Another trip to Mexico

Today the sun returned and the weather warmed up enough that I was brave enough to put on shorts & a short-sleeved shirt (w/a sweatshirt for the chilly morning). Rick & Sue were going down to Algodones to get their glasses adjusted, so we decided to join them. It was a long (3 hr.) drive down there, but we got to see another border town. Algodones is much smaller than Tijuana, so we hoped we could avoid the long line of pedestrians going back to the USA. Wrong, but more on that later.

Our first stop was the optical store so Rick & Sue could get their glasses adjusted. Seems their prescription was wrong, so they were trying to get it adjusted. While they were waiting, I decided to get more birth control, since you can never have too much, right? Here they are even cheaper at $6 for box of 3 mos. instead of the $10 in Tijuana, still much cheaper than the $75 I'd pay at Wal-Mart for 3 mos. I was excited!

After they decided to leave their glasses, we went to lunch, another dirt cheap event. The 4 of us had 2 fish tacos each, plus 3 bottled drinks for a total of $8.40! Then we went back to the optical store, & finished up there. We realized the line to get back was getting longer and longer, so we decided to pick up the rest of our things we wanted to get and get into line. We got a bottle of vanilla, Rick & Sue, who don't drink, got a couple of bottles of some orange liquor for Walter, the park sign maker, and we jumped into line. Although it looked long, the line moved quickly and we got through in 20 minutes. On the way home we were getting hungry, so Rick & Sue suggested a local Thai restaurant that they said was the best of the 4-5 they'd tried in the valley. It turned out to be an excellent choice. We didn't share entries because they don't eat meat (except seafood) and Rich doesn't like coconut milk or sweet-n-sour, of which they had both. Too many differnt tastes, but all were able to be accommodated.

It was a long and exhausting day but a lot of fun at the same time.

-Laura