Morgan wrote, about June, 27, 2008:

Our place sits almost at the top of a steep hill over looking the town which is

filled with colorful adobe houses and numerous churches. The weather is the

same everyday, sunny, cool at night (50’s) and warm in the day (high 70’s, low

80’s). Some days it rains around 3PM for a while then it clears. It is at an

elevation for 6,400 ft. mountains in the distant rising above the town. The

prices here are the about the same as in C/U – nice homes are more expensive.

Car fumes are few and there are no stop signs nor traffic lights. Drivers are very

considerate and always yield to pedestrians. The locals are friendly and helpful.

There is a population of 130,000 including the surrounding area of which 6,000

are USA citizens. There is a workout and pool facility across the street from us.  

Patty swims everyday and I walk around town – up and down the steep hills. The

second day here I walked for four straight hours. Yesterday I was exhausted.

Today I’ll walk again. Jim Lewis and dog Troubles are here for the summer and

another couple,  Barbara and Kevin Maggie, very old friends from U of I and who

live now in Albany, NY are here until Monday. They are staying at this

magnificent complex just a little up the hill from us. The owner, an eccentric  

woman in her 70’s built the complex in 18 years and each separate apartment is

different and beautiful. The grounds have trails and every kind of plant and tree

that will grow down here. Too much to describe.  www.thefulcrum.info

Jim and Patty take Spanish #2 classes three days a

week for 2 1/2 hours a day with lots of home work. Patty is always ahead and

Jim stays a little behind — so far. We have met a couple of interesting people

one of whom built and owns a beautiful small hotel downtown.