It was a short 99 miles to Ensenada but it still took over three hours to get there on Monday morning. We took advantage of our early arrival and drove downtown to get some shrimp from the fish market located on the Malecon. There is so much construction going on that we almost got lost. It was sad to see docks and piers still lying askew in the bay from the hurricane that went through here last fall. We searched for the neat sculptures we had seen on the Malecon a couple of years ago but they were gone too.
We had a good time at our farewell dinner Monday night. There was lots of laughter, lots of sharing of contact information and well wishes for all of our new friends. Our wagon master, Jim, has led this tour nine other times and he said that this tour had a lot of firsts: First time an RV left the road to go flying into the desert, first time to leaving one RV behind for repairs for 4 days, a first time for a female pyro/fire builder (me!), first time that an RV left the tour half way through and went home, a first time to have a brain surgeon and 5 nurses, a first time someone lost their keys to their tow vehicle, and four broken rearview mirrors from encounters with oncoming semis.
Jeanine had encouraged us all to be creative and to write a limerick or a poem for this occasion. We had one poem, 3 limericks, and a list of Berma Shave like sayings. They were all very funny and apropos to the occasion:
A caravan drove down the Baja trails, 43 folks and dogs wagging tails. One rig launched right, while four lost a fight. And lost keys can be sent in the mail.
A Goofy stuffed toy and a stuffed bear have been handed around during this trip to tease people for doing goofy things (like leaving a compartment door open while driving, dunking oneself in a kayak) and for caring activities like cleaning the beach, washing someones window, etc. A drawing was held for these two dolls and I won the Care Bear.
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