Another day in Paradise! Well it is Spring here all the time. The weather forecasts have been calling for rain but the volcanoes are the ones in control and if conditions are not right we do not get rain but lots of Sunshine. We woke as the sun did this morning and made a cup of tea to start the day. Don did his breakfast cooking and we were then set for the day. We spent the early morning on the computers reading a story (me) and doing research (Don). Late morning we started out on our continuing quest to find stoppers for a pair of crutches.
The Hunt is On - Again
We walked to Parque Calverio to chat with Tom who was our contact when we came to Xela the first time. He lives here with his wife who is Guatamalan so we thought they could give us a better address for the medical supply store we had been told about. Tom was able to show us on the map where the place was - complete with street address and everything. Only one small problem with that -- none and I mean NONE of the streets have any signs!!!! You can not identify the streets! It is most frustrating! We hiked and hiked and by golly we did stumble on the medical supply store. For less than $4 we bought a set of crutch tips! The next step is to find the post office here and mail them to Joan on Lake Atitlan. They should be delivered to her and it might even happen before she can no longer walk at all. Mission Accomplished.
As we continued our walk we stopped at McDonald's to get an ice cream and rest for a little. We then hiked to Mont Blanc, a shopping mall with a grocery store attached, to pick up a couple of things we could not find closer to home. When we were done Don looked at the map and we decided we would just walk back home and not do the bus search. Lucky for us the walk back was ALL down hill (really, really down hill). It's a bit hard on the knees to keep yourself doing only a walk down something that steep. It didn't take very long and we were back in our own stomping grounds. All of our chickens were out and about inside the house when we got home so we unloaded our shopping and went to our room, me to rest and Don was going to read but he ended up taking a short name (I did not go to sleep!). We spent the later afternoon messing around on the computers. I have a good book on the computer so I was involved in my story until time to warm up the soup for our dinner. After dinner we once again went out for a walk and tried to find the Lenten procession we could hear but we did not locate it. Our walk took us to Parque Central where people were out walking about and visiting. On Thursday, Friday, and Saturday the Lenten Procession will be around Parque Central along with lots and lots of people. If we go we will not have anything on us for anybody to steal. Lesson Learned.
I finished my computer book and have another one to start tonight but first I thought I would pop some popcorn the old fashioned way. We discovered that the popcorn taste much better cooked this way. When that is done I do believe I will call it a day. Catch you tomorrow with more Spring.
