Panama Update #128
February 3, 2009
Today Laurie and Pat went to the Mires Flores Locks at about 9:30 AM. While they were doing that I went on some errands to the bank and store. At Mires Flores they have an observatory where you can watch the ships go through the locks and they also have a canal museum and nice lunch buffet. A taxi driver we know took them up there but was not available to return them, so I gave them directions on what to tell whatever return taxi driver they found. They were anxious about being able to direct the taxi driver back to our apartment. It got to be 4:30 in the afternoon and they were still not back and I was wondering what could have happened because that is a long time to stay there. At 4:45 PM, just as I was leaving to go to Yoga class, they arrived. It turns out they enjoyed watching the ships so much that they spent the whole day there and Laurie was very proud that she could direct the driver to our apartment. I think now she will feel more comfortable about going out on her own.
Tonight we went to the photo exhibit opening of our friend Aaron. It was in a restaurant/gallery in Casco Viejo. The restaurant was packed with a Canadian tour group, so they had the art in a room that connected to the restaurant. There was a nice turnout and I think everyone enjoyed the photos and the company. I got Aaron and his daughter Mila to autograph a postcard that advertised the exhibit which will be worth a lot of money some day if either one of them becomes famous.
