Dec 21st to 24th - San Carlos

Dec 21st - Fri - San Carlos
The owner of the RV park provided beer and margaritas for a Christmas get together at 2:00 today. Everyone brought food and we gathered by the pool to drink & eat. My contribution was devilled eggs and I really messed up and put too much salt in the yolks. So I separated more eggs, cooked the yolks in the microwave and mixed them with part of the too salty yolks. They were still too salty but there were quite a few people at the gathering so I figured no one would be eating more than one anyhow!

Dec 22nd - Sat - San Carlos
Terry & I went shopping in San Carlos this morning for our gift exchange. Then Terry went kayaking with Pat & Rick while I gave Dolly a haircut and a bath. It was quite windy for the kayakers so I am glad that I didn’t go.
Pat & Rick, Bill & Geri and we walked to a nice restaurant (Fiesta) for dinner. We sat out on the deck with a drink to watch the sunset and then moved inside for dinner. We all had chateaubriand (for 2) and it was wonderful! The meat was incredibly tender and well seasoned. It was served with a choice of mixed greens salad - dressing on the side - or tortilla soup which Terry enjoyed. Also included a small baked potato, julienne peppers, Harvard beets and garlic toast. The drink waiter “upsold” us on the margaritas and no one thought to ask the price. They ended up costing $12.95 each!! Good thing we only had one round!

Dec 23rd - Sun - San Carlos
Did laundry this morning before going grocery shopping at the Ley in Guaymas with Pat & Rick. It was very busy but all check stands were open so didn’t take long to get out. It takes a while to figure out what might be the item that you want with everything labeled in Spanish!
We golfed at 3:00. Pat & I teed off first as Craig did not show up on time. There ended up being a foursome of guys so Pat & I had time to continue on hole 10 and then cut through some home construction and play back to the clubhouse on hole 18. The wives of the other guys playing with Terry showed up along with another couple (Bill & Tammy) to have hamburgers at the clubhouse restaurant. Pat borrowed a truck to go get Rick and brought back Bill & Geri as well so we had a large group for dinner.

Dec 24th - Mon - San Carlos
Our “group of 8” got together for a turkey dinner today. I cooked a 14 lb turkey (just fit in the oven!) with stuffing made by Pat and gravy made by me, Margo did a broccoli casserole & rolls, Geri provided mashed potatoes & pickles and Pat did a layered pumpkin dessert. Had to set up our tables in the shade as it was too warm in the sun at 2:00.
After dinner & dishes were cleaned up, 5 of us had a good time playing Tripoly. Rick made the mistake of trying to have a nap while we were right outside his rig!
We did a little gift exchange where you can take an unopened gift or steal a gift from someone else. Lots of fun. Then we all put on long pants and jackets to go over to the main road along the beach to watch the decorated boat parade. The boats were nicely done but there were only 13. Apparently there was supposed to be a fireworks show at 10:30 or 11 but we did not stick around. We heard occasional fireworks but it didn’t sound like a large display.