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Ron and I left his house in Toledo, OH on the 14th of October. We
stopped at my son Mark's house near Greenville, SC. On the 20th we went to a great music festival at Black Mountain.
Next stop was in Savanah, then to Panama City, FL. We traveled along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico camping until
we got to Brownsville, TX. After crossing the border November 4th we drove to Cuidad Victoria where we spent the night
in a hotel. The next day we were going to Mier y Noriega, Nueva Leon to see a friend, when we got lost in the desert
for a couple of hours. After spending a couple of days in Noriega we left for Chapala, Jalisco where we spent
the winter. We arrived there November 8th. The rest of November was spent getting settled in. One of the
guys at the American Legion told Ron about a softball team that he could join. Then one of those guys mentioned that
there was also volleyball games he could play. And later he also started playing tennis ( I am trying to learn).
When the guys played volleyball my friend, Jean and I, walked. Jean and I also chased down a few fowl balls at softball.
| ONE OF THE TWO HOTELS ON THIS BAY |
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| The gringos call this hotel "the Pepto Bismo Hotel" |
JANUARY: Our friends from Edmonton, Alberta arrived and we all went to Tenacatita.
We missed some more cold weather while we were on the coast (very unusal weather). Now some friends from Ontario are
here for the winter. Both of the men join Ron playing softball and volleyball.
DID YOU KNOW?
The Mexican people in the Chapala area do not eat pinto beans.
In the Oaxaca, Mexcio area they eat black beans...which aren't eaten in Chapala
The street vendors sell candy, tamales, corn, ice cream, candy, beer. Some of the people are selling bandaids,
I saw a woman taking peoples blood pressure for a few pesos. At the gas station is Chapala they sell candy right at
the pump, and windshield wipers. People sitting on the streets selling donuts, catus, avacados. Kids selling small
packages of Chicklets.
It is very expensive to borrow money in Mexico so most of the people that are building here build as they have the money.
It may take years for them to complete a house.
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| Here we are camping under the palapas |
DECEMBER: Ron and I went to the Pacific coast of Mexico with a couple of friends to Tenacatita
Bay. We camped right on the beach under the "palapa's". Good place to be in December because we missed some cold
weather in Chapala while we were on the coast. Christmas dinner was at our favorite cantina with 50 other "gringos".
We were intertained by Bobby Lee, who sang and played the guitar.
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| Our crazy, funny bartender. |
FEBUARY: Our friends from Canada, Tony and Bruce, volleyball players, Dave and
Andy, Ron and I, and 5 other people go on a 7 hour hike over the hills to a little village called Trojas. Great view
of the towns down below and of Lake Chapala. We ran the little store there completely out of "cervesa". We took
a bus back to our homes.
A couple of our friends, Ron and I went to Tom's for pizza. You have to go west
from Chapala along Lake Chapala to Jokotopec. You go through this town and out to route 15. You will find this
resturant on the right hand side at the corner of these two roads. The resturant is only open Thrusday through Sunday
from 12 until 4 o'clock. They have a great salad and delicious red raspberry cobbler and average pizza. But the
reason that we went there was because Tom, the owner, insults everyone. When we were there, there was 4 women and they
were telling Tom what they wanted on their pizza. He said that they would eat it like he made it. If they wanted
to order a pizza like they wanted they should go to Domino's. You order pizza and what he decides to put on the pizza,
that is what you get.
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