Bright and early in the morning we had a quick breakfast at the hotel, then hit the road. We had our car and Linda had her van because she was staying until after Thanksgiving.
The check in on the Mexico side was much more formalized than we remembered (in a good way) and then we were on our way down the (mostly finished) two lane divided highway to San Carlos. Linda's condo is right on the beach. She and her husband picked it up during the downturn, and it's wonderful. We fell asleep each night to the sound of the surf. Since I enjoyed this sound again I guess I'm mostly over the trauma of our massive overnight grounding in the boat off of Sarasota.
It was the most relaxing of breaks, with just enough to do, and plenty of time to not do, anything. We picked up groceries at the local market, then figured out how to make the ATM spit out pesos. Linda introduced us to some of the new places like JJs Tacos. It was clear from the decor that for some reason Trump is not popular there.
We shopped at various stores full of ceramics, metal work, and art of various flavors. I was not particularly tempted, but Heather succumbed more than once, allegedly for Christmas presents. We wandered around the marina, then down near where Catch 22 was filmed.
We ate most nights at the beach restaurant within stumbling distance of the condo. Linda and Heather repeatedly were unable to finish their drinks so I was usually forced to finish them off in order to not appear rude. Heather had at least half a year's worth of alcohol for her - three or four drinks. The last night we ate a a steakhouse on some beautiful grounds.
Linda's sister has a house just up the hill from the condo. We walked thru and its beautiful with quite a view.
Linda and Heather tried snorkeling off the beach from the condo and near a nature preserve on the way into town.
After the week was up we said our goodbyes and headed back up to the states.
After such a good week something had to go wrong. We waited more than four hours to get across the border, losing our daylight for the drive from Nogales to Benson through Patagonia, past Sierra Vista. I guess we'll have to go back sometime.
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