Ensenada

11/13-17
Started off with good intentions... Left Shelter Island at the break of dawn and had a wake up call from an aircraft carrier. "blue hull sailboat what are your intentions?" "heading south to Ensenada" "keep 500 yards away from our vessel or the coast guard will shoot you." "roger that. over and out." Finally got sailing.  Going about 5 knots.  Put her in wing n wing. The wind switched. So we turned the motor on and beat into it at 3 1/2 knots.  Kept that up all day.  Got on a good tack and cruised at 6 knots for awhile. Dropped the sails at sunset.  Set course straight for Ensenada.  Swell and wind picked up. Ran out of gas blah blah blah.  A few mishaps. Blah Blah. Got into Ensenada in the middle of the night. Perfect timing... not. Been enjoying margaritas and working on the boat here the past few days. We feel A LOT more prepared for the long haul ahead its going to be so great!!! oh yeah and long!!!!

pina coladas and seafood cocktail

the princess

using her degree

seafood cocktail 

clams abalone shrimp squid mussels oysters

for christina and johnny

trying to make the "johnny face"

the little girls always get you

docked at baja navel where we stayed for 4 days

dont spill the beans 

local artwork

Ensenada to La Paz baja 1000 4x4 rally leaving town

way way way to much chinese food

favorita 

our loud neighbors for 4 days 

thanks for the ice chewy 

mexican flag painted bird 

my favorite 

us with chewy. he helped us gather supplies around town and gave us good info and pointers on our charts.