Ensenada again
17 September 2015 | Ensenada, Mexico
Very nice Low 80's
Leaving the 8th of September we flew out of Seattle resuming the Chrysalis Adventure!
We landed in Denver and missed our connecting flight by minutes. We ended up having to spend the night at a hotel and pay for another flight, $300+ gone from the budget. Since this was our anniversary we had a nice dinner at.....Denny's. Well we weren't exactly downtown Denver so one has to take what is available. It could have been worse, we could have slept at the airport and paid through the nose for food. Landing in San Diego Leiann's friend Kim (who was actually there the day before) picked us up at the airport and we had a fun day with her, her ex and his wife (long story) having drinks on the deck overlooking the bay. We spent a night with her at a hotel right on the border so as to cross in the morning. She was paranoid of crossing the border or even getting close to it for fear of the “Cartels”. I (Dave) asked if there would be any problem with her dropping us off at the border then her turning around. The Spanish speaking woman at the hotel desk said No Problem. When we came to the border on I-5 there was nowhere for her to turn around and before we knew it we were in Mexico! She was freaking! We drove for some time trying to find our way back to the border to get her out of Mexico. I said we could just get out here which she thought to be very dangerous. Leiann said we can't leave her here so we got her across the border and found the “correct” drop gate for foot traffic. We bid her farewell and thanked her for her hospitality, put on back packs and crossed into the dangerous border town of Tijuana! The first thing we did was walk the streets where we were again one of the few white faces, and found ice cream on the street, it was good to be back in Mexico! Our other old cruising friends Pat and Lynn of S/V Cricket came and picked us up in Ensenada after a bus ride on a nice modern air conditioned bus, with seats much better then those on the plane. We were spoiled with dinners overlooking the bay. The view of the bay from their home is awesome and worth a million bucks. Two days later we were left the run of the place as they had to go up to the states for doctor appointments. We took some hikes and hung with some locals at the non-tourist bar which had rattlesnake tequila (with a dead snake in it)). Leiann actually drank some as I took a picture with the snake (Leiann hates snakes). It's the 17th and we will head out for La Paz in a couple days. We don't know if we will ever see our friends Pat and Lynn again but that is the way it goes with the cruising (or backpack traveling). It makes it even more sweet when you do get to catch back up with each other. We hope to meet up with more old friends on our way south to Panama. Our next blog will be in La Paz where we plan to hang for awhile in a hostel, maybe do some diving, take a side trip to Cobo or what ever comes up? Stay tuned for more of Chrysalis adventures!