Granny gets around

Hello All.

So, we went for a drive on Saturday.
And I managed to get us lost.
And we ended up in the industrial area on a Saturday afternoon.
Thrilling stuff.

From there we went to the main beach in the pic above.
When I was a kid we lived on the beachfront.
And I went swimming there every day.
Alone.
How times have changed.
Even though the beach is overlooked by apartments and restuarants, I had a creepy feeling.
Today I was told people have been raped and attacked there in broad daylight.
I want to go back to my beach.
Where I felt safe.

Yesterday we didn’t go anywhere.
I almost didn’t get dressed.
It seemed a bit of a waste of time to get dressed and move two steps over to my computer.
But I did.

Today Mex wanted to go to several places.
First was the bank.
I waited in the car.
And watched a woman make an absolute mess of parking her car.
She drove into the space.
Then reversed a couple of times.
Finally, she left it like this.

I cringed for her.
Nearly offered to park it for her.
But I settled for waiting with my camera.
Just in case someone took out the back of her car.
Can you tell I was bored?

Then we went to a place for Mex to pick up wood for his mirrors.
In a really shady part of town.
Once again I waited in the car.
With the doors locked.
There was a bottle store across the road.
Set back from the road.
With quite a big patch of sad looking grass.
People kept coming out much the worse for wear.
In the middle of the day.
One guy decided to relieve himself.
Shame.
Either he had a serious problem with his water works, or he had had a gallon to drink.
Can you tell I was still bored?

From there we went to the place where Mex is going to have his car serviced.
If he doesn’t get into the wrong lane in the rush hour traffic.
I waited in the car.
Again.
And took this shot.

That is ONE of the stadiums built for the World Cup.
For which they spent billions.
And I don’t think anyone can afford to keep them up.
I work up the road from it…to the left.

I think I have one more photo uploaded.
Let’s see what it is.

Oh yes.
Back to the beach.
This woman was chanting.
Very loudly.
We left.
Just in case she COULD call up the sea.
I know my car needs a wash.
But not in sea water.

Now I have to go inside.
Mex is cooking supper.
He needs moral support.