Errands

While Carol and Heather had a great time in the service this morning, discovering additional English speakers in the territory, Dan and I did only a little then had to ride about the town on household errands. Here is the Hall in San Juan Del Rio where their Tuesday service arrangement is held.

Sitting in the passenger seat of Dan's car I snapped photos of things appearing snapworthy, such as the scene below ...

I find it interesting that newer Mexican housing strongly favors boxy shapes. Some row housing developments stretch on for a mile with box after regimented box. Below is a photo of a new housing development, currently a forest of reinforcing rods awaiting to be inundated with concrete.

A feature of this town is the many cobble-stone roads. They appear to be part of a strategy to keep motorists from speeding. It is certainly effective. Driving 40 kilometers an hour on a road like the one shown below would result in one's car rapidly disassembling. This road is, as you likely noticed, extraordinarily wide. Further along it narrows into a road only one third this width. So why all the acreage in this section? Could the builders have been like the speaker who goes overtime because he feels he must use all the available material?

Below is a photo of where we had lunch today, behind the first arched window. Their quesadillas and tacos are superb but today I ordered Dan's favorite lunch: a fruit dish with yogurt and granola. It was a treat. Yes, that's Dan's Corolla lower right.

Some of these streets have more traffic than others with several nearly deserted when we passed. Yet enterprising individuals set up displays or simply stand on a corner holding things to sell. The absence of pedestrian traffic seems irrelevant to them as does the marketability of their merchandise. A prime example of this, to my mind, was the man standing on a corner holding, with effort, a large round wooden pedestal table for the rare passing motorist to see. This was his sole product. One either wanted his table or not. Later, when returning we saw him walking bent with the table on his back to another unpopulated corner.

Last but not least, I show you the design of Dan's dining room wall. It is a concrete wall of course and textured with subtle vertical ribbing. Dan successfully painted the two-tone color scheme incorporating a strikingly sharp, straight, and smooth line. I must say it is interesting how that visually perfect line grows on one. The look is ultra-simple yet it is an admirable work of art.