Baja Naval Marina, Ensenada Mexico Jan. 20 to Jan. 23, 2009

Baja Naval is right in downtown Ensenada and that made it great fun for us. On the 20^th, we checked in with the Port Captain, Customs and another agency and 4 hours and $100 dollars or so later we were cleared. Trudy and Del had check in and were headed to Turtle Bay the next day, but we decided to not go further, as I needed to keep in contact as part of my job search. So we stayed in Ensenada and we walked all over the town and went into and took pictures of all the tourist stops. Hussong’s Cantina, Papas and Beer and various other tourist places. We met a number of locals and spent time walking and just getting to know Ensenada. One day we rented motor scooters and went north of Ensenada to check out Hotel Corral Marina. It was very nice as it is part of the hotel and a resort, but it is not walking distance to town. We continued our scooter ride south down towards the “Blow Hole” in the southern part of Ensenada, about 25 miles. The weather got a little nasty and started raining and getting a little too cool to be on a scooter, so we turned around after about 20 miles. South of town are ranches and farms and a great deal of open space. People had warned us about the trouble in Tijuana and possibly Ensenada, but we never met anyone unfriendly or felt threatened any time. The people we met were all friendly, helpful and most spoke English as we practiced our Spanish.