I went to the tiendita on the corner of the plaza in Guazapares Chihuahua last week. The driller was supposed to show up with a pipe truck to drill a well and he was missing, mechanical failure was suspected. The village of Guazapares doesn't really have phone service but the tiendita has a satellite phone and for a few pesos a minute you could call.

It was a long shot that the driller would be in a place with cell service, but worth a try. As the young woman behind the painted green wooden counter dialed the number for me, a young boy rode his burro up to the tiendita and came in to buy some shoes for his burro. So as the young woman was waiting for some radio waves to bounce off a satellite far away, she was counting horseshoes and horseshoe nails. God I love Mexico.

This week I am back in the office after spending last week doing exploration drilling for a potable water supply for a village near Temoris, Chihuahua. I love this job because I get to take the Chihuahua Pacific train ("ChePe") to Estacion Temoris from Los Mochis. The coutryside is beautiful...steep mountains, pine trees and apple orchards. Where I was working last week there was no electric power and the kids rode horses to school.