Hola Amigos,
Woohoo! All that work and time and money and effort and elbow grease and scraped knuckles paid off for Ben this weekend in La Paz. His 1928 Model A Martin-Parry took top prize in the car show we attended. Pretty good, out of about 35 various vehicles. There must be a huge number of photos of this car on cell phones and various cameras in the La Paz area! Everyone wanted a photo, then they wanted to know how much it was worth, after they read our description, and that there are only 2 in the world that we know of!!! (We usually told them we don't know). Thank you to everyone who contributed by bring down bolts and wiring and miscellaneous parts in their luggage when you came to Baja! He appreciates it VERY much!
This photo shows why I think Ben really goes to these things....the Quaker State girls were back. Ummm....where's the car in this picture?
I stayed at the plaza where the show was held until about 3pm when I went back to our hotel to relax around the pool. At 7pm, Ben called and said the organizer was having trouble getting the plaques printed, so he and his brother Greg didn't get back to the hotel until about 9:45, after all the door prizes and plaques were distributed. Good thing he got his generator working so the headlights work in the dark! (Of course, the little bitty tail light needs some help!) Then we returned to downtown for dinner. We are truly Mexicans now when we go to dinner at 10pm!
Ben's brother Greg arrived on Friday. Ben picked him up from the new terminal at the airport, which Greg says is just like any other airport in the world now, without that old 3rd-world feel to it. Ben says it is just aggravating that they've changed the parking areas, and there is not a good place to park anymore to pick up our friends and guests at that terminal. He was able to find an elevator to get to the lower level, and there were seats to sit in to wait, and he didn't have to deal with the pesky time-share salesmen. Taking the elevator avoided all that. Of course, Ben was probably in an "off-limits" area, and won't be able to get back there eventually, but it worked this time! This is a shot of the brothers in front of a substantial door in La Paz.
I thought you'd enjoy this photo of some palapa hombres, tying the palm leaves onto the roof...barefoot! I guess shoes would harm the roof, so they go up there and work without them. This new building is located below us in Vista del Mar.
I've started a new quilt, and I've got 1/2 of the blocks for it done. I arranged them on our bed the other day and took a shot. Can you guess how many blocks this is, or where one stops and another starts? Believe it or not, there are only 6 blocks in this shot. I like this pattern because the blocks are BIG, but the result looks much more involved than it really is.
Last Thursday was Thanksgiving, and our 2nd smoked turkey was just as delicious as the first (yes, they cook breast side down). There were 10 of us around the table, including our neighbor Peter, who just made it back after an extended trip to the US. We're very thankful for friends and neighbors and family who attended with us. Our daughter Rebecca shared some recipes with us that I used, and she used some of mine, so that's how we shared Thanksgiving with that part of our family...oh, and a Skype call or two!
And Saturday! Woohoo!! The University of Oregon managed to beat Oregon State rather handily. A friend of our down here is an OSU graduate, and he insisted on making a bet with me. If OSU won, I would have to wear a OSU t-shirt to church on Sunday morning. If UO won, he would have to wear a UO shirt and hat to church on Sunday. I told him, "sorry, I won't be there to see you wearing your Oregon shirt" (I was in La Paz at the car show). Well, Paul had to model a beautiful shirt and hat that Ryan supplied for him, and Ryan also took a photo so I could enjoy it. Doesn't he look great in this outfit? (There's an O on the hat, too...hard to see) And here he is, for all of you to enjoy, too!
I have posted more photos from the car show in our November Picasa Album
We hope you enjoy your last few days of November as much as we are enjoying our sunshine here.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
Woohoo! All that work and time and money and effort and elbow grease and scraped knuckles paid off for Ben this weekend in La Paz. His 1928 Model A Martin-Parry took top prize in the car show we attended. Pretty good, out of about 35 various vehicles. There must be a huge number of photos of this car on cell phones and various cameras in the La Paz area! Everyone wanted a photo, then they wanted to know how much it was worth, after they read our description, and that there are only 2 in the world that we know of!!! (We usually told them we don't know). Thank you to everyone who contributed by bring down bolts and wiring and miscellaneous parts in their luggage when you came to Baja! He appreciates it VERY much!
This photo shows why I think Ben really goes to these things....the Quaker State girls were back. Ummm....where's the car in this picture?
I stayed at the plaza where the show was held until about 3pm when I went back to our hotel to relax around the pool. At 7pm, Ben called and said the organizer was having trouble getting the plaques printed, so he and his brother Greg didn't get back to the hotel until about 9:45, after all the door prizes and plaques were distributed. Good thing he got his generator working so the headlights work in the dark! (Of course, the little bitty tail light needs some help!) Then we returned to downtown for dinner. We are truly Mexicans now when we go to dinner at 10pm!
Ben's brother Greg arrived on Friday. Ben picked him up from the new terminal at the airport, which Greg says is just like any other airport in the world now, without that old 3rd-world feel to it. Ben says it is just aggravating that they've changed the parking areas, and there is not a good place to park anymore to pick up our friends and guests at that terminal. He was able to find an elevator to get to the lower level, and there were seats to sit in to wait, and he didn't have to deal with the pesky time-share salesmen. Taking the elevator avoided all that. Of course, Ben was probably in an "off-limits" area, and won't be able to get back there eventually, but it worked this time! This is a shot of the brothers in front of a substantial door in La Paz.
I thought you'd enjoy this photo of some palapa hombres, tying the palm leaves onto the roof...barefoot! I guess shoes would harm the roof, so they go up there and work without them. This new building is located below us in Vista del Mar.
I've started a new quilt, and I've got 1/2 of the blocks for it done. I arranged them on our bed the other day and took a shot. Can you guess how many blocks this is, or where one stops and another starts? Believe it or not, there are only 6 blocks in this shot. I like this pattern because the blocks are BIG, but the result looks much more involved than it really is.
Last Thursday was Thanksgiving, and our 2nd smoked turkey was just as delicious as the first (yes, they cook breast side down). There were 10 of us around the table, including our neighbor Peter, who just made it back after an extended trip to the US. We're very thankful for friends and neighbors and family who attended with us. Our daughter Rebecca shared some recipes with us that I used, and she used some of mine, so that's how we shared Thanksgiving with that part of our family...oh, and a Skype call or two!
I have posted more photos from the car show in our November Picasa Album
We hope you enjoy your last few days of November as much as we are enjoying our sunshine here.
Hasta la proxima semana,
Tus amigos de Baja,
Harriet, Ben, Ryan, Sam & Zoey
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