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For those who have become somewhat regular readers, I'm sorry that I missed yesterday's blog update. For the most part it was another casual day at El Dorado except that Deb and I got a chance to tour the condos here at El Dorado. We got a chance to see two of the units in the high-rise unit - a two bedroom - two bath which was furnished and about 1,700 sq.ft and pretty reasonably priced as compared to BC pricing. The second unit was 3,000 square feet furnished and an owner resale. This unit was amazing and very, very well equipped with an exceptionally large balcony on the second floor of the tower. There is apparently some litigation going on in this development with the current homeowners and the contractor/builder that makes a purchase here in El Dorado a little tentative, but they say they will provide exemptions on this litigation for any resale units from existing owners. Today was golf day at Atlas. Our owner, Arlene hooked me up with Dave Jackson who is a local expat that lives in another one of her rentals (El Parque). Dave belongs to the private golf club just outside of GUAD so he took me along as his guest. Compared to the clubs here in Ajijic and Chapala (both 9 hole courses) - Atlas is one of the premier clubs in the area. It takes about 45 minutes to drive into the club so one has to weigh the drive and the need to play - Dave plays twice a week now and thinks that his all-inclusive membership makes so much more sense than the local play here in Ajijic. Given the fact that there's been 0.00 rainfall since January, the course was in amazing shape. With the evening rains just around the corner, the course will only get better. I rented some clubs (Ping) and we had to take along a caddie, Jorge (George) who apparently was the number one caddie in the club (he wore coveralls with 01 - signifying his overall seniority at the club which was 40 years). Given that I haven't played a round of golf since last July with John Martan, I didn't score real well, but I did manage to make four or five putts that were likely in excess of 25' feet, all because Jorge gave me the line and how hard I should hit the putt - again, in Spanish with golf terms that I'm not all that familiar with. I have to assume that when he said I needed to get some "bolos" referred to my putts that were short of the hole. With the close to two hour drive back and forth, I missed the weekly water volleyball game at Los Sabinos. They do this twice a week on Wednesday and Friday's and apparently can get quite competitive, even if they are "blue hairs". Deb & I headed out to Hotel de Posada for dinner. This spot is right on Lake Chapala and was recommended by a number of people so we thought we'd give it a try. The hotel itself was quite nice and the restaurant had both inside and outside seating, so we decided to have dinner by the water until it started to rain during the dessert course, so we moved it inside. Again, restaurant prices continue to amaze me - tonight was $250P or $24.00 with tip. Tomorrow is down to Ajijic for some shopping for Deb so stay tuned.
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Candice I'm sure your 'bolos' are fine, Bob. Just work on your swing. :)