Special Saturday

While waiting for someone with a key to let us into the Hall this morning we waited outside near a bull standing on the back of a pickup truck. It was a bad news day for the creature since across from the hall is a butcher shop specializing in fresh meat. The empty lot beside our Hall has been used to turn live beef into marketable beef and this is the fate that awaited the bull in the photos. By now it is safe to say he is a former bull. A bit sad but people do like to eat beef and it doesn't grow on trees. And cows do not lay hamburger patties the way a chicken lays eggs.

Following service Carol shopped for strawberries in the Zihuatanejo Centro market since that's where our service territory was.

For supper we joined Jack & Linda, Justin & Becky & Paige. Jack & Linda kindly treated us to a magnificent meal at a restaurant in a striking location, across the bay from our condo and on top of a hill, giving us a spectacular view. This meal was a 50th anniversary gift and it will certainly be a memorable one. The video below will convey the general idea of the setting.

Here we all are as photographed by a waiter ...

An instrumentalist provided music for us. Once finished with the saxophone he returned later with a clarinet. When done with clarinet he showed up later with a flute. After the regular flute he came back with a Pan flute. Then it was back to the saxophone. All very pleasant.

Paige was a big fan of the musician.

We didn't even know this place existed so it was a very pleasant surprise and the association and conversation was both interesting and stimulating. An excellent time.