Sun. Feb. 23 - Road Trip

Sue and Rob woke early and hiked across the centro to the Mexican market which is located in the dry river bed every Sunday morning.  They were on the hunt for fresh veggies and fruit.
Today they returned with 4 big heavy bags of bananas, beets, broccoli, jicama, strawberries, potatoes, garlic, cheese, peppers, celery, mushrooms, papaya, avocados, tomatoes, spinach, romaine lettuce and pea pods.

The pitbull blue puppy was offered to Rob for $400 U.S.

After the market, Bill, Kathy, and Jack stopped by the tree house and invited us on a road trip to the countryside.  So we stopped by Betty's place and added her to the van, and off we went.  We drove inland for about 40 km into Banderas Valley and passed by orchards of mango trees, corn, bananas and pineapples.  Robert spotted 4 white horses and got 4 wishes by reciting, "Lucky, lucky, white horse, bring good luck to me", before anyone else.  

Note:  Superstitions:  White horses are supposed to be good luck. When you see one, you say: 

"Lucky lucky white horse,
Lucky lucky Lea
Lucky lucky white horse
Bring my wish to me..."

And close your eyes and turn away. If you look at the horse again, you've jinxed yourself, and you won't get your wish.

Old folk talk / superstition from the New England area of the United States

Jack spotted a herd of cattle.

The cows reminded Jack of ice cream so Pops (Bill) found an OXO store in a town called San Juan and Jack was treated to a chocolate drumstick.  He ate half and shared the rest with his best big kid friend, Robert.

Robert asked Bill to find a spot somewhere along the route that might sell a used guitar so not far up the road, Bill stopped at a bazar.  It seemed like all the stores in this Mexican town were bazars.

Betty bought 3 glass bowls with lids.

Robert bought 10 tubes of acrylic paint so that he could paint Jack's portrait.

Kathy bought a brass bull which was the find of the day.  (Bill called it ... garbage)

Onward up the dusty cobblestone road we went, until we reached Mercales where Kathy and Bill's friends lived.  Ben and Carol live here in Mexico for 6 months of the year and in Alberta for the other 6.  Sipping cold drinks, touring their beautiful home, chatting with their Hungarian visitors, and listening to Ben tell tales of Dave, the "mud healer", while Jack played with his Harley, the rest of the afternoon passed by peacefully.

The road trip ended with Kathy and Bill taking Jack to the doctor's for another needle in the bum, while Sue, Betty, and Rob, lounged under the umbrella on the beach.

The evening ended with caesar salad, pesto pasta, cabernet sauvignon from Chile, and Betty officially becoming a FACEBOOK member!

THANKS FOR THE ROAD TRIP POPS!!!