Family News |
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| April-May, 1999 |
Dottie, Cindy, and Brenda Visit San Carlos |
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Here you can get an idea of some things to see and do in the San Carlos area. This is only a selection of what they did during their vacation week. Since I got a bit carried away with reporting their activities, it is the only bit of family news covered this issue. |
| This was my sister Dorothy's third visit with us here in San Carlos. It was my niece Cindy's second visit and Brenda's first time in San Carlos. |  |
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So many activities were planned for their week-long visit that they could choose what they wanted to do. The Mexican Fiesta Evening includes dinner and a Folklorico Dance performance. While the dancers were changing costumes, we were entertained with a charro, mariachi music, a wonderful soloist, tequila drinking contest, to name a few. |
The soloist and one of the dancers pose for a picture after the Mexican Fiesta at the San Carlos Plaza Hotel. |
 Photo by Les |
Nacapule Canyon is named for the Nacapule tree
(pictured here) which is indemic to the canyon. The climate in the
Nacapule Canyon is sub-tropical -- temperature 25 degrees C. annual
rainfall 233 mm. Our guide, Marisol, took us climbing rocks and squeezing through crevices. We looked for a small Chichimoco squirrel, which is also indemic to the region. Some members of the group saw one, but I missed it. |
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| Vegetation in the canyon is tropical. Small caverns have trees growing above them. Water drips from the roots of these trees into the caverns, forming pools. It was amazing to see such an oasis in the middle of the desert. |  |
| Santa Clara, where bricks are made, is only about 3
miles from San Carlos. It is an interesting sight if you've never seen
it. Here a worker shovels dry cow manure into a wheelbarrow. The manure is mixed with clay and water to form the bricks. The soil in this area is perfect clay for making bricks. |
 "Where's the cement?" Dorothy asked. "Don't they have to use cement to make bricks?" |
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The bricks are formed from this brown-looking mixture and dried in the sun. After drying, they are fired for 20 hours. During the firing process they turn the brick-red color we are accustomed to seeing. |
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We spent the better part of a day visiting a vegetable farming operation about 30 miles east of San Carlos. Another page of this newsletter describes the operation in detail. Click here Vegetable Farming to go to that page. |
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After a morning at the beach, Dottie and Brenda buy fresh vegetables and fruits from Tony's yellow cart in San Carlos. | ||
| During the winter months, Tony makes his rounds every day with fresh bread, freshly squeezed orange juice, eggs, milk, tortillas, seafood (in season), as well as excellent quality fresh fruits and vegetables. |  |
| Are you tired? I know of three Minnesotans who returned to Minnesota tanned and tired after a week with us in San Carlos. They spent the last day laying in the sun for a telltale sunburn so all their friends would know that they had spent Spring Break in Mexico. |
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