Gorditas en Bernal

Saturday was devoted to Peña de Bernal, the second largest monolith in THE WORLD. Check this out! Pretty impressive rock, huh?

We kind of screwed up our schedule. Well, we didn’t screw it up, we just could have paid better attention.

The day started with a Trumpet Showcase at space where the band rehearses. Eight trumpets blasting away. It was pretty cool.

Then we made our way back to Sandy’s to pick up Friend (Nicole) and headed to Bernal, which is a town with a beautiful rock formation, I quess you would call it.

We got to the bus station a little late so we had to wait around, and then the bus took longer than we though so we only got to spend 90 minutes or so in Bernal. That was too bad because it took over an hour to get there.

The center of the town is a little tourist village at the base of the rock. She streets curve all around and you never know what's around the next corner. Probably another winding road.

Earlier that day I had asked one of Sandy’s students “What do you do when you go to Bernal?”

She said, “Eat.”

I asked, “Eat what?”

She said, “Gorditas.”

So that’s what we did. Gorditas are my new favorite food. They’re pockets of maza, stuffed with cheese, beans or meat and then fried.

Anyway, we ate some great Gorditas and then had to head back to Querétaro. ¡Sambroso!

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Someday I’m going to go back and climb all the way to the top of that rock. Then I’ll play, “My Home’s Across the Smokey Mountains”.