the smell just as bad here so we gave up on this cache too. Thank goodness we had stopped for lunch at this little place on the Bay before. We decided to go back to San Carlos where Al & Brenda left us and the four of us continued on. We found two caches on the way to Nacapule Canyon. From here, the GPS took us back towards Soggy Pesos where we stopped just before and went up on this hike to the top of a hill but had no success of finding.(I sent an e-mail to the owner asking for direction). We had seen Steve and Linda going up to Soggy Pesos so we went there and had a beer. They were walking the beach with Ruby, their black Lab. They joined us and we made plans to go out for dinner at 6:30 pm.
We drove back home and joined the rest of the gang having Happy Hour. At 6:30 pm, we, P&R and us, went to PICCOLO near Santa Rosa met Steve & Linda and had a great dinner. The food was excellent. It began with a mushroom cocktail, a salad, the entree and dessert; all for $50 for two including wine and beer. Can’t beat that! We came home, had a drink at the fire and thus ended a marvellous busy day!
An old friend, Trish, arrived yesterday. She came down with a female friend; she hadn’t been here for 3-4 years. Wayne and Glenda came to take them out and we chatted for a bit. We drove to town (SC) to TONY to get some carnita (cooked pork) and a few other items, then to Santa Rosa to get some wine. I went to Pemex and filled up the truck Diesel is at 10.09 pesos (approx. .89¢/Litre). We came home and read for the rest of the day. The gang went to THE EDGE for hamburgers but we stayed home since we went out last night. We are in charge of starting the fire for when they get back.
We woke up to cloudy sky and 11*C this morning at 8 am. Uploaded pictures to folder #81 in Picasa.com, also went to Guaymas to find a light bulb for the kitchen light and bought a few more things along the way. Al came with me for the ride. The sun finally came out and now the sky is clear (2 pm). Val went for a haircut at MARUE and while there, I asked her to call me; she did and only got music so I think there is no reception on my phone which I will have to check on Monday at TELCEL. We got some corn from TONY which was quite good but not as sweet as ours. We watched for the Space Station again tonight, we saw it two nights ago, but to no avail so we all went in to cook our respective dinner. Fire in the evening and to bed early tonight
We went to the village of Empalme around 11 am. There were six of us, Rick and Pat, Al & Brenda and us; we rode with P&R and A&B took their jeep. We took the new Libremiento road around Guaymas; a very nice highway which comes out by Empalme. No more lights and heavy traffic to fight. We had to really search for a parking spot in the village, it is a popular open air market. We walked the whole thing, bought some sweet corn (yes they do have but not as sweet as home) and a huge cauliflower which we split with Pat at a cost of 20 pesos, about $1.25.
On the way home, Rick took us through San Jose, a tiny village then we went home. There was a Happy Hour but we decided to stay home, just too windy and cold. No fire tonight either.
I took a drive to Guaymas to try to understand how I can make calls and receive them. It took a while but I finally got it I think. For some reasons, my phone doesn’t ring and I am not sure if it is the system or my phone. Anyway, I think I got it figured out. Val did the laundry today and I phoned Salmon Arm to have our mail forwarded.
We had four rigs come in on our row today so we had to move our Happy Hour area and fire pit to another place.
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