Nov 28th to 30th - Amado

Nov 28th - Wed - Amado
Took Pat & Rick to Tubac for shopping today. Not much buying, just shopping. Checked out a different restaurant for lunch. As we were leaving, we drove past some new houses on a golf course/resort and there were some models open for viewing. So Pat went and talked to a salesman, got all the info and then we all viewed 4 houses. There were all furnished in heavy furniture. Some were painted in very bold or dark colors and all had busy, patterned tile in the kitchen and/or bath. All had casitas which are bedroom/bathroom “suites” with a separate entrance and are designed to be rented out by the resort when the owners are not there or not using it.
We each fixed our own dinner and then Pat & Rick came over for some TV viewing. They forgot the remote control for their TV so they cannot program it to pick up available cable channels. Rick’s mom has mailed the remote to Mexico so hopefully it will be there when we arrive or shortly after.

Nov 29th - Thurs - Amado
Can you believe we have stayed so long in one spot!!!
We went to Nogales today so we could get our auto insurance for Mexico and to buy some pesos. Of course, we also had to stop at Wal Mart (plug-in cooler to extend “fridge” space) and Big Lots.
Next we went to Patagonia Lake State Park as we were thinking of moving there tomorrow. It was nice but the weather forecast is for rain and we decided we might as well stay where we are until we leave for Mexico on the 3rd. We looked at a map and figured we could take a different route back to the RV park. Wanda confirmed this so off we went. Part of the road was shown as “other” which turned out to be gravel, narrow, windy and very washboardy for about 6 miles. It was through mountains and was very interesting - at least for the passengers. By the time we got home and boiled some ribs, Terry was barbequing in the dark again.

Nov 30th - Fri - Amado
Paid for 2 more nights and then set off to Nogales. One of the couples that will be traveling and staying with us in Mexico - Bill & Geri Smith from Sequim, WA - had finally contacted Rick and we found out that their truck was having problems and they were at Beaudry Motors waiting for repairs. We thought we would go give them some moral support and go to Costco & PetsMart for some Dolly food. By the time we got there, Bill & Geri were repaired and heading for Amado. We did our shopping, including the mandatory hot dog at Costco, and headed back. Rick was driving today and still figuring out his new GPS navigation system. He was messing with it at a stop light and we ended up taking a long, scenic route back. But again, it was fun.
Pat made dinner for us and Bill & Geri. It had rained a bit during the day and started raining hard this evening. Then the wind picked up and it was really nasty all night.