Dec 11th to 13th - San Carlos

Dec 11th - Tues - San Carlos
Pat & Rick, Geri & Bill and Terry & I walked down the street for breakfast at Rosie’s Cantina. Very nice, typical American food available. Stopped at a small grocery store on the way back.
All 8 of us then went for a hike in Nacarule Canyon. It was beautiful. I will try to get the pictures posted soon. I think it was 1.6 kilometers. Just wonderful, not too strenuous but we knew we had been for a walk.
Then we all continued out to a beach and the Soggy Peso Bar for a margarita and a snack. All in all a great day!

Dec 12th - Wed - San Carlos
Back to the dentist today with the same results - the crown did not fit. It turns out the lab did some adjusting on the old crown instead of using the new impression to make a new crown. So I will be coming back again tomorrow. Rick very kindly drove to Guaymas again and on the way back we stopped at a nice hotel/resort and walked around the grounds & dock. Didn’t look like many people were staying there but Rick said it caters more to Mexicans and they do not go to the beach in the winter.
All of the women in our group went to a cooking class this afternoon which is taught by the same lady (Maria) who offers the Spanish class. We learned about different types of chilies and chose which type of salsa we wanted to make tomorrow.
We signed up for Skype which is a way of making phone calls using the computer. We use a headset/microphone and can call any phone number or other Skype users. There is a slight delay when speaking but not too bad.
Craig & Cathy joined us for Happy Hour today so we had a larger group.
We wanted to try Skype and call someone tonight but the wifi was down so couldn’t do it.
We found out today via an email from Terry’s brother Harry that Terry’s Mom is in the hospital after an operation on her back. She chipped a vertebra which exposed a nerve - very painful. They used a bonding agent to cover the nerve and removed the bone chip. She should be home in a couple of days. We couldn’t figure out why she had not sent us an email!!

Dec 13th - Thurs - San Carlos
The “cooking class” met Maria at 9:30 this morning to take the bus to the market at Guaymas. Maria led us though the market (the Mercado), showed the different types of chilies and helped us buy ingredients for our salsas. Pat, Geri, Margo and I split from the rest of the group and walked to my dentist appointment, stopping at some stores along the way.
Would you believe the new crown still did not fit. So we will be starting over with the nasty Novocain and re-prepping the tooth to take it down a bit. There is just not enough room for the crown.
When we got back, the ladies made their salsas. Maria had bought a huge bag of fresh tortilla chips and the class met again at 3:30 to taste everyone’s salsa. It was very interesting to see how they all turned out. Most were too hot for me to eat more than one taste but I am a spicy food wimp.
Rick, Terry & Craig went golfing. They got back just after 5 and by then everyone else was cuddled up inside as it was fairly cool so we actually missed getting together for Happy Hour!
We used Skype tonight to make several phone calls. We got dropped at least once on every phone call - apparently the wifi signal was low. But at 2 cents a minute, I can call back a few times. The sound quality was fine - at least on this end - and no one was bothered too much by the slight sound delay.