In honour of visitors from Etobicoke Ontario (To non-Torontonians it would be Toronto) staying with my folks, we went on our first trip to Mexico today.
We started out by meeting the foursome at the new casino just on the California side of the border. If you get a membership (free) you can get deals at the buffet, so breakfast for 2, all you can eat cost $6.95. New members also get a $10 credit for the slots.
Ken and I don't gamble, but the breakfast was worth the membership process. We then parked just north of the border and walked in.
Personally, our goal was threefold. Ken needed glasses, I wanted a replacement window for the rig door, and I was looking for a case to carry business cards in so they don't get tattered. This is the type that holds your cards, not the various cards you collect. (2 out of 3 isn't bad, but this card holder remains elusive.)
So what do you think of Ken's new Armani glasses
We went with a more conservative approach instead :-)
.... So then we wandered around for 2 hours while the glasses were being prepared.
Editor note & Shot: 2 hours later the look was much nicer :-)
And so the wanderings revealed such things as:
You can click some of these and get a better look.
These two sales areas, and many like them are an amazing version of Jeff Foxworthy's, "say it with Krylon". Seriously, these are works of art, but as with most rigs, where on earth would I put them???
The nicknacks of amazingly varied persuasion are everywhere in Los Algodones (which, of course, we expected) I think we circled too many times with varied focuses of the varied party members because the vendors started pointing out which way our other members went. :-)
Amazingly enough, the border was a very short line. Usually, you walk in because the motorized traffic is a really long line. It proved true today too, but sometimes the walking line can be over an hour as well. We were through in less than 5 minutes. SWEET!!
This is the new window in the rig.
And up close through the screen. I really like it.
Well, as the parade of lights is waiting until tomorrow, I know what I will be posting about soon. For now, it has been a really long day so I bid you,
Adieu.
From Rae by email:
ReplyDeleteWindows: awesome! How hard was it to install?
Response:
It was easy. The frame unscrews from the inside, the window peels off the sealant putty, the frame gets a cleaning (I recycled the putty back on the outside frame). Then I centred the new window and pressed it into the putty (the putty holds fairly well, but I held it until 2 opposing screws were set), replaced the frame, set the screws and Voila!!