The Latest From Ensenada
Today is Thursday. Normally, on Thursdays, we attend the so-called “yacht club” meeting. It is really just a collection of cruisers from our marina and the other one in town, “Cruise Port”. We meet at a restaurant that does not have a liquor license, so we bring our own, usually wine. It costs us 20 pesos each (around $1.70) for what we believe is to pay for the owner’s license for the night. Not sure about that, but who cares, its cheap. Most of us will order dinner there, so its all good for the owner, who just happens to be American. The food is decent, American food, except for the pizza. We’ve never seen pizza like that before. We think its just pizza toppings on a giant tostada. There is a little guy who always comes along while we’re eating selling DVDs. We usually buy a few from him. Only 20 pesos each. Again, cheap. Today, we’re going to skip the yacht club.
We returned to San Diego on Tuesday. Getting into the US was difficult again, probably because we drove (and the customs officer thought we were carrying over $10000, even though we told him “NO”). We got pulled over again. It was an hour and a half delay we could have done without, but we got through. Every customs officer tells us to make sure we carry all our papers with us. We have a big blue folder with all the papers they could possibly want in it. We purchased some new lines and some fishing equipment, as well as some groceries. The Mexican border is a joke and getting through is a breeze. You drive through it and when they point at you to pull over, you still keep driving.
We also purchased our Mexican fishing licenses. So, everyone, that means if you come to visit, you will need a fishing license if we go out, whether you want to fish or not. That is the rule here in Mexico. Everyone on the boat must have a license. A license isn’t expensive. Its around $5 for a day, $20 for a week, or $45 for a year.
The Baha 500 came and went. There was quite a lot of excitement around the whole thing. It was something to see with the trucks jumping off ramps and skidding in the dirt close to hitting viewers. We got some video for you.
There was also a mushroom festival in town a few days ago. That was fun too. It was similar to other type festivals where we purchased a set of tickets, which we traded for food and wine, etc. samples.
There is supposed to be a Paella festival coming up, but we heard its been sold out.
Yesterday, we lost Sharon’s bike. Early in the morning, we discovered a flat, but maybe, because of the flat, the bike was unstable and fell into the water. Or, maybe someone took it. We reported it to the marina office, who called security and they checked all around the marina as well as looked at the video from the cameras. They said they’d have their divers check around the boat in the morning, in case it did fall in.
Well guess what? It did fall in the water, the divers found it, and brought it back up for us. We were advised to hose it off right away, so Sharon got the hose going, and promptly made the bike fall back into the water. Yep, the flat tire did make it unstable. We got the divers to bring it up again (for a nice tip) and the bike is now at the shop, being repaired (the flat) and cleaned up.
Stay tuned for better quality video as we ordered a better camera with 45x zoom capability
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