Los Alamos day 2


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The morning started with an 8:30 am open air trolley tour of the old colonial city. Our tour guide, Juan, was a professor and historian and showed us many houses of famous people who had lived in Los Carlos. 



The architecture was really pretty. We went into the City Hall (which had a theater inside) 




and then a Catholic Church. 




After that, we had about an hour of free time. The trolley took us back to the campsite to let the dogs have a break and then took us to a great restaurant for a Mexican lunch - enchiladas, chile rellenos and a tostada. We came back to the campers for a little siesta and then our friends, Fred and Cheryl cooked delicious California Tritip for dinner.  Tomorrow we head to San Carlos - our second to last city on the caravan!





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