Mr. Monkey went with us to the 

Bahi Restaurant and Bar

Chapo investigating

This is what big brothers are for,

 towing little brother in a milk crate with wheels

Mercado de Mariscos, Ensenada

hosts a number of stalls full of shrimp, tuna, mussels, abalone and gooey duck.

Locals may refer to it as Mercado Negro, black market, as it used to be called (from the

fact that it was very dirty and selling illicit goods)

We bought some smoked marlin and a red snapper.

smoked marlin

 gooey duck

More pictures of shell beach

full moon

night view of our space

heart full moon

BUENOIS DIAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Sorry I haven't updated for awhile. Its hard to schedule between sun, kayak and cerveza.
Jon has been fishing and catching. Lately he has been taking the kayak out in the bay and catching bass.
We had a quiet New Years Eve. A neighbor was going to have a party with music but the weather didn't cooperate so we stayed home and played farkle and had champagne.
A boating friend and her mother stopped for a couple days and we took a drive to Bahia Santa Ines a beautiful beach they call shell beach. The shells are incredible !! Yep got more to bring home. We will be going back there to camp with the tent in the near future.

Adios
Jon, Cindy, Chapo and Mr Monkey

1st time feet are in the sand

Hi everyone!!
Hope your Christmas was merry and bright and that Santa was good to you.
We are at our destination San Lucas Cove RV Park. All set up and ready to relax.
Had a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner potluck with the neighbors at the restaurant and Wayne and Mary made a great breakfast for all.
Enjoyed seeing and talking with the kids (of course my eyes got glistening when saying good bye) and family members on messenger. Love it.
We had no problems on the way here except my paddle board decided to go flying! That's a big bummer.
Here are some pictures of what we have seen so far.
Hugs to All
Jon, Cindy, Chapo and Mr. Monkey

L.A. CETTO WINERY

A large commercial winery. It has been around

since 1928 and is one of the oldest and biggest

wineries in the region.

Valle de Guadalupe

a Harvest Host member so stayed the night for free, 

well except for the wine we bought

this is the truck scale

the scale

Chapo's new friend. I think its Bella's cousin

House on top of the hill by the winery.

Not sure what the road is like but I bet

the view is spectactular.

On the move to Ensenada

Cabins at one of the wineries

These cabins at a winery look like wine barrels.

Wish we could have taken a look inside.

NOVEMBER 24, 2019 - ON THE ROAD TO BOISE

Heading to Boise with Jon's sister and brother for Thanksgiving with the kids, their sister and her family.
A wonderful visit with family and great food.
Jake was in the Shriners All-Star Football game as Center (hike hike hiker as I say) He is an awesome Center and a wonderful young man.
Celebrated Sam's 22nd birthday. Wow seems like yesterday!

St Johns bridge Nov 24th 2019 8am

ready to rock and roll

Columbia River- Hood River

Columbia River - Hood River

Don and Chapo

 

Jon and Don raking leaves for Marilyn

a total of 13 bags of Sycamore leaves

which are huge

Chapo checking out the leaf bags

Freak Alley in Boise

what a cool place

Freak Alley Gallery celebrates local artists in a section of alleyways within a block of downtown Boise. The artwork rotates out, and you can see the various works featured, ranging in all different themes.

The best caramel apple ever!

Jakes cheerleading section!!

Sam's 22nd Birthday!

Chapo looking out for squirrels. There is not one out there or he would be shaking.

Whale Watching in Laguna Ojo de Liebre south of Guererro Negro

Driving to the camp from Hwy 1 is 25 k going thru the salt flats for Guerrero Negro which produces 10% of the worlds salt.
 nice quite RV camp and beautiful view of the laguna. We were able to see whale spouts from out camp and from the restaurant.
We did have a friendly mother and baby that stayed by the boat and played for a long time. Mr. Monkey really got to ride one again and he was excited. No hugs and kisses but lots of petting and blow hole showers. They are so soft and the baby loved to be petting on the head. Baby would come up head first and stay for awhile watching us until going down. The gray whales are the most amazing graceful creatures I have seen.

Laguna Ojo de Liebre-name of a U.S. Whaler, the Black Warrior which sank offshore in the 1850's. After depleting the population of gray whales by the late 19th century the hunters moved on and remarkable, the whales were able to recover.