The First Weekend in Santiago, Mexico

It has been freezing cold! While I was aware that I am traveling during the winter months, I was unprepared for 36 degrees Fahrenheit . I flagged down a taxi that took me to the school Instituto San Roberto de San Agustin where my brother in-law teaches and my sister is a teachers aid. There were almost no children on campus because of the cold weather so I was able to have a full tour of the building and meet the staff.

Later that evening, we stopped by to visit with friends from Alaska, Tiffany Burns and Alec Dickinson and the new addition to the family, 7 month old Harper. It has been wonderful to see others from Alaska, it even seems as though we are still in Ketchikan but with better food and more colorful houses.

Yesterday we drove up to the Sierra Madres mountain range where there was snow! The locals all flocked up to play with the snow and have snow fights. The purpose of our trip was to go to a small roadside restaurant called Restaurante Fito, where it is rumored to have the best huevo's con chorizo e machicado. A group of women were huddled around a massive pile of pig skins, but this dish was not ready yet, so we "settled" for the homemade tortillas and huevos. We continued up to almost the top of the mountain and walked off a bit of lunch by adventuring through small crevices in the rocks where small streams were abundant. I took a few photos with a slow shutter speed, but none too great to write home about. The evening ended with order tacos at Nora's (a small local taco shack) complemented by the biggest bowl of guacamole that Tara made. It was damn good.