Border Stress and Success

Border crossings are stressful for me.  Brad can usually talk himself out of any situation as he did when he crossed into the USA with his daughter's passport! Me, my heart starts pounding and I start to sweat! Preparing to cross into Mexico was stressful because of the temporary importation required for our Nissan. The advice was to walk across first, get your paperwork in order and then drive through with your vehicle.

So here's the funny part. We walked back through the American border to get our vehicle and then drove through the Mexican border with our new sticker firmly affixed to the window. A green light came on, we drifted slowly into Tecate and no one even looked at us, our car,  and least of all our sticker!  

Driving through the many small towns on our way to our first stop at El Rosario, a small town on the west coast of the Baja about a third of the way down was also the same as the many road trips we have taken to Whitefish from Calgary. Beautiful scenery with the risk of hitting wildlife. In the case of Montana, this would be deer. In Mexico, this would be vaca (cows). 

I really loved the first sight of the ocean near Ensenada! The breakers coming in were so wild you could see the mist for miles! 

We arrived in El Rosario in the late afternoon and were delighted with the BajaCactus Motel. It was a beautiful rustic building with stone and timber. It had an old world charm. The rooms were clean and large with a huge four poster bed and stone shower.

That's all for now. We will post more soon!

Hasta pronto:  Brad and Leona