The little town of Guadalcazar

(We went almost 48 hours without internet, so this is our day from October 24th...we'll try and put up another post this afternoon to get caught up!)

Raining on and off when we got up this morning, and if we didn't head further south quickly, we might see some residue from the hurricane. A short drive today though...we only did 136 kms (84 miles).

We stopped at the newly expanded Walmart in Matehuala prior to leaving town. Still stocking up our booze cabinet, so we pick up deals in that category as we see them.

Deal of the day today?

A bottle of "Old Smuggler" Scotch Whisky. Blended from only the finest scotch whiskies in the tradition of the 18th century smugglers. Hmph. The smuggler's had their own traditions. Who knew?

Cost...99 pesos ($8.18 CAD). I've learned that most of these cheap scotches are quite drinkable with a couple of ice cubes.

Mex57 heading south. Lots of clouds, but no rain.

The road from MEX57 to the town of Guadalcazar.

Nice drive, but the road from MEX57 to Guadalcazar is a little slow going. Chris had told us it was fine though, and it was. It was only about 16 kms (10 miles) anyhow. We made it to the town, and parked beside the plaza and went for a walk. Nice little place. We walked over the to municipal police and asked them if we could park for the night. They said that was fine, but they would prefer we were in the second plaza closer to them where they could keep an eye on us. I think we would have been fine where we were, but we moved anyhow.

Camped out at the central plaza in the little town of Guadalcazar. (GPS 22.61741, -100.40006). 

We went for a walk around town and to the two old churches, but they were both locked. Not normal for Mexico, so we're not sure why.

Surprisingly, they had tourist signs...with English on one side!

One of the old churches. 

The entrance to the park. Unfortunately, Sherman would not have fit.

Another angle of the church.

We went to the museum and there was a little lady, Celia, there who tried explaining why the churches were closed, but we didn't understand. She asked if we were going into the museum, and we decided to pay the 15 pesos ($1.25 CAD) each entry fee, since I'm pretty sure we would be her only customers of the day. She read us the rules, that included not taking any photos.

It was a guided tour, and Celia was the guide. She did a really good job of trying to explain things so that we would understand. Almost everything in there dates from the year 1750, and it's all local stuff.

It was hilarious. We would get to a certain item, and her voice would go quiet. She would almost whisper. "If you want, you can take a picture of this...because I like you."

Too funny.

In any other museum, this 250 year old article would be in some kind of glass case.

Neat little museum in Guadalcazar.

The virgin.

We were in there about 45 minutes. Then, she asked us to sign the guest book.

The other church. Shame we couldn't get inside!

Spent the rest of the afternoon reading, playing backgammon, and had a nap.

In the evening, we went for a walk around the plaza. An older guy had set up a music thing with an electronic keyboard and a couple of huge speakers. It was way too loud, but this is Mexico. I'm sure the whole town could hear it. He was still going when we went to bed about 10:30pm, but we think he quit not long after that.

Nice town. If we ever come down and stay in one place for a while without the motorhome I'd like to live in a town like this for a couple of months. The only gringos in town, and you'd have to assimilate. I think that would be a great way to improve our Spanish.

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