Right now, there are no parents at the house we’re staying
at – just a great niece, a great nephew and thus a great aunt and a great
uncle. It’s a good combination and a lot
of greatness J
Yesterday, our new landlord graciously said we could unload
our car in one of the rooms of the apartment, so we finally have room to carry
other people…and the car is riding about 5 inches higher in the back. So today, we decided to take a trip down the
mountain and go to church there in the town of Coronado. Coronado is kind of a gringo town - on the beach, so they get the warmer, more humid weather. Lots of new structures, high rise hotels and condos, fancy shopping centers.
It took close to an hour for us to get there –
and we arrived just in time, because Bob noticed a few miles before we got
there, that we were waaaay empty on our fuel – past the “5 miles until empty”….so
much past that it just said “Low Fuel”.
Not sure when it got to that point – we just hadn’t been paying attention.
Woops.
The church is called Coronado Bible Church, and it meets on
the 3rd floor of a rather large newer shopping Center. It was a nice space with nice chairs and
friendly people. They had coffee out for
all of us, and one of the members had
brought a nice Chocolate cake (He normally supplies them to restaurants). There
were several people there to greet us – a table with information about the
church and a pretty good library at the back of the church. They seem to have the same seasonal thing
going that we have in San Carlos – most of the people gone for the summer. They also had headsets for the Spanish speakers
so that could hear everything translated for them. There was a mixed crowd – young and old and
probably 40 or so there, maybe 50.
We sang some great songs – to recorded music (been there,
done that, felt sorry for them), and because they are recently without a
pastor, one of the elders spoke. It was nice to be there and be a part of it.
When we left, we headed immediately for a gas station - $1.09 a liter. Then lunch. A Mexican restaurant called Ora Le that was colorful, bright and even had a fire pole to slide down from the top floor to the main floor. The kids loved it. There was a home store in that shopping Center, so we went in and checked it out. I was floored! 2 stories of really nice items - like Ace Hardware in Hermosillo - on steroids!! It was great. Low prices to go with it, and they had more stuff than we could imagine!
We then headed back to Machetazo - a 3 (!!!) story Super-Walmart sort of store, but much finer quality, brand new building - and again - everything you could imagine! They also had really cool escalators that took the carts up o the next floor. What a treat! They even had Skim Milk!
Before we headed down the mountain, Bob and I had looked on our maps for the city of Coronado....when we left there today, Bob said the reason Coronado wasn't on any map is that it is too new. I think he's right.
It' great to know that all the shopping I might want is just under an hour away. Fun.
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