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Today we were in Tequila. Yes, we were bathing in it.

Actually, we took Jack and Bunny to the town of Tequila. We found a little distillery outside of town called Tres Mujeres that we had visited a couple of years ago. We took a tour, entirely in Spanish. Ross translated for us. It turns out that the woman who showed us around was one of the the three women the place was named for. She was delightful.

We found a place to have lunch -- and left as soon as the tour buses arrived.

Then we went to the Jose Cuervo factory. The English-language tour was at 2 p.m. and we arrived just before 3. So we let Ross translate for us again. I'm sure he did an excellent job.

He also did a fine job of working things out when he was caught driving the wrong way on a one-way street. (This was before we tasted any tequila -- and I talked him into making the turn against his better judgment. So it really, really wasn't his fault.)

The dogs took great care of the house while we were out. Nothing got chewed! Yay!