A short walk through nearby neighborhoods.
Apparently this was going to be a Walmart and movie theater. Got approved by one city government, and cancelled by the next. It’s not been missed.
Ouest joined a swim team when we got to San Miguel, practices three times a week, and finally had her first competition. Learning proper technique and feeling the difference it makes has been fun for her, so it was good to put it all to use.
She cleaned up, handily winning the freestyle, backstroke, and breaststroke. I think I was more excited than she was. Who taught her to be so humble? Sheesh.
I mean, how beautiful is that?
As soon as Ali started scratching the surface, Zazu was in there to help.
Yet another taco stand. This one is on the kids’ walk home from Spanish class, and has become a common stop. Crazy fresh salsa and each tortilla hot off the grill.
He was looking back at a dog, not ducking away from the camera.
We pay a guy 100 pesos a day during the week to take Zazu on a nice hour-long walk. Don’t judge; I don’t have the time or desire, the kids are at school, and Ali isn’t comfortable on her own owing to the amount of street dog aggression out there. Anyway, apparently they walk past the same butcher shop each day and the butcher has taken a liking to Za. So now, every few days when Za gets returned to us, she also comes with a huge bag of random bloody butcher parts.
After a couple of months we got the call and went in to pick up the title of the house. Last time we had been handed the title to a house we had just survived the Y2K scare.
Honestly, every few days you walk around the corner and run into something like this.
Ummmm…
12 Comments on “Competition”
Love it all. As usual, thanks for sharing!
Very interesting place. Thanks for the great photos
Dude that food looks insane
Yeah, Ouest! Congratulations.
Careful with the swimming. We had two that swam from when they were young through college. A lot of early practices and weekends spent at pools to watch 5 minutes of action. 😀
Looks beautiful!
Wow, go Ouest! I guess growing up mostly on the water has really prepped her for being such a strong swimmer. Was sorry to read about the street dog aggression. We encountered some of that in other spots in Mexico, while walking or riding our bikes. It was definitely intimidating when it happened. Finally bought a very mild taser device at the mercado (recommended by others there who had encountered the problem) so I could make the loud, snapping sound before they were able to bite or attack. I would never have touched one with it, but the sound sent about 95% of them packing (I assume the other 5% were deaf!) I was glad that our dog was too old for walks by that time.
Congratulations Ouest! Great family photo of you four! Ouest looks so much like you, Pat & Lowe really resembles Ali! 🙂
Nice that you support local entrepreneurs like the dog walker, who must have a dog whisperer trick or two to fend off those nasty canines? We had the same problem walking on the beach in Panama….
Tasty looking tacos & loved the festive parade pictures. Thanks as always for taking us along for the fun!
Great pics!! Congratulations on being home owners!! also to Ouest on her win!!
Well done Ouest 🎉… lovely family photos and the taco’s look yummy 😋..
Life going on well for all of you I see 😃👋👋🥰
That is one LUCKY dog! Adopted and friends with a butcher!
Congratulations Quest. and congrats on your new home! I would love pics of the inside, and where did you purchase your furniture?
Congrats, Ouest! Congrats, too, on the house deed! Sounds like a good life for…Za, too!