Leaving Guaymas after a day on the water, we headed down to Alamos, which is where David and Suzanne live, and will be our base of operations for the next 10 days or so. The trip was not without its moments as we first stopped at a roadside cafe to get some BBQ chicken. If you can't eat with flies then carry yourself on down the road because this place was pretty wide open to the outside and I assume the flies have had chicken before. Despite the buzzing the chicken was as tasty as any I've had recently. I'm not sure what the spices were, but it was different from BBQ chicken found around Texas. With full stomachs we tripped on along having only to stop for a police roadblock between Guaymas and Navajoa. This was a total blockage of the road in both directions with a troop of police checking vehicles. There was a sand bagged position in the middle of the road with a couple of policemen armed with automatic weapons. David pulled up, said whatever needed to be said, got a couple of glances, then we got flagged along to continue. No big deal. The only other time we were accosted was going through larger towns. At all stop lights, especially if you've got north American plates, there would be a swarm of kids, 10 to 15 yr's old, that would come flying from the sidewalks and start washing the windows. They got a few pesos from us and, once again, down the road we went. It's about a 3.5 hr. drive with scenery that reminded me of the south Arizona area. We eventually got to Alamos and went to the house to unload. I have to say the house was really nice as they've spent 5 or 6 yr's getting everything repaired, replaced, etc. Ray met us at the door and I think he remembers me now as opposed to other times when he seemed a little stand offish from me. (Ray is the dog). After unloading, I got a quickie tour of the town and its cobblestone streets, plaza, church, etc. When we got back Suzanne was there and we all had a good get together sitting around and supping on one of Suzanne's specialities....ox-tail stew. Man that's some good stuff. There is a deck on top of their house where we sat around laughing and eyeballing the sunset and mountains not far away. Well, after a while everyone decided to hit the rack for the night. That one picture in the yard shows the casita where they had me bedding down for the duration. It's a nice little two room house with an industrial strength fan. I forgot to say there is no a.c. in the house, but I got used to that pretty quick. The pics here are some of the house, the sunset from the deck, and the casita. Getting to bed early was mandatory for we were getting up early the next day to take a trip out to the ranches that are to become a recognized tropical decidiouos forest. I'll get to that next time. Hasta lumbago.
