March 5th to 7th - San Carlos

Mar 5th - Wed - San Carlos
Now it is Rick’s turn to be sick. He had a bad headache yesterday so I gave him a couple of extra strength Excedrin when we got back from dinner. He had eaten a lot of dinner and they figured the combination of that and the pills gave him really bad indigestion in the middle of the night. He felt puny all day and finally had chicken soup for dinner.
Pat, Val, Cathy & I went shopping and then had a lovely lunch at a restaurant near the marina. Terry took Claude to the Soggy Peso bar to have paninis (grilled, flatbread sandwiches) for lunch. It was warm enough to sit out for a while this evening and then everyone went their own way for dinner.

Mar 6th - Thurs - San Carlos
Terry & I had to make a trip to town for coffee first thing this morning - we hoped ours would last until we left but we used the last of it yesterday and then forgot to get some. Later we rode our bikes into town with Claude & Val. We went to JJ’s for lunch and introduced Claude to the Big Donkey burrito - way too much food for lunch but he & Terry both ate a whole one. We stopped at Tony’s for some produce on the way back.
I put a chicken in the crock pot before Terry, Pat and I went to Guaymas for dentist appointments. I had an appointment for 2 fillings at 3:30 so they dropped me off and they went to the casino. Terry brought Pat back for her appointment which was supposed to be at 4:30. I was still in the chair (almost done) when she arrived at 4:40 as the dentist did not show up for me until 4:00. Somehow, I expect professionals in Mexico to be on time even if nothing else is!
Terry & I came back as Pat had 4 fillings and expected to be a couple of hours. She took the bus back and I fed Rick dinner. When Pat got back, she came over for a drink and then we heated up a plate of dinner for her. This was the last of the dentist appointments - yeah!!

Mar 7th - Fri - San Carlos
The condos next door have a wonderful little library that is open Friday mornings to borrow and exchange books. Val, Pat & I took over a couple bags of books and replenished our stock. Pat & Rick both read so I have been getting books from them and I still have a couple that Margo traded with me. Val recommended some books that were in the library so I am set for a while. Last Sunday we went to the lot for potluck and Val had some books for Linda. We decided that I could read them before I left and then return them to Linda. I finished the second one Wednesday morning - good books!
We all (including Les & Wendy from beside us) went clamming about 11:30. We stopped at the Ley in Guaymas for a couple of items on the way out. It was a warm day but with a breeze to keep us comfortable while we dug. We stopped by the estuary on the way back to get clean salt water and then made a stop at Tony’s for a couple of steaks for dinner. We were hoping to finally go on the glass bottom boat but it was too windy again this evening. So we had a lot of laughs at Happy Hour with Bill & Joyce and Les & Wendy joining our group of 6.