A cross country drive through lovely ranch lands down to Nogales on the Mexican border brings us back to Patagonia Lake.It is spring break for many schools so we can't camp at the state park. But we find a good little RV park in town which is great and close to shops, and with wifi. A pair of vermilion flycatchers are nesting there too,, nice to see these bright red birds.
It's interesting driving here as the main road north of the border is lined with huge warehouses for goods and food coming in from Mexico. What will happen to all this trade if Trump gets his way closing the border and making life difficult for everyone involved in this huge export/import trade region??
We are only stopped at one border checkpoint, hardly even that, a cursory glance and waived on.
There are many fancy dude ranches here where wealthy Americans come to ride the wide open spaces, hole up at spas and hotels, but you would hardly know it from the locked and gated entrances to many of them.
It's still cold in the mornings, only 8, but going up to 24 in the sun later in the day. Our heater has continued to go on every night down here this year.
The local gift shops, restaurants, ice cream parlors are doing good trade even in this now quieter time.
Patagonia is a bird watcher's paradise and it is here that last year I bagged an Elegant Trogon photo. Not so lucky this year, but lots of colourful birds in this important flyway between North and South America. Walking along Sonoita creek always rewards with view of the
WE learn that wealthy arts patrons have built an opera house in this tiny town and we are lucky enough to be there for the first concert of their classical program, a viola/piano recital. Beautiful acoustics in this little gem of a performance venue. I wear a black top and lacy black long skirt and am not out of place!
I return to HIgh Spirits flutes to buy 2 new instruction books and am tempted by a double "Nova" flute they have experimented with. It has two bores, two mouthpieces that you have to coordinate blowing into, but one side is a drone, like bagpipes. Difficult to play. I will persevere!
It's great to have good wifi down here as I've been able to check in with Liz and Clive in Cambridge to hear how Clive's new hip is mending up. The miles between us just melt away on that Facetime.
It's interesting driving here as the main road north of the border is lined with huge warehouses for goods and food coming in from Mexico. What will happen to all this trade if Trump gets his way closing the border and making life difficult for everyone involved in this huge export/import trade region??
We are only stopped at one border checkpoint, hardly even that, a cursory glance and waived on.
There are many fancy dude ranches here where wealthy Americans come to ride the wide open spaces, hole up at spas and hotels, but you would hardly know it from the locked and gated entrances to many of them.
It's still cold in the mornings, only 8, but going up to 24 in the sun later in the day. Our heater has continued to go on every night down here this year.
The local gift shops, restaurants, ice cream parlors are doing good trade even in this now quieter time.
Patagonia is a bird watcher's paradise and it is here that last year I bagged an Elegant Trogon photo. Not so lucky this year, but lots of colourful birds in this important flyway between North and South America. Walking along Sonoita creek always rewards with view of the
WE learn that wealthy arts patrons have built an opera house in this tiny town and we are lucky enough to be there for the first concert of their classical program, a viola/piano recital. Beautiful acoustics in this little gem of a performance venue. I wear a black top and lacy black long skirt and am not out of place!
I return to HIgh Spirits flutes to buy 2 new instruction books and am tempted by a double "Nova" flute they have experimented with. It has two bores, two mouthpieces that you have to coordinate blowing into, but one side is a drone, like bagpipes. Difficult to play. I will persevere!
It's great to have good wifi down here as I've been able to check in with Liz and Clive in Cambridge to hear how Clive's new hip is mending up. The miles between us just melt away on that Facetime.
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