We are spending 3 nights here at this nice hotel. We found out what is worse than one sick puppy: 2 sick puppies. We are pretty sure the mussels got them. Maggie got some diarrhea and threw up a couple of times the first night and into yesterday. It was a pretty bad mess, but we were thankful that there is tile in the hotel room rather than carpet. Zuzu seemed to be doing ok, but last night when she went out she was a bit loose and then during the night we woke to an awful smell. She’s bigger than Maggie and of course that makes a bit more. She also threw up later in the night. So I took her out several times last night to keep ahead of it and and she seems a bit clear now. At least there is nothing left in her. A bit of research says to keep them on water and chicken broth and then add in some boiled chicken and rice later today. We are going to try that to get them back to normal. I guess this is living on the road and at least we were not in the camper when it happened. No mussels for the pups. And not much sleep for us two nights in a row.
I decided to walk the 1/2 mile to the Autozone to see if they have DEF and an oil filter. I have about 2K left before the change and I wanted to be sure I get the parts I missed. They had both, but the DEF was ridicoulous at 520 Pesos per case. That is about $28. I know we can get it at some fuel stations at a dispenser, so I will check that the next time we need it. It seems we use about a tank every 2500 miles hauling Howie, which is almost 2 boxes. The walk back turned out to be a workout for the lower arms carrying 30lbs each of DEF. At least I got a workout in today. LOL
Another adventure we took yesterday was to get the laundry done. It has been a bit over two weeks and it was time to get things cleaned up. I researched a bit online and found a place that was supposed to be good. Normally you take the laundry to them and they charge by the KG and wash and fold it. Kathy wants to use her own soaps and dryer sheets, and this place will let you wash your own stuff. It took about 3 hours because there was a wait to begin. I walked around and looked for something that would provide a solution to the Starlink roof mount. Nothing came of that. I did get a bit of reading done.
We had an early dinner at a place a block down the road called Malarrimo. It is a restaurant, hotel, and RV park. It looked to be a pretty upscale place with fancy table cloths, a wine selection, and had a reasonably priced menu. The food presentation was good, and the shrimp were grilled exceptionally well. The NY Strip was cooked well but had something missing; it was not full of flavor, but good nonetheless. The carrot soup was good as was our guacamole appetizer. The whole thing with tip was 840 Pesos ($50) including a margarita a cerveza and tip. We are still unsure of the tips. We heard that locals don’t tip, but tourists were supposed to. We are splitting the difference at 10% tip, usually, if the service is good.
We talked to the guy at the front desk, Rafi, and he mentioned the best tacos in Baja at a place called Tacos el Muelle. I think it is a food truck. Rafi qualified the place by saying he works for a race team for the Baja 1000 and has been up and down the peninsula and had tacos everywhere. He even guaranteed it by saying he’d buy the tacos if we did not like it. I always say: “but who does not like tacos”. So maybe we will head there for lunch.