The dogs

Our dogs love going to the beach. Neither one of them really likes to get in the water but they love being able to run around and play. They really like it when they see birds and they chase them very enthusiastically. Wednesday we took them to the beach. We stayed about 3 hours. After the beach, we took them to the Doggy Banos. We saw an ad in the Mano a Mano, which is a Thrifty Nickel type publication, for a veteranarian’s office that would give them a haircut, flea bath, clip their nails and clean their ears for 100 pesos. That’s less than $10 US. Because they didn’t need a haircut, it was only 80 pesos each. Sarah now looks like a proper white Dalmatian, and Foxxy is very clean plus lost a lot of the fur she has been shedding all over the house.
While we were at the beach today, we saw a large group of dolphins. They were pretty far off –shore, but we had our binoculars. They were visible for a long time. It was cool to see them.
Our landlady cleans our house once a week. It is a one bedroom, one bath house and it takes her a couple hours or more. She also changes the sheets on the bed and washes the linens. For this, we pay her 100 pesos a week. She will also do our laundry if we want, for an extra charge.
I’m sure the landlord’s family and the other people on our street think we are unusual. We walk our dogs instead of just letting them out loose. We even have leashes. We also are gone a lot, shop at the grocery store instead of the local tiendas, and Harold picks up trash out of the street.
Harold had his last dentist visit today. He now has 2 nice new permanent bridges. While he was at the dentist’s office, I walked around the nearby area with Melissa. We ran into her dad, Luis, as we were getting to the dentist. Melissa hung around with us for a while then we went to see the progress Luis has made with the bodega and the palapas on his lot.
Tonight at CyC there was a big crowd of board members. People were spread out over 3 or 4 groups. After CyC, Harold and I went to have birthday cake with another All Vallarta board member Tom. He and his wife have a great view of the street action on Olas Altas from their apartment.
This afternoon, we went for a drive with the intention of finding a local animal shelter. Instead, we drove to an area called La Disembocada. We had heard about this pretty area and great restaurant from several other board members. We decided to have a light lunch there. What we had was a combination shrimp plate. There were shrimp Diablo, breaded shrimp and shrimp cooked in butter. There was also rice and French fries and vegetables. The plate probably had 24 shrimp and they weren’t small! For just about $10, we were both full. Add a couple more bucks for some soft drinks, and we were out of there for less than $15 US total.
We had heard there were hot springs nearby but didn’t have time to investigate. Guess we’ll just have to go back!