We have been home for almost a month. There was a Lucha match advertised in SE Portland, so I was waiting to do my last post after that, but it had been canceled. Alas. I have hope though, that there will be Lucha in our future.
So… this truly is the last post on this blog. (I’m pretty sure.)
Our first full day in the US we had breakfast at Starbucks, lunch at Subway and late afternoon snack at McDonalds. We drove from Tuscon to Carpenteria through 106 degree weather.
It was glorious watching the car thermometer drop as we drove west through L.A. By the time we got to Carpenteria it was in the 70s.
The next day we drove to San Fransisco, spent a day with my brother, and then drove a straight shot home to Portland. We got home on the second and two nights later our neighbors shot off a bunch of fireworks. They must have really missed us.
I was shocked at how little had changed and very quickly wondered if we had really been gone 9 months or just a few weeks. It was so easy to be back.
I’ve gone into a few tiendas lately looking for familiar foods. There was candy from Guanajuato in one and a little tear came to my eye. I’m shy about speaking Spanish still, but enjoy the little bits of conversations I have had with people around the neighborhood and in the tiendas. (and looking for the Lucha last night.)
The best news is:
Butch spends a lot of time outside my window on the porch roof. She is truly a dogonrooftop.
YES!!! Awesome…thank you so much for making the blog complete by taking those shots. They are exactly how I pictured them although I didn’t think you’d go to the trouble of getting two different angles. You’re the best!
Butch is getting very large, very fast…how do you think he likes the US?
Those are great shots! She is so sweet but make sure she pees outside before she comes into your store.