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There is no apparent shortage of federal police officers in Sonora. The toll booths are no exception. We just went through the one outside of Hermosillo and I counted more than 20 standing around packing their uzis. Sometimes they carry the Belgian FN, an assault rifle I shot a lot as a kid in cadets.
We just stopped in Santa Ana for much needed sustenance in the form of five tacos. So good.
We took a much needed rest this weekend and traveled to Sonoita to stay at a house we rented.
Thursday night I got online in a desperate attempt to find somewhere we could escape for a couple days. I wasn’t able to find much due to it being too close to the weekend and a holiday. I did find a place in Sonoita that looked nice and called the owner. At first I was told the house was not available, but then she called back 10 minutes later and told me that it was. So Friday I picked up the keys at lunch and we were on our way after work.
The house itself was nothing special. Something you’d expect to find if you were headed to someone’s grandparent’s home. Even so, it had everything we needed and a mostly comfortable bed. It was about 40 minutes south of Sonoita and totally isolated. This worked out well with the dogs.
The dogs had a lot of exercise. We played fetch for hours and went on a long hike. They seem to never get enough.
The water pipes froze on us Friday night/Saturday morning, so we were without water for a short while. The sun did eventually come out and warmed the pipes enough to get things running again. The location was beautiful and we spent some time hiking around and exploring the place. We found some horses not too far away that were very friendly.
Yun made some great food. She brought a crock pot so we could have a tasty tortilla and chicken soup on Saturday night. It was so good and one of my favorites.
It was really cold all weekend, especially at night. Fortunately, the place was well heated and had a comfortable fireplace. It’s rare that we get to enjoy a fire.
We had a great time. I was finally able to sleep after a week of pretty brutal insomnia. I wish we could do this more often. Hopefully we will be able to soon.
These roosters aren’t wearing the usual deadly weapons. They’re fighting as they would in nature and it provides needed exercise. Other than a few lost feathers, they do not get injured. It was fairly entertaining.
Yunuen and I spent Christmas in Nogales this year with family. Good times but quite cold.
We didn’t leave Tucson until roughly 10pm, which was after my three hour nap. Mexican traditional Christmas eve dinners are typically this late. It wasn’t until about midnight until dinner began.
We had some great food.
This morning we slept in late, which was a nice change. Breakfast was fairly typical – tamales and other tasty things.
We will return to Tucson shortly to resume our week there. A nap would be nice right about now.
We had some fine Italian dining tonight here in Hermosillo at Vennetos. Exceptional service. Very impressive. The appetizers and salads were great. I ordered the filet. The most expensive item on the menu, but not that great.
Overall, I loved the place for the service. The food was pleasant, but we’ve had plenty better.
We are running errands this morning, so we stopped to have some tortas for lunch. I have never really been a huge fan and today really didn’t change my feelings. Even so, a fun experience to watch them being made.
Bathroom break at the toll in Magdalena.
We left earlier than usual today around 3:30. The drive home with daylight is much more pleasant. The only disadvantage is the longer line at the border.
We had a nice lunch with Paco and Julia after church. I had 4 tamales. So good.
Lunch today is at El Burro where I am having the legendary burro carne asada. This is a place just down the street from our house in Hermosillo. For 50 pesos each, it should have been better and bigger. I doubt we will come here again. That pepper was hot.
We have interviews today. We want another person on the weekends and another person through the week.
I took a 4 hour nap today which was much needed. I love the nap.
We went out for dinner at a place near our house called Steaks del Herradero. The food was pretty incredible. Much better than La Siesta last weekend. The service was pretty good by Mexican standards. I had LA Cetto cab. with dinner. It was enjoyable.
5:10. Yet another far too late of a departure from Hermosillo. Getting home late makes for a difficult day tomorrow. It would be nice to eventually not have to leave.
It was a nice weekend. We worked late on Saturday at the farmacia. I am installing new point-of-sale software that has been quite the task. Next week will be the experimental stage for that.
We had an awesome lunch at La Siesta this afternoon with Gabe and Abraham. I had an enormous caesar salad (apparently intended to be a meal in itself) along with a giant slab of meat.
It was very good and I would return. I love spending time with Yun’s brothers discussing business ideas. I like the idea of possibly living in Guanajuanto, Merida, or Queratero. Hermosillo is nice, but even in the middle of December it is hot. Summers are brutal.
This was a big weekend for us. We left for Hermosillo last Thursday (thanksgiving) and are now driving back to Tucson.
We began moving into our new house Thursday night after a long day of packing up things and traveling. We brought some of the extra furniture we had in our guest house in Tucson along with clothes and other small things. We are going to keep our furnishings in the main house until we sell it.
Yun’s parents lent us their truck. It’s not exactly fuel efficient, but very helpful for moving. Since Jacinto and Ericka were moving ghis weekend as well, we transported some of their things and had them drive it. This way we could ride the Mazda which moves along at a steady 100+ mph nearly the entire way.
It was fun to have our first night in a new house. It is nearly double the size of our current home, so furnishing it will be no small task.
On Friday we opened the farmacia for its grand opening. This was probably a bad choice of days as we had a number of workers over working on the house (electrcians, carpenters, and gas guy). Also, we had to wait for the gas to be delivered as the house has a tank for this as opposed to a city line (which is the norm apparently). This was important so that we would have hot water among other things. 1200 pesos later and we were good to go. Supposedly this will last 9
The farmacia did really well this weekend, much better than expected. There was a lot to do and it doesn’t seem to end.
Abe’s bday was on Sunday, so we went to Guaymas on Saturday. That turned into an all night party and lots of carne asada.
The weather was great. Scout and Tila had fun in the water. It was nice to have a break for a day.
We return in four days. It would be great to stay, but that will have to wait a little longer.
