Ensenada, Mexico

we made it! i just spent the morning laying by the pool, being attended to by cabana boys. actually, there were no cabana boys-- not even the Offer a drink! you can tell it's the off season.

yesterday started out kind of slow; literally, the winds were against us again and the water was pretty choppy. after awhile though, we were able to turn past point loma and we got a bit of a westerly wind, and actually got some of best, non-storm speeds in! regardless, since we stopped in the north san diego harbour instead of the south one, and still had bad wind for the first part of the day, we only made it in to ensenada last night around... midnight.

that's good though; if we'd stayed at our morning speed, we weren't going to get in until 2pm this afternoon. not so neat.

we're at the "Hotel Coral & Marina", and it's pretty nice. there were 2 guys up at the dock when we came in at midnight who set us up, and we got a 30 foot slip right away, which will be available to keepuntil mom and dad come back in december. it's also pretty ritzy though; apparently there is a law in california that if your boat is out of the country for 90 days of the year, you don't have to pay taxes on it... so there are a LOT of very expensive boats out here. i'm talking of hundreds of massive yachts. sections A-E are all full of them, multiple decks, 100' at least, all gleaming chrome and black paint. dad was pretty nervous last night trying to navigate through them all while trying to find somewhere to dock and get a berth. it's just ridiculous.

so, this is it! tomorrow we get a shuttle to the san diego airport and fly back to sweet calgary with it's -15 + windchill. this trip has been nothing like i've ever experienced, and was a pretty cool little adventure.

enjoy the pictures, and i'll see if dad has anything to say!


destruction! destruction! sorry, a little choir joke there. these things were EVERYWHERE once we passed point conception... massive brutes, too.


yet another incredibly gorgeous sunset


setting sail out of san diego... what a gorgeous morning


dad at the helm


some dolphins that accompanied us across the US/Mexico border


this was the navy ship that kept on eye on us during the missile launch!


a lot of heavies out here; and most of them gave us a fly by. us. the little 30' sailboat. here's one of the sikorskys...


and here's a seahawk.


we were hailed by this one; a US navy warship, telling us not to get too close. that's really all he had to say, not even a thank you. we're definitely not in canada anymore... :-)


berthed at the hotel coral marina


sunset on the sail