The morning had arrived. The PennyWagon was packed. The goodbye hugs were given. The motor was purring. The road was bumpy.
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If you're going to read children's books in Spanish, you have to sit at the kid's table.
Finally leaving Baja and boarding another Mazatlan-bound ferry, Jacqui and I couldn’t help but feel excited and reflective. We’ve done this entire journey once before, even this boat ride, but still it feels like such a different experience. Last time we were sailing into the unknown. Now we were going across the Sea of Cortez to see friends and places that we are familiar with.
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The Old Girl and Lil' Lady
We returned to Stone Island with Julien and Tu to find the environment had changed dramatically. The ocean had warmed, each day was hotter than it had been, the waves were twice the size of anything we’d seen there before, and the bugs were out stronger than ever. Regardless, after the four of us recovered from some very nasty food poisoning, let’s just say I puked in front of the night security guard while sprinting to the bathroom, we were enjoying all Stone Island had to offer, with the occasional stint of responsibility. After all, this trip was originally intended to be an errand.
Read MoreBomb run to Mazatlan
First night in the Westy in Mexico.
Rush, rush, rush was the name of the game in the days leading up to crossing the border. Packing, shopping, insurance, bedding, snacks and route planning were all still in the air. On top of all that, we had to accommodate the schedule of our friends Julien and Tu who were going to accompany us on the journey to Mazatlan. This bomb run to Mexico was serving as a fun chance to show them where we’ve been living for the past two months.
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Bringing our belongings over to Dani's for temporary storage.
With the Dolphin getting ditched, Jacqui and I had no choice but to start pulling everything out of her. Luckily our local friend Dani was offering his shop to store the Dolphin, and his house to store our belongings until we could return to tie up all our loose ends. With Easter weekend upon us, quite a large thing in Mexico I might add, we definitely had plenty of distractions while packing up.
Read MoreDitching the Dolphin
Decorations outside of the Yonke.
After yet another week of painstaking mechanical problems and another blown differential, we're ditching the Dolphin. We bought our old girl because she was built upon nothing but a Toyota pickup. With this knowledge we knew as long as there were never any problems with the rear differential, the only part not shared in common with an average Toyota pickup, we’d be able to fix her with ease. But, Murphy’s Law struck and we are simply incapable of buying the parts necessary to fix the Dolphin in this country.
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