Impending Departure: Time to Stock Up

Our neighbor on the dock is a Kiwi who lives in

Mexico and he has a sport fishing boat. He and

friends go out fishing for BIG fish and are quite

successful. This piece came from a

VERY LARGE tuna.

We ate half - delicious,
and froze half.

After we got back from Durango we headed

to the Sunday market in Juarez to stock up

on produce. It’s quite an experience to go to

the Sunday markets in the outlying areas.

Yes....we bought a donut..........

and produce and eggs..........

but we didn't buy a piece of cake or pie

On Tuesday afternoon we rented a car for a day and

took our propane bottles to get filled and stock up

on the rest of our groceries and supplies. The next

morning we decided to drive up to Copala. It is a small

colonial town on the old Hwy. 40. People used to have

to drive from Mazatlan to Durango on this road.

It was very well maintained, but very curvy.

The drive to Copala took an hour or so

and it’s not that far from Mazatlan. I’m glad we

didn’t have to drive all the way to Durango on it!

Copala is known for both their coconut banana cream pie

and a shop that makes wonderful leather masks.

The public transportation in Copala and a mural in the Central Plaza

The Central Plaza

Colorful buildings all around town

Alejandro's restaurant.

The coconut banana cream pie was delicious,
not to mention the chicken fajitas with homemade tortillas

Not only does Alejandro own the only restaurant

in town, but he also makes the leather masks.

There used to be two other

restaurants that catered to tourists,

but when the cruise ships quit going to

Mazatlan five years ago the other

restaurants couldn't make it.

This is Alejandro. He makes the masks.

Jim picked out this one

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