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Wednesday, February 2, 2011

mexico mainland

Well its been a while since we have posted on the blog so where to start.
ok Lets start with the bird. i was in the middle of passing a truck when a pretty yellow and brown bird found my windshield. it was the last thing it ever found while here on earth as a bird. i didnt brake my speed and made the pass with no problems. The bird went up in a cloud of yellow feathers. Camille and the truck driver both had a good laugh together.
next it was the flat tire. While in puerto vallarta Camille ran over a 2 inch nail that went all the way through her tire. it went flat asap. luck would have it that it happened right in front of a ford dealership, or maybe not so lucky seeing how they wouldnt fix it for us. Then we removed the wheel and began to find a tire shop. oh there is a goodyear store perfect. nnot so. They wouldnt touch it either. After one other shop refused to touch it we thought the fastest thing to do was to go back to the room and get my tools to do it ourselves. Fixing it would be quicker than trying to find someone to fix it. Turns out we were right. We grabbed some lunch and began to fix it right in front of.... you guessed it outback stake house. oh they had nice grass for sitting on, (which is hard to find down here). i guess by now you can tell how touristic it was there in P.V. The tube change went smooth as butter. Back in the room that night we had to put two patches on the tube because the nail puntured both sides.
Then there was the awesome camping on el faro beach. we had the whole place to ourselves for the two nights that we were there. one night we had the most amazing sunset while watching whales surface right out in front of us. Then just before dark one did a full body breach for us. very cool.
did i mention that tequila is made from many different cacti. i thought it was just the agave. but no its very similar to wine in the fact that different regions all have different flavor. very very smooth. nothing like the stuff you get in the states. there are so many different flavors that they do not import. we found this out because we arrive at a hotel that was having a free tequila tasting party at the pool. oh how timing is everything.
ok im sure there was many more awesome experiences that we have had in between there but thats what i can recall right now.
so far so fun. Paul

1 comment:

  1. It's nice to hear from you even though it sounds like your trip has been punctuated by punctures! Ha ha. Glad you were able to fix the problems yourselves. I bet if you would have slipped them a $20 (or whatever denomination they use) they would have suddenly fixed your tire. You just have to know how to stroke the locals. The beach sounds amazing, the tequilla sounds like what I heard on Sunday Morning one Sunday--it is THE most expensive drink made with bottles running into the thousands of dollars. Keep my daughter away from alcohol though. She's underage! Glad you are having a good time. Looks like spring is maybe coming as we have flowers popping up in the back. Dakota loves to lick me and says she misses you. She always has a sad little look on her face like, when is my mom coming home? Poor Dakota. Tell Camille we love her. Oh, Matt is being baptized the 19th of February in Hailey. Don't know all the particulars but Amy and Madelyn and Adam and family will be here then to celebrate Shauna's birthday. We miss you. May is fast approaching so speed it up mister and stop running over things that will flatten your tires. Love--M

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