Snow in Nogales, MX

We left my brother's Tucson home at 1 pm yesterday for his dentist appointment was at 5 pm in Nogales. This would give us a couple hours to walk around and see the wares the Mexican people had for sale. I took a couple mountain pictures on the way down,

It was overcast, chilly , and rainy.

Below is the border fence, the Mexican side of Nogales, and Mexican homes on the hillside in the background.

Some of the street vendors at the entry.

Blankets and jewery are prominent goods for sale, as well as

 little girl's frilly dresses, and sombreros, ladies purses, and colorful metal yard ornaments.

This youg Mexican boy posed for me in front of the display of bovine skulls.

Wouldn't one of those skulls look great on the front of my RV??? Haha!!

I'd rather take this child home with me, such a cutie!

Another street with "Farmacias", and a restaurant where we ate.

We were able to buy some REAL vanilla in quart bottles at a greatly reduced price!!Many vendors sold it, but my brother knew where to go for the best price!

A Mexican earns $$'s by taking pictures of tourists with his burro. I was glad to see the burro had the tarp covering because of the rain. He was being fed corn husks, and had a pail of water to drink. Well I didn't want my picture taken WITH the burro... just wanted a picture of him. I had to pay $2 to be allowed to take the picture!. Thats okay, because it would help buy feed for the burro :)

Contrary to what may be thought, not everyone in Mexico is poor, far from it. Here is a VERYexpensive car used for valet at a local motel. Neat car though...

We visited leather shops where  my brother was remembered by several shop-owners. They seemed glad to see him again, even though he did not make purchases at their shops this time.

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It was getting time to get back toward the dentist office. We went inside and was glad to be able to sit down in the warmth of the office. Shortly, my s-i-l noticed it had started to snow outside!

It came down quite heavy at times.

I had come to Arizona to escape the winter weather .... go figure!

But, really it made me chuckle...

Going into Mexico here did not seem unsafe at all to me. The vendors and shopkeepers we talked to were a light-hearted, happy people in spite of the weather and and somewhat harsh conditions. Some of them were set up in alley-ways with only tin for walls and roofs over them and their wares.

It was dark as we left to start home, and it snowed about half way back but didn't stick, except to the windshield. As we rode back, I thought of how US citizens could learn some very valuable lessons in life from these people, well at least I could.... Their easy-going contentedness spoke volumns to me. I was very glad for the opportunity to go there... I really liked visiting, and may go back before I leaving to head back east.