Tampico

Mom loves Walmart


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Sweet boy "Spatula City!" A Mexican dollar store

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View from our window
Praise God for cribs!
Our tiny room

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Today I am sitting in a hotel room with Ax sleeping in the borrowed cuna (crib) using all the internet I can before going back to the 1950’s. Yesterday we bought all the things we would need for a while, and then proceeded to get lost on the Mexican highways until it was dark. I think the roads turn to hot lava that eats cars at night, so we drove back into Tampico to find a hotel room. Just a few hours before I had asked the Lord if we could someday stay in one of the nice hotels here. So here we are with free WiFi and breakfast. Jon and the kids are swimming in the empty pool. Everyone in all of Mexico is at the beach today because it is Santa Semana. The “Holy Week” of celebration preceding Easters. And apparently they all stay in hotels as well. We got the last room at the Inn and it is gorgeous. The view from the 7th floor is beautiful in the daytime. You can see the water. Down in the lobby you can get almost anything you might need in the vending machine. From chips to cigarettes to matches to hair gel to pan dulce to what I think is a diaper wrapped in cellophane, you name it. We chose the toothbrush taped to travel toothpaste combo. 35 pesos.

So, I am going to email for an hour. Take a 30 minute hot shower. Go back to Wal-Mart if only just to buy some gum because Wal-Mart is my favorite! Take my kids to McDonald’s for lunch (enjoy that guys). And maybe even get some ice cream at Baskin Robin’s. Then we will check the map thoroughly and head on back to the Rancho del Reyo.

The Lord is our good Father who gently molds and trains us for heavy stuff while also making our dreams and desires a reality. He’s my favorite.