Somewhere in the middle there I managed to fall down the stairs. Way to feel like an octogenarian eh? The stairs here are very steep, made of slipper metal and have no handrail. We’ve both been careful but Crystal stumbled early upon arrival and I fell this morning. Hers was ladylike and essentially gentle. Mine was face first holding 2 empty ceramic cups right into the stairs, the floor, then the wall. :D Luckily there wasn’t too much blood.
We did finally get moving but we didn’t worry about getting going too early. The two days of driving had worn a bit on both of us. Before we left the stay, Crystal went and said hi to the tortoise.
Then we were off, just slightly after noon. :D We both managed some decent sleep even though some delightful person outside was blaring a radio until 3 AM, luckily we both know to travel with ear plugs. Tonight (Sunday) it’s some loud jack off preaching with a microphone. If only his god would take him now. It’s almost chilly in the room, so we have the windows shut, but somehow you can still hear the man and his endless, amplified, monologue.
We went driving around Guaymas for a while, saw a bunch of floats being positioned for the “Hospitality” day parade, one well guarded port location complete with spikes in the entrance and a guard on a walkway with a BIG gun. There were also piers set aside for the fishing fleets, some of which are not in good shape.
It was a fun ride through town. Then we headed toward a prominent point that overlooks the ocean in an extension of San Carlos. This is where the wealthy buy houses as well. It was pretty, and also pretty chilly with the wind coming off the water there.
Then we went and looked for the boat yard where we’ll go tomorrow to see the Cooper. Oddly I thought of that a few miles after we’d already passed the road to it and had to go back. (We don’t much like going back). Then we got a couple groceries, and filled up with gas so we could hunt down some food. I’d picked out a gastropub hoping to find something there I could eat. No dice, it was beer, pizza and some kinda fish stuff. Nothing for a veg head. Luckily I only had to circle the block a couple times to get into the entrance. It’s becoming a habit for me. In the same parking lot there was a sushi and martini joint so we went there and had a good meal. If only we weren’t on an alcohol break we’d have had an even better dinner!
Then it was back to “home”. We have the windows all shut to keep out the chill. I’m doing this, Crystal is doing her Spanish lesson and we’re having a nice, warm evening drink of decaf. It’s all the better since we got some sweetener today.
Probably early to bed tonight so we can head to San Carlos tomorrow to see Contigo and decide if it’s the boat for us.
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