The Golf Tournament

What a busy day!! I have to get back to Toronto to recover from my social life in Ajijic. I expected today to be busy but I did not realize that I would have no down time at all.

Breakfast at Estrellita's

As usual, I began my day with breakfast here at Estrellita's. Since some of us are leaving tomorrow, I got a photo of the people I have been starting my day with every day since I arrived here. Included in the shot are Donna and Barbara from Portland, Jeannie and John from Vancouver, and Marion from Elliot Lake, as well as Lorraine, my hostess.

The tournament

Donna, Edith, Dawn and Catherine

At 9:50, my sister picked me up for the golf tournament today. I was not meant to participate in this event but Avril has been sick and at the last minute, her friends needed a fourth. So I stepped in. We played at the Country Club de Chapala at the east end of the lake. Like Chula Vista, it is only nine holes, but somehow the organizers managed to put 20 foursomes on the course. This created the slowest golf day in my experience. It took us over 6 hours to play 18 holes!!  I found this rather stressful, since I had a dinner date at 7:00 and I knew I would be late (which I hate).

My foursome: Claudia, Lorraine, Bunny, and me with two caddies: ours, Arnie, is on the right.

Fran, Norm and me

Fortunately for me, a very nice man, Mike, offered to drive me into Ajijic at the end of the round so that I could meet former colleague, Norm Smith, and his wife, Fran, at El Jardin de Ninette for dinner. I was only 25 minutes late thanks to him.

The dancer and the singer

 I had selected that spot for dinner because of the Saturday evening entertainment, a singer and a Flemenco dancer. The soloist was the same girl who was the lead in the Fantastiks last Tuesday night. Clearly, this is a small town.

After a good dinner and a good visit, I was happy to return to Estrellita's for the night. I look forward to a good night's sleep.