Every Friday we buy a copy of Atención – a local bilingual paper that has great articles about San Miguel but also includes a calendar of events that we check religiously to make sure we don’t miss anything awesome. One section lists volunteer opportunities, and the SPA allows volunteers every day except Sunday to come in and play with the kittens, cats, puppies, and dogs that are waiting for a home. Of course my little band of animal lovers was dying to go and play.
We finally went today and it was GREAT! The facility is nice and clean – the animals are well taken care of. There are about 50 dogs and 20 cats who really seemed to love the attention. We met another US family there who sold their house, bought a sailboat and are living on it. San Miguel isn’t near the ocean…they’re here because it is super-hot in the Sea of Cortez in the summer, so they’ll be here until the weather changes and then they’re heading to Panama. They have 2 daughters – 10 and 12. It’s amazing how many adventurous families we’re meeting.
The kids are already begging to go back to the SPA…I just hope we can continue to volunteer without ending up with another pet. Our friends Sam, Laura, and Violet, who are heading back to NYC this weekend, are trying to figure out how to take home a puppy they fell in love with.
Just look at these happy campers (both human and feline/canine)…
