Day 559: Mexican Dental Care

Today we dropped off our RV for warranty work in Yuma. We then drove to the border, parked our car, and walked into the town of Los Algodones in Mexico.  The town is 6 blocks by 2 blocks and has dozens of dentists, opticians, and pharmacies.  The town is filled daily by American and Canadian seniors who come here for medical tourism:

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We’ve been here twice before for dental work and to buy a new pair of glasses for Trish.  Today we all had dental cleanings done.  It was $120 for the four of us, which is significantly cheaper than having it done in the US.

We had to wait about half an hour in line to go through the US border crossing, all the while being encouraged by Mexican peddlers to buy everything from ceramic turtles to asparagus:

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Our “waiting in line in Mexico” selfie:

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It turned out that despite the fact that I had sent in photos six weeks ago of items that needed warranty issues, and was assured that the warranty approval process had been initiated, nothing had in fact been done.  I did make sure via repeated calls that our new rear staircase was in stock.  The dealership told me I’d have to come back with it once they got warranty approval to cut out the bent brackets and weld on new ones.  We drove to Home Depot and within and hour I had coaxed, via sledgehammer, the brackets into being straight enough that they accepted the new stairs:
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Tonight we drove back to Paradise Casino to overnight there.  An RV that was towing a trailer carrying an ultralight and a PPG trike pulled in.  We chatted for a while about area fly-ins.  Small world!

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