Cokeville WYYYYYYYOMIN!!!! Population 506.

July 24th in Cokeville Wyoming!  Celebrating the Pioneers and 100 years of Cokeville.

6:30am
The Cokeville 5k- a little early for a holiday weekend but the view was worth it.

Oh, did I mention that if your are a woman between 40-49 years and you run a little fast, well then you might be able to take one of these lovely 1st place trophies home with you.  Laugh, but its as close as I will ever get to a running trophy so I am wearing it!

                                     

10:00am   

Dayton kids line the Main Street (just a block away from Dayton Drive) waiting for the hundreds of pounds of candy that will soon be thrown at them.

                          

My favorite part of the parade!!  I can't figure out how they even recruit Boy Scouts.

                           

2:00pm

Cokeville Flag Football Tournament at the Cokeville Park.  Check out the hot guy in the dark t-shirt, I know those legs!  MMMMmmmm.

                          

                                     

9:00pm 

Out at the ranch, waiting for the homemade bomb to explode!    Apparently, if you mix gas with some secret ingredient, and shoot it with a gun, it will explode- well that's what they say anyway.  It didn't work but hanging out in a field with great people is enough fun for me! 

                           

Mexican Jewelry

Okay, So I thought I could blog from vacation but it turns out that vacationing is much more work than work, SO, nothing for nearly 3 weeks! However, I am back at it and have lots to say and so much to share.

First off, I want to talk about memories versus reality.  I had such fond memories of my jewelry shopping in Mexico in the late 1980's that I blogged about it.  I had great expectations of digging my hands deep in to boxes of charms and earrings and pulling out little gems,  I was actually worried about my budget.  Shouldn't have worried,  what my 17 year old self thought was amazing, my 40 year old self thought was JUNK.  Funny how tastes change.

That did not stop me from searching and searching however- some of our friends could have possibly found it a little buggy.

In a little folk art shop in Playa Del Carmen I struck Mexican silver!!   Hand cast in sterling by an 80+ year old woman.  I am telling you- they screamed through the glass, "Allison we are here, we are here, we are here!"  Yes just like in Horton Hears a Who, and  I was the only one who could hear.  I am wearing them right now.

Another lucky find was this necklace of antique (probably german) buttons, and plastic beads.  I love the Mexican folk heart symbol, I have many of these around my house, but this tin heart on the necklace was just too good to leave behind.  Each of the girls snapped up one until they were all gone.  It goes perfectly with a tan.

This little lovely was only $11 so I wasnt even bothered that  it was strung on actual sewing thread.  I know a gal who can fix it!

Beach Vendors

The last time I was in Mexico (1987) I was in Mazatlan sitting on the beach getting a deep dark tan (we cared about NOTHING else) while dozens of tenacious men tried to sell us charms, rings and baskets they carried from turista to turista.  As 16 year olds we thought it was annoying.

Lets just re-think this...

This week, I can be sitting on a lounge chair, at the beach in Playa Del Carmen, and the vendors will be walking by with their wares.  They will be so eager to come 

to were I am comfortably lounging, and sell me things while I am quite in my  leisure..

No need to drag my jewelry suitcase from vendor to vendor, stopping only to unload into the trunk of my car.

Hmmmm!

Sign Me UP!!!

For you I will bring photos of many beautiful

Mexican joyos (jewels) for you to savor.

By the way, this is most definitely a no computer vacation,

see you next week!