San Felipe

We made it into San Felipe last night.  The boarder crossing was a bit interesting but we made it through with a little help from English speaking locals.  We have definately confirmed we are inadaquate in our multi-lingual skills.  Hopefully this journey will help us hone in on our spanish.

Last night was Halloween.  We rounded up some candy and passed out treats to the little ninas and ninos on the streets of San Felipe.  It was only a matter of minutes before we were swarmed and out of candy!  What a great experience - possibly the hightlight of the day other than seeing the Sea of Cortez finally.

We are now trying to finalize our car storage option here in town so we can feel safe leaving our mechanized transportation behind.  A very new experience is about to transpire.  No more car, restaurants, showers, power plugs for electronic devices, etc.  It seems a bit wierd but we are looking forward to the change.

We had another interesting experience today looking for "Blanco Gasolina" for our stoves- it isn't that common, and when we did find it, it comes in glass 20 oz bottles!  Mark walked out of the tire shop feeling like he was holding some kind of bomb!  The best part of the day was running into a guy from Canada and another guy from Mexico that helped us find stuff and talk to us in great English- and he knew the guy we are supposed to leave the car with.  Anyway, it has been a great experience so far, but we are definately ready to get on the water, as we need to get away from all of the hustle.  A girl at lunch here asked where we were paddling to, and we said Cabo- she said "holy shit that's a long way".  It might be, but we hopefully will start it soon!