SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE…

This song below is performed by Tim McGraw and when it became popular two years ago I took the words as my personal mantra….well as I am driving down the highway approaching SMA you can guess which song came over the satellite radio!!!!  Was a lovely welcome to this great town.

He said: "I was in my early forties,
"With a lot of life before me,
"An' a moment came that stopped me on a dime.
"I spent most of the next days,
"Looking at the x-rays,
"An' talking 'bout the options an' talkin’ ‘bout sweet time."
I asked him when it sank in,
That this might really be the real end?
How’s it hit you when you get that kind of news?
Man whatcha do?
An' he said: "I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."
He said "I was finally the husband,
"That most the time I wasn’t.
"An' I became a friend a friend would like to have.
"And all of a sudden goin' fishin’,
"Wasn’t such an imposition,
"And I went three times that year I lost my Dad.
"Well, I finally read the Good Book,
"And I took a good long hard look,
"At what I'd do if I could do it all again,
"And then:
"I went sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu.
"And I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I gave forgiveness I'd been denying."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."
Like tomorrow was a gift,
And you got eternity,
To think about what you’d do with it.
An' what did you do with it?
An' what can I do with it?
An' what would I do with it?
"Sky diving, I went rocky mountain climbing,
"I went two point seven seconds on a bull named Fu Man Chu. 
"And then I loved deeper and I spoke sweeter,
"And I watched Blue Eagle as it was flyin'."
An' he said: "Some day, I hope you get the chance,
"To live like you were dyin'."

The entrance to the park is very tight and the streets are  narrow so getting Ramona through the red gate is a challenge that can only be done with outside help.

but once inside the tension of getting in is soon lost.  These photos are all inside the compound.  It is really a tennis complex with two tennis courts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is only room for 12 small Rv’s and Ramona has a lovely spot. The chicken 12 feet away the cleanest bathrooms in Mexico with hot showers

 

 

 

 

 

 

Completely gated and safe and this is the gate to walk through to get in.

The entrance way

The church is maybe 50 yards away.

I have Wi-Fi and about 5 minutes walk away from the town main plaza, how sweet is this?

My lovely friends Linda and Guy have a wonderful casa here and I went to visit this afternoon.

We went out for dinner tonight and now I am settled down for the night.

I am invited to Linda and Guy’s tomorrow for Thanksgiving turkey dinner!!!!

Well 4443 miles and three weeks since I left Nanaimo and the journey was wonderful.  Fabulous friends old and new, incredible vistas and now 7 weeks of paradise.