San Diego Nov 11-13th , 2009

We picked Lori up at the airport and returned to the boat. As she got settled we checked out the boat to see what provisioning we would need for the next two weeks. We heard that we could not take beef or fresh vegetables into Mexico, so we decided to bring everything else and we could pick up beef and veggies in Ensenada. After we provisioned the boat, we still wanted some minor boat things, numbers for dinghy, and a few odds and ends so off we went to West Marine, Marine Exchange and Walgreens!

Alexus had Captain meetings at the San Diego Yacht Club to work on immigration, passports, visas and other administrative items. She will have another Captain’s meeting tomorrow concerning route, communications, and other critical planning issues. Rachel arrived at 2:30pm that day and it was wonderful to have a car and be able to pick her up at the airport. We were all smiles when we saw her. It had been a year and a half since we had last been in Washington and got to spend time with her and MK. So off we went back to the boat so Rachel could stow her things and meet Lori and renew her acquaintance with Loe. Tonight is the big send off dinner. Mexican food of course. After a few hours we returned to the boat. Tomorrow Friday was the last day to get all odds and ends done before we leave. It was a fairly early night for all of us.

Well Friday the 13^th was not our lucky day. Lori and Alexus woke up with a touch of food poisoning or a 24 hour bug. So the crew had a lazy off day, which was a good thing. It would be bad to start with a couple of sick folks. As the day progressed they both seemed to improve and by evening seemed to be better and well enough to start out tomorrow.