Sunday April 4th we drove down to Alamos. It's an old colonial silver mining town. We didn't know how far it would be, but I had estimated 10 hours. It was 800 km, and we drove it in 9 hours. The last three or four hours were in 38 degree heat, and our AC ran out of juice. Warm!
Needless to say we were happy to arrive, and the B&B Jen had arranged was beautiful! We were informed by the owner Teri that we were their last guests. After 20 years, they were shutting it down. So we had the place all to ourselves, what a treat!
Breakfasts were:
1/2 cinnamon bun, poached pear
An interesting concoction of corn, eggs, cheese, and other ingredients in a green sauce. Pretty. not our favorite.
scones and figs with crema
An avocado and cheese omelet with home fries and homemade bread, toasted. Heavenly.
scones and fresh cantaloupe with crema
An asparagus fritatta with a potato patty and toasted homemade bread. Also very very good.
We ate around town, imbibed many beers and a few margaritas, and generally had a wonderful time. Meanwhile, back home, they had an earthquake. The stories are many, but there was little to no damage in Puerto Peñasco. Here are the pictures:
The place was full, and I mean FULL, of chotchkies. This was the coolest pot.
The grounds were beautiful, it's much more lush down there.
We went to a few curio and craft shops.
Hey, MOE!
C'mon, that really looks like Moe from the 3 Stooges.
We were thinking of buying this one for the guest room. Carol, any thoughts?
We drove up an atrocious road to Aduana, only to find out that the guide book was old, and there was a perfect paved road there. It was where the actual silver mining took place, and now there's a little square where they have a couple of arts and crafts stores and a restaurant.
Houses where the residents..well, reside.
on the other side of Aduana (I made a little joke- let's drive up that road again..."I DUANNA!"
I think this is maybe where the mining supervisor lived. Nicest place in the village by far.
This amazing tree grew its roots down the wall.
Smokestack.
The view
Hudson was on edge.
The mine itself. The entrance is blocked off but still creeped me out.
That tree again!
Back at the B&B. This little gato was in our room.
I'm telling you, chotchkie heaven!
There was also a lot of very eclectic art.
Rooster lamp- we wanted it.
The milk pitcher on our breakfast table. Cute!
Not so cute, in the living area.
There were twin grey cats living there. This is only one of them.
Into the old town. We walked for quite a while and took a tour with "Candy Joe".
Nice door!
Candy Joe his own self.
Honeysuckle
Coming down from the jail.
Snooping
more old town
The printing shop from the 1600's, still in use.
Candy Joe said that all the buildings here were pretty much in this kind of repair, when people bought them they spent a ton of dough bringing them back to their former splendor.
Closed museum.
Church tower. The tower is inset with Limoge plates. The story as I understand it is, on the last night (of what? I don't know), the owners (of what? I don't know) fed the workers on these Limoge plates, then the next morning the workers set them into the tower. When the revolution came, a lot of the plates got shot down.
Joe took us into a residence, these are shots of that wonderful place.
courtyard
Shelves are carved into the walls, which are very thick adobe. It really does keep the heat down!
Kitchen
More nice doors
garden
Hmm.. Carl seems more interested in the books than the tour...
About to enter. I guess these are out of order.
Joe showed us all the good places to take shots of that church tower.
Just a street.
There's a river here in the rainy season.
A cute guy on the bridge
City Hall door. Inside is an old stage, circa 1670, with a stone floor with a natural rake. Cool!
More city hall
Cool chimneys or what?
Coming down into town. It took us a few hours to get our bearings, so we came down the hard way.
At the top of the hill, the jail, used until 2002. (!!)
Back at the B&B, more art. I like this gal, she presided over our breakfasts.
So did he!
Down the hill from us.
I really wanted this piece. I want something bright for our place.
Chotckies.
Out back in the garden.
Just lounging by the pool.
in a corner of our room.
Look how thick the walls are!
Our bed.
Back home, Jen grabs some more hammock time.
Thanks, Wayne and Jen, that was a wonderful vacation!!
4 comments:
Well you went to see OUR town. Sounds like you were impressed by it. Wish we had been there to give you the tour. After five years we know many places that you would have liked to see not only in the town but in the whole area. Beautiful old town and we have many friends there. Glad you were able to see it and sorry we were not there to introduce you to some of our friends.
Love to you both
Shirl and Larry
Your town's HOT, Shirl! Pretty though, and lots of birds.
I know what you mean by HOT. It would be over 100 degrees when we got there in October and drop down to the 70's or 80's all winter and back in the 100's by the time we left in March. AND I DON'T LIKE THE HEAT. The first winter we went we only had one week of 70's and then back to 100's. But in the rainy season in the summer it can be 130. I froze all summer in NS!!!!!!!! But as you say beautiful birds and flowers and if you are there the right time many beautiful butterflies.
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