Ensenada – The whole enchilada

Well we finally said goodbye to the United States and buenos dias to Mexico. In our 2 months of cruising so far we had learned that there are no fish in American waters, however there are more dolphins, whales and seals than you can shake a stick at. We'd met some genuine, warm, friendly people and seen some of the most amazing sights – it would be a hard act to follow. Happily enough Mexico started with a bang and within an hour of being in it's waters we had seen 2 huge blue whales feeding up close and personal (nearly a boat strike). On top of that we had a sun fish on the surface at the same time, then another later in the day. One of the most amazing things any of the crew had ever seen!

We arrived at the Baja Naval marina, Ensenada in the dark (and fog of course). Finding entrance lights was tricky to say the least and we were about 100m from the breakwater before we could see them! Our fab new charts/GPS were actually so accurate we could have just looked at the screen on the plotter and steered (we didn't though). Once docked after a 14 hour day it was not long until everyone was cabin bound and down. The next morning Indian Summer was in for a long overdue treat – a good bottom scrub, a sand and 3 coats of paint. It was awesome to see the boat being lifted out of the water and so weird to be living on board on stilts out of the water! The workers at Baja Naval were really great and professional and helped us immeasurably with the ridiculous amount of paperwork you have to do to get into Mexico as well as doing a fantastic paint job.

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