Rocky Point Times and neighborhood pictures

The Rocky Point Times is the local English-language newsletter, comes out once a month, although October's running "a little late", they say. They have a ton of information and local ads, and I thought I would share some with you. Click on the images to enlarge. First, here is a list of shuttle services from Phoenix to here, for those of you leery of driving.


This just amuses me, because MOAB stands for Mother of all Burgers.



Oswaldo insists we should go on this sunset cruise, so we will, when we have guests who want to go.


A Taste of Penasco, coming soon



Here is some fishing information:


And some information on the weather. by the way, today it's a gorgeous 27 degrees C.


Short tour of neighborhood:

This map shows a few local landmarks:
1- our place
2-the big school up the street, This is on the same street (Simon Morua) that the Ace hardware and the local textile store is on.
3. The Mercado
4. A little used furniture store-they wanted $70 for a little table and chairs. sigh. I know the locals wouldn't be asked that. However, I did have a good Spanish lesson here. The woman came up and asked a question, and instead of saying I only speak a little Spanish, I made that evident by saying, "Necessito un mesa por trabajo". I can feel Cheryl wincing. It sort of means "I need a table for working". So she showed me around, and we established that one table was too short. So that actually went quite well. I've also decided that when I need to ask a long sentence, I can write it down and hand it to the people, rather than make them suffer through my pronunciation. This is just for more complicated transactions, like "Can I take a swatch of this fabric?"
5. The Ferretaria, see below.
6. The pescaderia, see below


What is a Ferretaria? I keep my new Spanish-English dictionary (and a pair of reading glasses) in the car, just for a question like this. It's a hardware store.

This is the soon-to-be-famous Diego's Tacos. It's where we went with Oswaldo and Mary-sol last Saturday. Doesn't look like much, but the food's terrific!


A pescaderia we sometimes use. They don't usually have a big range of stuff. Byt the way, today we are going to try to get some fresh clams and have Linguine con Vongole!


Tequila Factory-I went! And purchased a bottle of 25-27 month old anéjo. Smoooth! The tour and tasting are fun, and for those who don't like tequila, there are liqueurs made from tequila, and they'll make you a tasty shooter!



Quick update: As I was publishing this, a truck went by with a loudspeaker, selling something, it was hard to catch just what (Although the words are starting to separate themselves out now, I can catch individual words, very exciting). Carl looked out and said, "melons!" and I ran out and bought this little beauty for 20 pesos. (The triangle is the tester he cuts out for you):