The name does mean old redhead, but at least I'm young enough to still have hair and for most of it to still be red. Pelo = hair, but instead of pelo rojo the language has a special word just for those of us with the rare recessive gene.

Yes re the pronunciation, and my Spanish must not be great either, because now that I look at it I realize it should be spelled pelirrojo with a double r's. Que verguenza! How embarrassing!

Regarding the grocery store, another fact of life in the west is the low density of population. I live in a small small town with a small expensive grocery, but visiting the real grocery store involves a drive 4,000 feet and 16 miles down in the basin. The land in between me and the groceries is most interesting for its lack of...you know the rest. I actually live in a "town." For the folks out on the Real Ranch, you can imagine how that $4 gas must hurt.