11/06/2009, which means last day of real internet!
Today is our last day in Santa Rosilia and for our good-bye dinner, the crews of THIRD DAY and Windfall will do our best to clean out the Hot Dog stand. Since arriving several days ago, we have exhibited a great deal of self control and haven't yet had a famous bacon wrapped hot dog, which by the way is Illegal in Los Angeles, California. Could it be that the people in Mexico care more about a great tasting bacon wrapped hot dog than they do about food safety? Or is it just another small example of how Big Brother has gone out of control back in the US of A? I think most of you know the answer and I'll throw back a bacon wrapped hot dog this evening as a form of social protest to an over-zealous Los Angles County health department that only lists two approved ways to serve a hot dog: Boiled and Steamed. I'm sure there is some type of Mexican equivalent to the Health Department back in the States, but I have failed to see a placard hanging on a Mexican street vendor cart ranking the facility with a letter grade of "A", "B" or "C"; however, somehow, after a full year of cruising Mexico, we are still alive.
In fact, we are still alive despite all of the negative impressions many people have of Mexico, from swine flue, pirate attacks, corrupt officials, and roving gangs of drug lords. Sure Mexico has all of the above, just the same as Chicago, Los Angeles, Washing DC and even Bakersfield, but is a mugging or pirate attack the first thing you think about when someone tells you they are taking a trip to Florida? Not likely. A great deal of this worry may originate form the language barrier, but this also isn't as bad as one might expect. We know a fair amount of conversational Spanish, yet we run into cruisers every day that can barely say Taco and are still able to get by in Mexico, where many of the local residents that interact with the cruiser community have some limited English capabilities.
We will take a few photos of the hot dog stand and update them to this blog post after dinner, that is, if we survive the meal outlawed back in the land of the free.
In the morning we will be leaving Santa Rosilia and making the 27nm trip to Punta Chivato. The temperature in Santa Rosilia this time a year is much more tolerable than when we were here last August, but it's still warmer than the surrounding areas. The area has also recovered quickly from the devastation of hurricane Jimena. With people still living in FEMA trailers back in New Orleans, the recovery effort here almost looks like a miracle, but it simply a testament to the hard working nature of the Mexican people, who don't have a history of looking to the Government for help, but rather to themselves and their community. The people of Santa Rosilia should be rightly proud of their accomplishments post Jimena, with the freedom to eat bacon wrapped hot dogs as just icing on the cake!
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11/04/2009, who could ask for more?
Santa Rosilia has perhaps some of the best and cheapest food in Mexico. Today was the famous ½ price Taco de Pescado day at Pepe's taco stand and many of the cruisers in Santa Rosilia devoured the fabulous $5 peso ($0.38) tacos. I tried to get a close up photo of a taco piled high with fresh made salsas and sauces, but by the time my hands were empty of my own 4 tacos, empty plates were all that were left! 15 tacos were put down by the crew of THIRD DAY, Totem took 10 to go, Just A Minute accounted for 10 and Windfall popped back another 12. We will miss Pepe's Tacos when we leave Santa Rosilia in a few days, as we continue our food tour of Baja Mexico.
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11/03/2009, a new crew member joins SV THIRD DAY
As Captain Kirk stood on the newly created Genesis planet after abandoning the Star Ship Enterprise after activating the self destruct sequence, the famous question he asked was,
"My God Bones, what have I done?"
I asked a similar question today as I stood staring at the kitty litter box now taking up ¾ of our head floor. Bones answered by responding,
"You did what you had to do Jim, what you always do, turn certain death into a fighting chance for life".
I keep waiting for Lori to give me such a great reassuring answer to my question, but so far, the only answer I've been given was,
"Well Captain Cave-in, this kitty mess was your crazy idea, so it's your headache to worry about."
If only I had as loyal a crew as Captain Kirk.
We now have a new member to the THIRD DAY crew, and one of my MANY hopes is that he doesn't get seasick. Unfortunately unlike the Starship Enterprise, we can't go fast enough around the sun to travel back in time and save the world by remaking the past. We are hopelessly stuck in a future of our own making, first it was casting off cruising on our 36ft boat, now it's having a cat aboard. The question of, "what have I done" still remains partially unanswered, but one's things for sure, if the kitty pees in Lori's bunk, I just may have turned my life into certain death!
Amy bringing home her Baby.
Amy and Kitty
Off to a good start!
Doing what kittys do!
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