Days At Sea

4 Days At Sea and visiting a dear friend in San Diego

Oh the luxury of it all. For 4 days we relax by the pool, are entertained by comedians, lecturers, classical music, ukulele musicians, etc. We are free to roam around, to eat (we do try to eat healthy), and to count our blessings for all that we have. I'm reading the book Hawaii by James Michener which I bought in Lahaina, Oahu in a Used book store. What a find! As I am learning more and more about the paradise islands of Hawaii, how they were formed (by volcanos), and the lovely Hawaiian language and beautiful, warm people I find that this book parallels what I am learning.

April 17

We arrive in Ensenada, Mexico at 8:30pm due to windy weather at sea. This does not give us a lot of time for exploring, but we do decide to take a bus into town. The stores are closed on Main St., but we located an outdoor bar where we can enjoy a bottle of Tecate. While enjoying our refreshing beer a couple little girls came around to our table selling jewelry and candy. They were cute and insistent. It's 10pm, don't they have school tomorrow? Anyway, we bought a bracelet. 

After a little shopping by the dock we're back on board looking forward to San Diego.

April 18

Our good friend Tim Hurt picked us up at the port and drove us directly to lunch with Heather at Maira Callandras restaurant (the chicken pot pie lady). So good to be with old friends and do a lot of catching up.