MEXICO 2009

January 1, 2009
At last we’re on the road! With snow warnings for Friday we want to head south pronto! Our departure plans were delayed by 5 days due to snow. We were almost snowed in for Christmas but our neighbour Paul Chandler borrowed a blade cat from a friend of his and ploughed out the whole road on Christmas Eve; including all the way up to our place. Another 4 cm dropped that night but it was drivable on Christmas Day with steel chains on all four wheels of the jeep. We ferried everyone up and down and we had a great day! Miranda (from Salmon Arm) and Andrea (my friend Laura’s daughter) joined us this year. Jo and Brian spend the month in December so we missed them.

We were finally able to get the chains off and get the motor home packed up on New Years Eve. We spent a wonderful evening with good friends David and Elle and Elle’s sister Enya and brother in law Terry. We had great food and lots of laughs, a very nice way to bring in the New Year. We slept on the street in front of their house, visited the grandkids in the morning and my old friend Don and his wife Lorraine before catching the 1:00 ferry. Don gave us a very cool internet antenna so we should have more success picking up a connection while on some remote beach in Baja.

We had a 90 minute wait at the border to have them tell us that yes they wanted Agriculture to look inside the motor home. Following comprehensive questioning and finding no contraband fruit or vegetables they sent us on our way. We spent the night at Tulalip at the Casino, had a great meal, and went dancing to 80’s disco music – great fun – memories of dancing the night away at the after hours clubs when I was at university.

January 2, 2009
Cool, Vancouver Washington has open wi-fi!! We were in traffic long enough for me to download my mail but not Lorne’s or to send anything. Will have to remember that on our way north.

We stopped at Frys, a huge electronic supermarket, to pick up a few things and we will spend the night at Woodburn RV park.