We have been really busy here in Yuma visiting friends and seeing my parents and then there is the trips to Mexico! Ed and Peggy decided to get their passports sent from home since they were going to be so close to Mexico and hopes of savings on the usual; medications, tequila, eyeglasses and Dentistry.
Newcombers to Algodones, Mexico
Knowing that this is peak season for all snowbirds to get their annual checkups here we arrived in Algodones by 9 am and were checking out Tequila by 10am!!! No margaritas until noon as Peggy checked into a dentist and got an appointment for 2 crown replacements. While Peggy sat in a dentist’s chair, Paul, Eddie and I shopped, bartered and had some outstanding shrimp tacos with all the trimmings for $1.50 each! Algodones is a mecca of retired Americans trying to save a few bucks. The services they provide here are not lush or pampering by any means but they are extremely professional and any office we have been in has been very clean. Peggy had to return the following day to receive her crown and all is well with the patient. The same day Peggy returned for her follow-up I went with my mom and dad to Algodones for my dad to pick up his new hearing aid! FINALLY! He can actually hear now and of course his first complaint was I talk to LOUD! Ok, I will work on that. His hearing aid cost about $1800 and his quote from the US was over $5000. That is a big savings for the same product.
The only thing I got from Mexico was some awesome tacos and a new shoulder purse.
We left Yuma early Saturday morning and since we are an hour ahead here we got to see the sunrise at 7:35 am!
Sunrise! Yikes!
Off to Mesa, our final destination for the winter!