More Sheppards in Ixtapa

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We are now six in the condo following the arrival Sunday night of Andrew, Helena, Alexandria, and Olivia. We look forward to our ten days of enjoying warm sunshine with them. A few photos follow.

First, here's a view of the golf course across the street from our building ...

 ... and, also from the front balcony, a residential section of Ixtapa ...

Naturally a top priority on a hot February afternoon is to enjoy a little leisure time by the pool ...

... or better yet, in the pool ...

And just to bring things down to earth, here's a photo of Andrew and I washing and drying the dishes.
That's Andrew of course by the sink, and me with a dish towel in front of our dishwasher. "You have a dishwasher?" you may ask. "Why are you manually washing and drying dishes when you have a dishwasher at your disposal?"

The answer to those eminently relevant questions is that we lack soap pods required by the machine.As for trying to find and purchase those things in this town, I believe it would be easier to find and buy a pet golden monkey. We have tried the local markets, the big supermarket, a smaller supermarket, we have asked people we know, we have even stumped Google.Too bad the machine can't wash dishes with dead crickets.Vendors of those are as easy to find here as they are hard to find at home.

One day I may find out why there are appliance stores here that sell dishwashers but cannot point you toward the necessary soap seller.


And a photo from this evening:
Andrew and daughters walking toward the setting sun.

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