Monday Night

Wow! What a Monday!
We got up early and got ready for a trip to Del Rio, when Blas and Paula showed up to patch the holes in the wall near the roof. He mixed cement and threw it into the holes while I covered the table in the house to prevent the cement that was coming into the room from falling on my letters. Excitement from the beginning of the day!
We left about 10:00 and went to San Carlos to upload our blog post and then headed on across the border. We picked up mail and sent out lots of letters and changes of address, and then went to lunch at IHOP. While we were there, we met a couple, Bob and Bonnie from Michigan who now live in Timberon, New Mexico. They were passing through Del Rio on their way to Zapata, Texas, where they are selling their property there and we got to pray with them and had a wonderful visit. They sing gospel music at churches and at nursing homes, and it was so interesting to talk to them.
Then we went to the Toyota dealer to find out about our tail light for the pickup. We’ll have to pay for it before we order it, and it’s almost $200. So that will have to wait awhile.
After that, we went to Walmart to pick up some Kibbles and Bits and bread, and then we filled up with gas and headed back across the border. When we got to Acuna, we stopped to get an estimate for Bill’s teeth, and spent about an hour with a very nice lady dentist right on Bravo as you enter Acuna. She told us Bill will have to have surgery to scrape down the bone on his jaw (he’s had this done on the bottom but not on the top) in order for the dentures to fit. She priced the surgery (with another dentist) and the denture (upper) and lower bridge at a total of $1,600. U.S. So, we will be praying for provision for that need for Bill and were grateful for her free consultation and estimate for Bill’s dental work.
We drove on to San Carlos and there were so many children dressed up for Halloween in the streets of Acuna and San Carlos. I think we got behind a sort of parade in San Carlos, because it took a long time to drive the mile at about 5 miles an hour through the pueblo.
The most amazing thing happened on our way home, between Palmira and Tepeyac. I mentioned that we didn’t see our usual group of horses, about 8 of them, that we see walking down the middle of the road. Just after I said that, Bill said, “There they are!” and they were walking straight toward us. I had my high beams on and slowed down and stopped while they walked by, but must have blinded them, Bill said, because the biggest brown horse walked alongside and right into the passenger side of the pickup, moving the rear-view mirror and denting the door so badly we can’t open it. I hope we didn’t hurt the horse, but we weren’t moving when it hit us, so I think it must be okay. They all walked off and into the darkness behind us. What a weird experience. Jimi Coplen told me that deer walked into her car more than once, and I could hardly imagine an animal doing that, but now I know it can happen.
No sooner did we get home and discover the door wouldn’t open so Bill had to climb over the driver’s seat, than we had another odd thing happen. A boy was on his horse, galloping down our road chasing a running white bull with big horns through the town, trying to rope it. The bull ran through our neighbor’s yard, with the cowboy chasing after it in the darkness. What a night of odd animal activity! You’d think it was a full moon, but I checked and it wasn’t…Just a funny night in this part of the world, I guess.
Bill is lying on the bed with the dogs, resting, waiting for me to come to bed. It’s almost 9:30 and way past our bedtime so I’ll close for now, before anything else happens!
I almost forgot. We bought some candy in case we had trick or treaters, and three boys came by saying Happy Halloween so I gave them some candy and took their picture! They were having a great time, running around with painted faces and asking for candy. I thought I’d share it with you. Good night, sleep tight…