Golf Cart 2022: Tuesday, March 22
At 8 am, we got an email asking when we wanted our golf cart delivered. We agreed upon 9:45 am, and at 9:45 sharp, Banderas Bay Carts showed up with the cart. He gave us a great map of Bucerias and showed us all the tricks on how to access all the areas of town.
We aren’t allowed on highway 200, nor the laterals next to the highway. We can cross the highway at two intersections. For the most part, that isn’t much of a problem.
There is one spot, however, that requires some creativity. A dry riverbed splits the town in half (I assume that it can turn into a torrent during the rainy season). Only the forbidden highway and lateral crosses the riverbed on the ocean side of Hwy 200. Therefore, we have to creep along on a couple of sidewalks; pick our way on one, sort of, drivable stretch of the riverbed; and finally drive up a very steep, very rough cobblestone street to circumvent the bottleneck created by the riverbed. It is an adventure.
Our first order of business was to get Donna some pesos. We had to navigate the bottleneck to reach the ATM. Unfortunately, the ATM was out of pesos. That was a bust. Then we drove to Karen’s Restaurant for breakfast. Even though our last encounter with Karen’s was less than stellar, we were going to give her another shot since it is on the beach and we have had many good meals there before. It turns out that Karen’s is closed on Tuesdays. Jeez, we were striking out everywhere.
But this is Mexico. You learn to roll with the punches, and it makes you a better person if you master your “rolling” technique. Here is where I had to leave our little party and head off to slaughter at the dentist office. Wanda and John took over the driving responsibilities as I caught the bus.
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! This was a tough surgery. When the Novocaine wore off, I was hurting. Thank goodness, Ibuprofen quickly eased the pain. The group entertained me with stories of all their adventures. Mexico is pretty loose when it comes to street names and street signage, making the map difficult for newbies. They got lost in several back neighborhoods, some very much on the rougher side. Somehow, Wanda found her way to Los Pericos for breakfast and Adrianos for supper. In between they perused the beach. I was jealous.
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