Dec 7th to 10th - San Carlos

Dec 7th - Fri - San Carlos
Pat & Rick and we did laundry this morning. We went to a laundromat in town as it is beside a little café so we could have coffee and breakfast while the clothes were washing.
We enjoyed the sunshine while we cleaned the outside of the 5th wheel and the truck. Then we spent quite a bit of time trying to set up the satellite dish with no success.
Pat & I went for a walk along the beach before joining everyone else for Happy Hour.
There is a new nightclub across the street from the RV park with really loud music on Thurs, Fri and Sat. I was awake a long time last night and tonight. At one point the band must have taken a break and Pretty Woman came blasting out. Kind of out of place after the Mexican music.

Dec 8th - Sat - San Carlos/Guaymas
We went to an art & craft show in town before going to Guaymas to get my crown. Dave & Margo were following us so Rick could show them where the large grocery store is and where to park. I got a haircut at the same place where Pat got one on Thursday. I will have to learn how to say “not too short” in Spanish!!
My crown did not fit so the dentist took another impression and sent it back to the lab. I have a very crooked bite so it is hard for the dentist and the lab to get the top & bottom impressions together correctly. Have to come back on Wed for the new crown. At least the dentist is concerned with getting it right.
We went to another large grocery store just so we would know where it is in the future and of course there is always something that you need to buy.
Terry spent more time trying to set up our satellite dish. Then the owner (Joe) came by and said that we needed a larger dish. So he called someone who is going to come out and possibly rent us a larger dish for 4 months.
Today is Rick’s birthday so we all (12 of us) went out to a restaurant across the street for drinks and dinner to celebrate. Most bars in Mexico do not have scotch so Terry was drinking margaritas and keeping up to Dave. Mistake!! Actually, the house margaritas were plenty potent so all of us were happy that we were walking home instead of driving. Pat had baked a cake so we had cake & ice cream when we got back.

Dec 9th - Sun - San Carlos
Inhabitants of this section of the campground were moving pretty slowly this morning. Terry & I went for a bicycle ride into town and then drove to find Craig & Cathy’s lot. They and 3 other couples bought 2 adjoining lots a couple of years ago and are putting in hookups for 4 RVs. Bill & Tammy, who joined us for dinner last night, just moved their motor home out there a couple of days ago as they have water and electricity now. Cathy won’t move until they have a septic tank put in which is happening this week.
The satellite dish guy came out and said we could not get the 2 satellites needed for Dish network here. The satellites are too low and too far apart from this location. So we will get by with the 5 channels on cable here. The reception was pretty bad but a maintenance guy came by and hooked all 4 of us to one feed with better reception so it will be fine.
Did some cleaning, caught up on emails, did some mending and then relaxed and recovered. Short gathering this evening as it was too cold.

Dec 10th - Mon - San Carlos
It rained very hard last night. So the rain kept us awake instead of the loud music.
Margo & I went to Spanish lessons this morning. They are given by the mother of the guy who owns the RV park. I admit to stereotypical thinking and was surprised to see a youthful blonde teaching the class instead of the dark haired, older woman I was expecting. It was fun as she includes tidbits of Mexican culture as well as the language.
We did not plan ahead for Christmas gifts for Dean & family so now we are trying to figure out how to get something to them on time. We went to a couple of places where we had seen S mail coming and/or going but it is all private groups. So we had lunch and stopped at a produce market before coming back.
It rained again a couple of times today and continued cool so we had Happy Hour inside our rig this evening. Everyone was comfortable and the stories were flowing so we didn’t end up having dinner until after 8. Terry is snoozing on the couch so I will get this posted and get to bed.