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La Paz, Mexico
We’ve been very neglectful in writing in our blog, so I have will briefly try to catch up with the past two weeks. We were able to get our RV out of the shop on Friday afternoon late. So we decided to hightail to Mexico and try to make it to La Paz by Monday in order to start our first day of Spanish class. We started out early Saturday morning and Gary drove for about 12 hours. We reached Guerrero Negro about 8 pm having driven through the mountains for about 2 hours in the dark. We were warned not to do this and now I know why. I was white knuckled through several of those passes. We had a wonderful meal at the RV park we camped at. The only negative to the park was the cock fights that were going on behind the campground. We learned our lesson about driving the mountains in the dark, so instead of making it all the way to La Paz the next day we stopped in Cuidad Constitucion for the night. Left there early Monday and got to La Paz about 10 a.m. It was to late to start class so we waited until they were over for for the day to speak to the director of the school. The head instructor did an evaluation of Kay and decided she could start in the beginning class with Gary on the following Monday.
We decided to go on down to visit our friends in Los Barrilos for the remainder of the week. We had a wonderful time. They have 2 Quads (four wheelers), and we drove up one of the arroyos near their house for about 15 miles, saw fig trees and small pools, and had a picnic near some waterfalls. A couple of days later, another couple joined us and we went along the beach on the Quads for quite a few miles, then had some of the best fish tacos at the Baja Beach Club. We went out Friday night for Karioki at a great Pizza place, and then Saturday night for some of the best live classical guitar and violin music and only so-so food. Sunday morning we packed up and traveled back up to La Paz in order to start class on Monday morning.
The class is 4 hours with a 30 minute break after 2 hours – at which time we switch teachers. Our first teacher is excellent and very patient with us. Gary is struggling a bit but he has never had Spanish. The teacher in the second half of class is only so-so. Today is a holiday in Mexico (we’re told they have a holiday at least once a month). School was cancelled for today, but we will need to make up the 4 hours sometime this week.
On Friday, we will be leaving to spend the weekend with Ken and Yvonne in Los Barrilos again. They drove up here this past Saturday, and we went shopping in La Paz. I haven’t had a chance to look in the shops here. Gary doesn’t enjoy shopping and by the time we finish class and get back to the RV for lunch and get Spud out for a walk, we don’t want to get back in the car again. Anyway, we had dinner with them at one of the recommended restaurants which was expensive and I wouldn’t recommend. On Sunday, they picked us up and we went and had a really great brunch at a lovely place that looks out over the Sea of Cortez. It was a full champagne brunch and only cost us about $7 U.S. with tip.
Our friend Margarita joined us here at the Casa Blanca RV Park in La Paz last Tuesday. A good German friend of her’s flew in from California a couple of weeks ago and they have been touring the southern part of the Baja. They have treated us to some wonderful German food a couple of evenings. Gary and I have really put on the pounds while we’ve been in Mexico. Anyway Herta left this morning to fly back home, and Margarita drove on north to visit a few more areas.
Last night I rewired the television from digital to analog so we could view the local television stations and watch the super bowl. Although I wasn’t happy with the outcome, we did enjoy watching the game, all in Spanish. The game was on two channels.
We’ve been very neglectful in writing in our blog, so I have will briefly try to catch up with the past two weeks. We were able to get our RV out of the shop on Friday afternoon late. So we decided to hightail to Mexico and try to make it to La Paz by Monday in order to start our first day of Spanish class. We started out early Saturday morning and Gary drove for about 12 hours. We reached Guerrero Negro about 8 pm having driven through the mountains for about 2 hours in the dark. We were warned not to do this and now I know why. I was white knuckled through several of those passes. We had a wonderful meal at the RV park we camped at. The only negative to the park was the cock fights that were going on behind the campground. We learned our lesson about driving the mountains in the dark, so instead of making it all the way to La Paz the next day we stopped in Cuidad Constitucion for the night. Left there early Monday and got to La Paz about 10 a.m. It was to late to start class so we waited until they were over for for the day to speak to the director of the school. The head instructor did an evaluation of Kay and decided she could start in the beginning class with Gary on the following Monday.
We decided to go on down to visit our friends in Los Barrilos for the remainder of the week. We had a wonderful time. They have 2 Quads (four wheelers), and we drove up one of the arroyos near their house for about 15 miles, saw fig trees and small pools, and had a picnic near some waterfalls. A couple of days later, another couple joined us and we went along the beach on the Quads for quite a few miles, then had some of the best fish tacos at the Baja Beach Club. We went out Friday night for Karioki at a great Pizza place, and then Saturday night for some of the best live classical guitar and violin music and only so-so food. Sunday morning we packed up and traveled back up to La Paz in order to start class on Monday morning.
The class is 4 hours with a 30 minute break after 2 hours – at which time we switch teachers. Our first teacher is excellent and very patient with us. Gary is struggling a bit but he has never had Spanish. The teacher in the second half of class is only so-so. Today is a holiday in Mexico (we’re told they have a holiday at least once a month). School was cancelled for today, but we will need to make up the 4 hours sometime this week.
On Friday, we will be leaving to spend the weekend with Ken and Yvonne in Los Barrilos again. They drove up here this past Saturday, and we went shopping in La Paz. I haven’t had a chance to look in the shops here. Gary doesn’t enjoy shopping and by the time we finish class and get back to the RV for lunch and get Spud out for a walk, we don’t want to get back in the car again. Anyway, we had dinner with them at one of the recommended restaurants which was expensive and I wouldn’t recommend. On Sunday, they picked us up and we went and had a really great brunch at a lovely place that looks out over the Sea of Cortez. It was a full champagne brunch and only cost us about $7 U.S. with tip.
Our friend Margarita joined us here at the Casa Blanca RV Park in La Paz last Tuesday. A good German friend of her’s flew in from California a couple of weeks ago and they have been touring the southern part of the Baja. They have treated us to some wonderful German food a couple of evenings. Gary and I have really put on the pounds while we’ve been in Mexico. Anyway Herta left this morning to fly back home, and Margarita drove on north to visit a few more areas.
Last night I rewired the television from digital to analog so we could view the local television stations and watch the super bowl. Although I wasn’t happy with the outcome, we did enjoy watching the game, all in Spanish. The game was on two channels.
