Getting settled....

Getting settled into the Coral Marina in Ensenada brought a bit of  Deja vu..... It was nice to see old friends and meet new ones. When we left San Diego, we were very loaded down and many things were everywhere. We decided that with our timeline, it was better to just bring it, and go through the stash later. Hugeeeeee problem. Try moving 6 people around extra parts, is parts, is parts! We've been here almost a week, and things have started to settle down. Tension has been high, trying to figure out how to co-exist with this many people in such a small space. Our boat is actually considered big, but for full time living with 6, not so much. We love having a beautiful pool to relax in everyday, the view is amazing, and the placement of our dock is good for exercise in itself. Everyday has been spent working through the weeding process, along with new issues and seemingly never ending toilet issues, now batteries. Not our favorite things!
We have found the Soriana's to be great and getting there one just has to RUN across a freeway. Yes, I said run across a freeway. That's how they do it here. In the US, they have signs that show, watch out for deer. Here it's a yellow sign, with a family all holding hands running and the little girl at the end of the line has both feet off the ground. The boy's said we would all run fast and put Whitney at the end of the line but she had to commit to lifting her feet.......NOT!
Little by little we will get the final preparations ready for our journey south. It's been good to meet people who are leaving soon doing the same thing making the same journey....
Emigration was a bit of a challenge. The man examining the Passports was very stern, and picked one up, smelled one of them, and touched his tongue at the corner, then said, "NO GOOD!"  He picked up the last passport and did the same thing, passing them back to us. They just so happened to be the 2 newest passports, Jamin and Jordan's. I flipped, I went into a bit of a panic mode and then he looked at me with a slight smile, and said, "No good, no signature!" Then winked at me and started to laugh. He loved my reaction........ I told him he was a stinker, and he just grinned ear to ear. But then taking them to the lady handling the money, she made us stand in 2 different lines, while bumping people ahead of us. I started to get upset, and said, "HEY"! Darrell, immediately told me to go sit down, because I would cause more trouble. He said she could make us stand in a corner all day if she wanted to. She was watching, with a smug smile. I sat down and she immediately told him he could come to her window! WENCH.......pardon me....cough, cough....the whole event wore me out!

Today I met with friends and we walked along the coast to a sweet little apartment of a local woman who teaches Spanish. They have all been going for a couple of years, and all speak in only Spanish. The little teacher was darling and believe it or not, I understood quite a bit, but couldn't return the conversation.....very frustrating. I've got to listen to Spanish morning noon and night I think. It was very fun and we laughed and laughed. Next week she's teaching us while cooking in her kitchen. I can't wait! Lets just say, sailing, being a sailor and everything that goes with it, has certainly shown me what I'm made of. I'm sure my mom and grandparents would be very proud of me. I'm pretty darn proud of myself!!! So all in all, a few rough, good days. Here's a couple of sailing pics.
I tried adding the whale video, but alas, tech challenged. Will get help manana.....Buenas Noches