After working hard all day Saturday till the wee hours of Sunday morning
we grabbed a few hours of sleep and Lorne had to kick me out of bed at 6 am so
we could be on the road by 7:30. Here I
thought it would be him that would have a tough time getting out of bed. We had a few last minute things to do before
leaving… such a lot of work getting
things organized to leave. Well, its all
worth it, I think the house is secure till we get back. We have given keys to three neighbors and
Gloria has a set as well. Gloria will
check the house every week and clean a bit every other week just to keep the
dust down.
The highway
was quiet and we made good time; stopped in Constitution for lunch and spent
the night at El Burro. Bonus! 6:15! It
was still daylight when we stopped!
There were not many at El Burro, just a few people napping or having happy hour in their
elaborate palapas. It was quite a warm
drive, with the air conditioner making little difference. It wasn't totally uncomfortable though. I like the
heat. We split the driving and napping. I guess I'm officially a Baja driver now.
Day two we
were up and on the road by 6:50. Once
again Lorne had to kick me out of bed. The
bed in the motor home is just so cozy and comfortable, and the curtains I made
work very well keeping the light out. We
made it all the way to Santa Innis (Catavina) by 6:00 pm. Lots of time for a walk before dinner. I took the camera and had to take pics of all
the blooming cacus! Lorne says I take so
many pictures of the same plants that I am documenting their growth from year
to year. This area is just so beautiful
and unique that I really enjoy taking pictures trying to capture the essence of
it all. Its really quite impossible to do that yet I try anyway. We walked by a very large bee hive in a tall palm. The bees were large and black, the buzzing was quite furious. Needless to say we walked quickly by, hoping they weren't those bad ones.
Day three - the morning is foggy and cold! We
are easily going to get to Ensenada in the afternoon and tomorrow we will head
to Tecate and the US. We arrived about 3:00 and checked into the Estero Beach Resort. We then walked back up the road to a medical/dental clinic to see if Lorne could see a dentist. He had dental surgery two weeks ago - one of the roots on a molar had cracked and was giving him pain. It was a tooth that he had had a root canal on in the past. The dentist in town referred him to an oral surgeon who operated and removed the broken root, leaving the rest of the tooth. All was well till yesterday when it started to hurt. Worried that perhaps he now had an infection, he took some antibiotics that we happened to have with us. It wasn't feeling any better so he thought he should get in to see a dentist if he could. So - we walked up the street, the office was closed but it had a bell to ring if it was after hours. We rang and the doctor came to the door, he called the dentist, Lorne spoke to him and he made an appointment for 7:00, that night. We returned at 7, he saw Lorne for over half an hour, took an x-ray and some digital pictures of Lorne's receding gums and told him that all was well, no infection. However, he recommended that Lorne see a periodontist for some surgery. All this and he reluctantly asked for 200 pesos (less than 20 Canadian dollars). Lorne insisted he take 500 pesos. It would have been substantially more in Canada for this service!
On our way in bright and early in the morning in our more typical fashion, 11:00.... we get to Tecate and spend 2 hours at the border. Boring! And they took away our packaged sliced chicken, bought in Costco in Cabo, packaged in California, USA. the border guy says he has to take it because it probably isn't cooked appropriately..... really? However, the chicken that I cooked is ok..... how does he know I cooked it appropriately? Its all a mystery to me.
Its a beautiful day! We experience the usual shock at the speed of life on the California freeways after the two lane simple, relatively quiet highway of Baja. We are now in Temecula, at the casino on the Pechanga reservation. A nice spot. Tomorrow we go park in the mechanic's lot. Then we visit some friends and then are off up the coast and home. We should be home by May 13.
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