Getting The Urge To Travel - It's Going To Get Crazy

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You can tell by the photo above that the weather is changing.   Cool nights have come again and the breezes can be seen in the curtains.  No need to turn on the air conditioning and it's very quiet at night.  We had a lot of rain but it's been dry since we got home from San Miguel de Allende.  We drove by the lake yesterday when we went out for lunch and the water level is very low.  It appears they opened up the gates to send water south.  

We decided it was time to go out for a nice meal.  The gardener has been out of service.  He fractured his arm a few weeks ago.  I got the yard in shape and then invited him over today to see how he was doing and so he could see how things should really look!  He will be back in full swing in two more weeks.  We had lunch at a local seafood restaurant where we reserved a private room.  Still not comfortable as the Covid deaths continue to rise.  They said the other day that Covid has left 140,000 orphans in the U.S. 

As for travel, well we both have the urge.  The problem is our vaccine is wearing off and there won't be any boosters here in Mexico.  We have the opportunity to fly to Kansas City for Thanksgiving.  My brothers from Hawaii and Cincinnati will both be there.  My oldest is 82 and I'd really like to see him.  Juan isn't convinced about flying just yet but we should be able to get a booster there.  Our Sinovac vaccine was originally not on the travel list for the U.S. but has recently been added.

We still have two to three more housesits to do in San Miguel that would give us the opportunity to start furnishing the house.  The gardener is going every two weeks and it's pretty much a 20-minute job at the most.  We'd like to RV and we might take the trailer with us in December stopping along the way although a detour to the coast would be nice.  So many good memories of driving the Espinazo del Diable (Devil's Backbone) and I'd love to do that again.  Flying has not gotten cheaper during Covid.  The prices have actually gone up.  It's hard to justify a five-day weekend when it will cost at least $2000 USD to go to K.C., find an Airbnb, and probably rent a car.  Still checking though.

I mention that it's going to get crazy.  By that I mean things are really opening up here at home and there are now more weekend parties in quintas although they are not nearby the house.  Kids will want to get out and party and I don't blame them.  I just feel a fourth wave coming and we, Mexico, won't be ready.  

This guy greeted me this week on my morning exercise routine.  I have a collection of stray dogs that I have shot and want to make a collage.  They are all friendly and greet me along the route and let me pet them.  I'd love to take them all home but  . . .  😎

I've averaged 14,000 steps each morning now and that would get me from the house to Cincinnati, at least according to Google Maps.  A lot of walking, I hope it does my heart good.  If not, I enjoy being out early in the morning.  I keep putting off my cardio checkup because of the pandemic but I think it is time to get it done.  Life goes on.  The good thing is we both have our health, for now, two places to go to,  and lots to look forward to.  

My little brother has recovered from his hospital stay and the bout with peritonitis.   He's back at volunteering at the radio station so that keeps him busy.