Muchacho Polaco

We were scheduled to be in Treviso in northern Italy today. But things happen. So to compensate, we went to a restaurant in town that is a chain that originates from Treviso. The food was mediocre and the service was absolutely abysmal.

Yun and I recently traveled a couple hours northeast to visit a little town called Banamichi. It is one of the most northern pueblos on the Ruta de Rio Sonora. The area is beautiful. Very green and mountainous. It was a nice change from the desert.

We stayed at an hacienda style home off of the main square. It was beautiful. The view from the front of the hotel was this:

Banamichi is very clean and the people are very friendly. On Sunday we traveled 10mins out of town to go horseback riding. This was our third time on horses together and so there was a slight learning curve. We brought the dogs with us. We rode for a couple hours through various terrains.

The dogs were overly excited. So much that they continuously ran into the horses legs. Eventually Tila got stepped on which was enough for her to learn to keep her distance.

We had so much fun the first day that we decided to stay another night. This is a quick trip which we hope to do with some frequency.

On August 30th, 2015 I was asked to preach at Church. I’ve done so a few times before, but always with translation. However, this was my first time attempt to do so in Spanish. I’ve never spoken publicly in Spanish, so I was really nervous. Overall I think I was mostly coherent, but not without numerous mistakes.

I am going to try again in October having been asked to give a lecture on Sola Gratia for a conference in Nogales.

(http://sermones-biblicos.org/Sermones_mp3/1301-1400/sb1351_Un_paralitico_sanado.mp3)

I took Scout to play with his ball tonight. I’m not sure at what point he injured himself, but he hurt his rear foot. There was a cut, but no blood. Normally he does fine with injuries. But not so much tonight. We took him to the vet up the street. With some pain killers, he’s doing well.

This is my nightly addiction. So good.

We had a great date night last thursday. We went to La Mansion Argentina. It was shockingly good. Perhaps the best place in town. I had the arachera with potatoes. They also had table side caesar salads. So very good.

The exchange rate has progressively gotten worse. Was holding out around 16 for a while but recently it has taken the plunge to 17. I don’t think I’ve ever seen it this bad.

We have been trying to do date night each week. Yun found a spectacular place tonight. Beer sold by the liter.

We had a great meal and good times. After dinner we went for a walk downtown. We stumbled across an opera and enjoyed a free show.

I had the chance to video chat with Dennis a couple days ago while he is at sea. He is just off the coast of Victoria and is preparing to continue heading south. He thinks he’ll be in Ensenada in October. Yun and I hope to join him there to sail with him south to Cabo. If time (and interest) permits, then I may continue up the Sea of Cortez into La Paz (though he’ll have to drop me off in San Carlos). I would love to do this trip, especially if I could bring my scuba gear and do some diving along the way!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcX1dxJbRB0