Dolphins and Barracuda

Buenos Dias, Tardes and Noches
It’s been a while since our last update, so we need to do some catching up.

The weather here is very predictable.  Everyday/every hour is between 18 and 22 degrees celcius.  I hardly ever rains.  It rained once a few weeks ago for a few minutes in the morning and we guess it rained last night or early this morning cause there was some evidence (not much).  Our bike seats were wet and there were a few wet spots on the docks.

It is overcast (more foggy than cloudy) at the moment, just like every morning.  It usually clears up by nine, but in June, the fog bank sticks around a bit longer and it sometimes doesn’t go away until one pm or so.  They call it “June Gloom”.  Next month, it will clear up and get a bit hotter.

We continue to make lots of friends here at the marina as well as through the cruiser’s net.  We recently attended a party held by some cruisers who just moved into a house here in Ensenada.  The house is awesome, its got 3 bedrooms, but the master has a sitting room bigger than our bedrooms back home.  The backyard is all ceramic tiles, no mowing necessary.  They rent it furnished (nicely to boot) for about $760/month.  Not bad.  It really is a lot cheaper to live here than in the US.

We’ve made a few Mexican friends, including our new sometimes-captain, Jesus.

Here is a video of our first outing.  We’re still honing our video-taking skill, so sorry for the amateurishness of it.  We’ve just ordered a new camera, which should be a lot better.  We keep losing our videos on this one, it thinks it’s out of memory.  Oh well, it was cheap. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpBbTVUtPdk

We went fishing for the first time yesterday.  The fish weren’t biting much, but just before we returned to the marina, we caught one.  A nice 5 pound, or so, barracuda.  Here is a picture of the fish.  We had it for dinner last night.  Yummy.

While we were out, we saw dolphins.  This time, we caught them on video.  Sorry for the quality, but it really is impossible to see what the camera is recording at the time…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhfXxa0Vvs

We’ve been working on the boat, getting little things fixed or tuned up.  We blew one of our fenders, so will be looking for a replacement.  Everyone here tells us we need a second anchor, so we’ll be looking for one of those too.  Our friend Jesus is helping us learn the lay of the land, so to speak.  He showed us where we can get second hand anything.  He says it would be good to shop there for anchors and fenders and fishing lures.  We’re planning on going there this afternoon with our friends from our dock.

Tomorrow we’re heading back into to San Diego to get some groceries and some books for us to read on weather, or the Baha and to get some planning guides and cruising books, etc.  We’re also going to stock up on $2 wine.  Jesus tells us we can trade a bottle for 4-5 lobsters farther south.  He’s letting us know what is good for trading.  So far we know to bring used clothing, filet knives, sharpening stones and any toys or candies for the bambinos.

Got to go now, so we can load the videos up and get this posted before we get busy again…

Adios Amigos.