On the Road to Guaymas!

Mike grew up in Phoenix and had vacationed in Guaymas, in the state of Sonora, with his family when he was a kid. And he had a dream that someday he would return to Guaymas - well, that dream is about to come true.

When Mike and I first decided to move to Mexico we really wanted to live in Guaymas. Shortly thereafter I "met" Brenda who is a retired Canadian living in Guaymas, (see the link to her blog, Brenda and Roy Going to Mexico, in my blogroll to the right). Brenda has answered so many of my questions about living in Mexico and helping us to decide if we could really do it.

And now Brenda has come to our rescue! She located a really neat apt for us to rent in Guaymas and she provided us with an English teacher job posting in Guaymas. We spoke with the apt owner, Lolita, today and she agreed to hold the apt for us! Plus, last night we submitted our resumes online and we already have interviews scheduled as soon as we get to Guaymas!

THANK YOU BRENDA!!!

Mike spoke with his doc today and everything seems to be okay. We picked up more of his meds at a pharmacy and we will find a new doc as soon as we are settled in Guaymas. Thank you all for keeping him in your prayers.

Here are some pics that I wanted to post from our drive to Morelia from DF...see these horses?

They were in the heart of DF and we saw them when the cab driver was leading us to the correct highway. I'm not sure what kind of trees these are/were, but they were next to a very small house out in the country that we invertently found ourselves in.




Here's a beauty for everyone who knows my fondness for Holstein cows. Earlier today, before we had the great apt and job news, we decided to relax and have some fun. There is a giant field here at the Holiday Inn in Morelia and we played and played with Sitka today. She really needed a break from sitting in the truck cab. The heat in Guaymas is going to take it's toll on her (and me) so we wanted to get in some quality time with her today.
Also today we did some road trip shopping at Mega (a big chain supermarket with household goods - including appliances, furniture and even tires!)

Mike was facinated with the escalator that has magnets imbedded into the track so that the carts do not slip. Lastly, I was impressed with the special parking area for pregnant women - can you belive that?





Thanks again to everyone for all of your ideas and support regarding our decision to leave DF. We'll leave Morelia in the morning and it's about 964 miles from here to Guaymas. We hope to be there by Wednesday or Thursday. ¡Adios mi amigos y amigas!