Ensenada Mexico Nov. 14-15, 2009

It is a 9 to 10 hour ride for us to Ensenada, so we were up at first light. We left the police dock in San Diego and were out of the harbor early. All was good as we made our way south and east to Ensenada. Not much excitement, we had lures in the water all day, but did not get a bite. We saw a few dolphins and that was about it. The seas were good, 5-8 foot swells and a northwest wind from 10 to 15 knots and clear skies. We arrived in Ensenada at about 3:30pm and spent a good hour at the Cruise Port Marina looking for a slip that had power. Alexus went and grabbed her tester, and we tried a number of slips, the harbor master came down and helped, but we ended up moving from A dock to B dock for the night. Lori did some exploring of the town, but all in all it was an early night.

November 15, 2009

Well today was our turn to fuel. We needed about 200 gallons to top off the tanks. Cruise Port does not really have a fuel dock. They use a long side tie dock and then a truck comes to the other side of the tie. They pass the capped hose from the truck, through the water, and up on to the side tie dock. Luckily we were not the first ones to get fuel. While we were waiting Alexus had sent Ken and Robin an e-mail hoping they might be on line. What a wonderfully pleasant sight it was to see Ken and Robin walking down the dock towards the boat. We had lunch at a place they recommended and then got a chance to see their sail boat Pioniero. What a beautiful sailboat and lots of space in the salon and galley, great job of décor by Robin and lots of hard work by both of them along with Baja Naval and she is ready for sailing. We left Ken and Robin and headed back to NuMoon for an early departure.