Gracias a la buena gente de la cidudad Juchipila! (Thank you to the good people of Juchipila)

 Well, we didn't make it very far out of Zacatecas before experiencing mexican hospitality.  Just a few hours south of Zacatecas, in the town of Juchipila, we stopped for some dinner at a little restaurant based out of a family's house.  After visiting with them for a couple hours they wouldn't let us sleep in the truck and insisted we stay with them.... and stay the whole next day and night, and they would have had us through Christmas if we had taken them up on their offers.

After a breakfast of menudo on Sunday, the men took Griffin to the bar and then to a local baseball game, while I stayed with Virginia (the family matriarch) and attempted to help her prepare posole, tamales, taquitos, and homemade salsa for her restaurant.  There's a pic of Virginia working in her kitchen below.

We are now in Guadalajara hanging out with Dr. Kelly (who just graduated from med school here!), trying to decided what our next move is (which part of the coast to head to).

I love the colors!

Blue Agave fields north of Guadalajara

Virgina preparing posole on a sunday morning.

Some of the best tamales ever!

Griffin in front of Virgina's house (where we stayed the last couple of nights)

A beautiful church in Zacatecas

The lovely hotel in Zacatecas that my Mom and Greg hooked us up with!   It's the old peasant quarters that they've converted into a very nice hotel... thanks again Mom & Greg!