This cemetery is in the city of Miguel Aleman . They say that from April 1st until November 1 they use nothing but artificial flowers on the graves. The rest of the year beginning with the Day of the Dead, they have live flowers. I am assuming the fresh flowers would wilt too fast in the summer heat.
This family plot cost around 30 thousand dollars. One dollar right now is 14.5 pesos in Mexico.
We continued to El Campanario, it is a restaurant owned by the tour company, Viva Mexico.
This is a boot-making factory where they make boots out of shark, eel, ostrich, kangaroo, alligator,snake and lots of other animal skins. You could custom order and they will ship or you can take them right then. Providing of course that they fit. This picture was upstairs where the do all of the sewing. They told us the temperature in this room in the summer time can be to 130 degrees.
This is the Mexican power plant on the Rio Grande river at Falcon dam. This picture is also out of order.
They said they have to be 18 to work here. We all felt he was no more than 15 or 16. He sews the pull tabs for boots.
Eel skin boots.
The front of the boot shop.
This is at Falcon dam. Harold's right foot is in the USA and his left foot is in Mexico.
This wall was in the town of New Guerrero. This wall was over a mile long and you wouldn't believe is made out of old battery cases.
More wall.
Delco battery cases. Now do you thinks we could gather old cases for something like this???
The old Guerrero was a town that was founded in 1750. It was a prosperous village on the Rio Grande rive when in 1953 Falcon dam was built.Officials warned the people in town that in about 10 years there would be enough water to flood and they would need to move. As luck would have it a Hurricane hit the area and filled the lake in 1954 The city remained underwater until recent years until it emerged again as a result of severe drought in Northern Mexico and south Texas.
These are arches as you enter the town.
Walk along this path to the lake.
This was the Hotel.
An armadillo that is stuck in the tree.
Another view of the hotel.
The church still remains in about 4 ft. of water.
A goat herd was running loose in town.
This is a building that was put together with rocks and stones and still standing after all this time.
One of the main streets.
A house in the town.
Look at the stone walls that are still standing
This was their old cemetery. There was another cemetery across the road that was for the wealthy with big rock walls around it. When the town flooded they were given the opportunity to move the graves. The problem was that was very expensive and not an option for some.
There were a lot of graves here.
More graves.
The iron works on some of the graves came from Canton Iron Works in Canton, Ohio. You know that had to be expensive in the late 1900's.
This grave belonged to a person who was a woodworking or skilled laborer as indicated by the marble slab on the tower.
This was the same type of headstone.
Our lunch consisted of sandwiches, fruit and Margaritas. It was served in this little shed and we stood around under the snake skin
We returned to the same restaurant for dinner, chicken fried steak, rice, potatoes and bread. Can you say carbohydrates??? And free Margaritas
We stopped at an organic farm. They had 26 acres of greenhouses.
This is the computer control room where they determined when to water, fertilize and how much.
This is a very un-flattering picture but you can tell I was exhausted. We got home at 9 pm. It was a very long day but well worth it. ZZZZZZZZ.
This family plot cost around 30 thousand dollars. One dollar right now is 14.5 pesos in Mexico.
We continued to El Campanario, it is a restaurant owned by the tour company, Viva Mexico.
This is a boot-making factory where they make boots out of shark, eel, ostrich, kangaroo, alligator,snake and lots of other animal skins. You could custom order and they will ship or you can take them right then. Providing of course that they fit. This picture was upstairs where the do all of the sewing. They told us the temperature in this room in the summer time can be to 130 degrees.
This is the Mexican power plant on the Rio Grande river at Falcon dam. This picture is also out of order.
They said they have to be 18 to work here. We all felt he was no more than 15 or 16. He sews the pull tabs for boots.
Eel skin boots.
The front of the boot shop.
This is at Falcon dam. Harold's right foot is in the USA and his left foot is in Mexico.
This wall was in the town of New Guerrero. This wall was over a mile long and you wouldn't believe is made out of old battery cases.
More wall.
Delco battery cases. Now do you thinks we could gather old cases for something like this???
The old Guerrero was a town that was founded in 1750. It was a prosperous village on the Rio Grande rive when in 1953 Falcon dam was built.Officials warned the people in town that in about 10 years there would be enough water to flood and they would need to move. As luck would have it a Hurricane hit the area and filled the lake in 1954 The city remained underwater until recent years until it emerged again as a result of severe drought in Northern Mexico and south Texas.
These are arches as you enter the town.
Walk along this path to the lake.
This was the Hotel.
An armadillo that is stuck in the tree.
Another view of the hotel.
The church still remains in about 4 ft. of water.
A goat herd was running loose in town.
This is a building that was put together with rocks and stones and still standing after all this time.
One of the main streets.
A house in the town.
Look at the stone walls that are still standing
This was their old cemetery. There was another cemetery across the road that was for the wealthy with big rock walls around it. When the town flooded they were given the opportunity to move the graves. The problem was that was very expensive and not an option for some.
There were a lot of graves here.
More graves.
The iron works on some of the graves came from Canton Iron Works in Canton, Ohio. You know that had to be expensive in the late 1900's.
This grave belonged to a person who was a woodworking or skilled laborer as indicated by the marble slab on the tower.
This was the same type of headstone.
Our lunch consisted of sandwiches, fruit and Margaritas. It was served in this little shed and we stood around under the snake skin
We returned to the same restaurant for dinner, chicken fried steak, rice, potatoes and bread. Can you say carbohydrates??? And free Margaritas
We stopped at an organic farm. They had 26 acres of greenhouses.
This is the computer control room where they determined when to water, fertilize and how much.
This is a very un-flattering picture but you can tell I was exhausted. We got home at 9 pm. It was a very long day but well worth it. ZZZZZZZZ.
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