Not sure if we’ve checked into the No Tell Motel or if we should be checked into somewhere with locked units! When we checked in this afternoon we were the only people here but tonight there are a couple more occupied rooms. Our room is circa 1962 with a 6 year old boy theme and has some really interesting features…..you have to let the hot water run for more than 5 minutes before it begins to get even a teeny bit warm, you have to stand in the shower to open or close the bathroom door, there are no light fixtures on the wall by the beds (even though the switches are there), there is no plug by the TV (even though there is a hole for the plug), the rabbit ears for the TV are hanging upside down and the TV itself is perched precariously on a single bar so you can barely reach the buttons….and speaking of buttons on the TV…the volume button turns it on as well as increasing the volume!!! The temperature in our room is cold enough that Lynda is buried under a mountain of blankets AND wearing her jacket. I think I’ll be okay but….it is a cold one!!! There is a heater on the wall but…even I am scared to turn it on. The deadbolt on the door has been drilled out and there is a little chain to replace it so it is highly doubtful that this security system would deter anyone who really wanted to enter. The fluorescent light that is over the bathroom sink is somehow connected to the one in the toilet/shower room and if both are turned on at the same time…the one in the toilet dims whenever the one over the sink hisses and spits. We’re opting to err on the side of caution and not use the light over the sink at all. The good parts about the place are that it is clean and the proprietors are a really nice couple.
I guess the moral to this story is that flexibility is key when travelling. Last night we stayed in a veritable mansion on top of the world with all the amenities you can imagine and tonight we’re booked into something akin to a hovel. Lynda makes a good point when she suggests that perhaps we’re aspiring Taramuhara’s and by the time we get to Chihuahua we’ll be in a cave!!
As planned we munched down our gorditas from Carmen in Diversadero at our first train stop this afternoon and they truly were delish! Mine was a blue corn tortilla with some kind of spinach like veggie for filling and Lynda’s was a white corn tortilla with cheese, pork, and something like zucchini. They were very filling so good thing we only ordered one each!
Arrived into Creel about 3:30 this afternoon and were greeted by a hoard of boys and men who were all vying for our business. Tourism here is non-existent and all businesses appear to be hurting as a result. Will check out the possible tours for this area tomorrow and take it from there.
Hard to believe it’s only been 12 days since we left home! We’ve seen so much, been so many places, experienced so many new things, etc etc etc.
Tonight we had a couple of games of cards (thanks Darlene!!) Our ‘pot’ consisted of a pair of sunglasses, the two jokers, 2 bags of penny candy, and the box that the cards came in. This is either because we were too lazy to find any money or that we were frozen in place at the table and this was closest to hand or…..perhaps it really is time for us to be checked into a locked unit somewhere. It’s been a long day today and here we are tucked into our beds at 8:30 pm!!!
Till next time,
L & L
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