on the road: Janet and Tony in Mexico

Well, Janet and Tony's bags finally arrived on Friday (They got here on Wednesday!) Those several days were spent tracking down their bags and getting the run-around! We, of course, did entertain ourselves with good meals at home and out, some nice walks and an afternoon at San Francisco Playa. On the day we knew their bags were in Hermosillo and coming to San Carlos in a cab (though we still didn't believe it), Jim, Janet and I took a walk to and from the beach at Tomate. We had forgotten to take keys with us but we knew Tony would be here so didn't worry too much. When we got home, we yelled up to Tony to come down and unlock the front gate for us. When he did, the door to the condo slammed behind him and, yes, it locked! No one was around and we had no phone and none of us had keys. Considering that it was close to five and the Remax office could close, Janet and I decided to hitchhike into town and leave the boys here to receive the bags. I wish I had a picture for you because it was just hilarious. Janet, holding her thumb out tentatively at first, and cars whizzing by us with full loads finally convinced her to throw that whole arm out there and fairly soon a driver in a pickup full of a Mexican woman, her infant and mother in the front and an old (at least 90!) toothless Mexican man in the back. He motioned for us to hop in the back. We could hardly make it up to the bed of the truck-it was so high and he took off with me hanging onto a toehold in front and Janet lying on her back in the middle, next to the old man. There was no rear gate on the truck so we were holding on to each other for dear life. End of the story: we made it to Remax, made it home in time for the baggage and we could finally relax. However, in true "chihuahua factor" fashion, last night the water main broke, the swimming pool and hot tub are unusable and we are to conserve water. We are getting used to these things.

We spent yesterday at Palapa Griega, a wonderful Greek restaurant on the sea with fabulous seafood and margaritas. They had a great band there playing all songs we knew, so we entertained most of the people there with our dancing and singing abilities.