December 14, 2015. Mexican To-do List

CAMPGROUND:  Another night at Loreto Shores.  George calculated the exchange rate, and since we paid in pesos, it is $22/night rather than $26.  Nice!

LOCATION:  Loreto, Mexico on Sea of Cortez

WEATHER:  Beautiful!  High about 80.  Cool evening and night for sleeping

We picked up a map of Loreto and then were on our way to get some things done.  First, we drove along the pretty waterfront.  This is one of the cleanest towns I've ever seen in Mexico.  Another difference is that it doesn't have packs of wild dogs roaming around,  

To get to town, we have to drive down and up a huge wash in the road.  It was especially scary the first time, pulling the Airstream. 

We found a dentist for George.  He was whisked in, without an appointment, for a cleaning costing $22.  Next on our list was a haircut for me.  Haircuts on the road are always a scary experience, and doing it in Spanish adds another layer of fear.  The beautician did a pretty good job, with a bill of $4.  

Next up was a pharmacy.  The pharmacy didn't have what we need, so we will have to find a larger one.

After a nice lunch of quesadillas, we went grocery shopping.  We bought cilantro for .$12!  This was an interesting display of various animals' feet, bones and tripe to make menudo....

Our last stop was a fish store to buy fish for tonight's dinner.  The sign advertised fresh jurel, which is translated into horse mackarel.   The shop also had this sign.  Almeja  is clams.  I couldn't figure out the chocolata word.  Surely, they don't dip clams into chocolate?  The fisherman explained that it is just the name for a type of clams with a dark brown shell.  

We bought a half kilo of jurel for $3.  It ended up being way too much.  

Back at the RV park, it had warmed up so we went to the pool.

I did laundry while reading next to the pool.  What a life!  

DINNER:  Jurel (horse mackarel) filets sautéed in a skillet on the stove inside.   The only negative about this place is that there aren't picnic tables or grills.  I used a rub my brother had given me as it was too spicy for him.  It gave a wonderful flavor to the fish.  I added onions and cilantro. We only ate half, so leftover fish is in our future...