More with Brunts

On Saturday, we drove to Jocotepec. On the way, we stopped at the organic farm set up and run by the two Canadian women whom I’m mentioned before. We drove around Jocotepec, which is bigger than we had realized in our previous visit. We spent some time in the square and then stopped at a restaurant called, the Iquana, in San Juan Cosala, which is a little more than half way back to Ajijic. It is spread out on a bluff over-looking the lake, a great view and some of the children were swimming. There was even entertainment by a Spanish singer/comedian, at least I assume so by the way most people were laughing. Unlike most restaurants in Ajijic, aside from us, virtually all the patrons were Mexican. We returned tired, but pleased with the outing.

Jeff and Tarra spent last night in Villa Eucalytus and will be there again tonight. Last night with Aiden went well. The one problem was that when he was quiet and asleep, Barb would wonder if he were alright. She would then go in and he would wake up and cry. That reassured her. This happened even in the middle of the night. We had a short thunderstorm (only about 5 flashes with thunder) about 3 a.m. Aiden slept through that, but was wakened when Barb went in to check on him.

Half way up the mountain above Upper Ajijic is a shrine of some sort, which is visable everywhere in Ajijic. It is white so stands out from the vegetation around it. Tarra and Jeff were planning to walk up there today. They had forgotten their camera and dropped in here late this morning. I gave them a ride up as far as the houses go in Upper Ajijic and there is a trail going on up. We haven’t heard yet how that went. Jeff had looked it up on the internet somewhere and was anxious to go.

The organic garden group had a guest speaker at LCS today. He lived for some years in Jocotepec, but moved to B.C. when his sons became teenagers. He is a bit of an expert on the ecology of Lake Chapala and his second book is on some to the history of Lake Chapala since the Spanish conquest. That book is officially being published this Saturday. It was an interesting lecture and the profits (quite a big crowd) goes to support the educational programs of the organization; the founders are very dedicated ecologists who do a lot of work in the schools and work with students from the technology school in Jocotepec.