Sunday 9-28-08

Hola!

We made it to Mazatlan! What a ride! Finally got the car fixed. It was a problem with the fuel relay in the crank case? We ended up just bi-passing it with a wire to the battery. We were on the road again. The mechanico worked on the car all day! He only charged us 30.00...THIRTY! We gave him 100.00 America. He was happy.

Got as far as Santa Rosalia and it quit working again. DOH! Santa Rosalia is like a border town... a little sketchy. We managed to limp it down to Ponchos Auto parts and get a fuse to put in and pull out to make it work. We drove as far as Loreto and stayed the night there.

Off we were again carro is still running o..this is very good o. We drove to Todo Santos where Hotel California is. BEAUTIFUL! We stopped for some dinner and damn! Flat tire. So we found a tire place just up the road, gimped the car up there. He pulled out a 3 inch kotter key from the tire. Took it off the rim, patched it, put it back on all is well. How much Senior? 1.50 A DOLLAR and FIFTY CENTS??? Good gravy! He got 5.00.
Met some kids on motor cycles. Steve was happy as one of them had a bike like he has that he uses to race the Baja races with. They talked for a bit and he gave them steeekers. They like steeekers here. (Stickers) So..once again we were on our way.

Off we were again to Cabo San Lucas. Honestly... I didn't care much for it. Drove by Cabo Wabo, drove around town a bit and then went out of town to the Hotel area near the air port so that we didn't have to pay a fortune for a cab ride. Got an all inclusive room at Best Western around 8:00 PM. Steve called the guy to come get the car...ahhhhh we were done with that! OY. So glad to see it go. Oh hey... all inclusive means you can drink as much as you want. And they constanty refil your drink. BIG MISTAKE! Eydie had a few too many Mai Tais. I think Steve had a few too many Margis too. Met a guy named Mark from Denver. He was fullo crapo with the stories he was telling. But it was interesting. I got into bed around midnight... got up at 4:30 to get ready. OY! Hang over. Not good. 4 hours sleep and too many mai tai's.
We packed up and grabbed a cab... oh man... we have to go clear back to Cabo to go to the smallest air port in the world... 50.00 america cab ride. OUCH! We flew from Cabo to Mazatlan on a cessna that holds about 10 people. It was so small that I had a hard time folding myself in 1/2 to get to my seat. It was pretty cool though.
We landed in Mazatlan at 8:15 yesterday morning. My bags were too heavy so there was a charge of 12.00 and they didnt' take Visa, or $1oo.00 bills. So they held our bag for ransom. Paid the fee and we were off.
Bonnie and Allen gave us a quick tour of the town...very nice. We went to breakfast in a really neat cafe. and then headed off to their place. It's very cute and when she said it's on the beach... well the waves at high tide actually hit the wall of the building. I went body surfing in the waves. MAN Is that fun! I ended up sunburned of course. ouchies. Chica blanco should have been more careful.
I bought a hat and a really neat woven wine bottle holder from the beach vendors. That's always fun to do.
Today, we are off to the farmers market / swap meet. I saw a beautiful lightening storm this morning.

I am so ready to come home. It's very hot and very humid. I miss home, I miss my doggies, I miss my friends and I ....sadly....miss work.

So, we fly out tomorrow evening around 5pm. I'll be home around 11 pm Monday night. I still need to figure out a ride from the air port. :-)

Adios amigos!