Playa Frambes Lighthouse Resort Mulegé

... t I be? I quit my job, threw whatever I could in my backpack, bought a plane ticket to a strange land, and decided to loose myself there for the next five weeks....genius. Ok well I still have a ton of stuff to do before tomorrow. I will update soon. Till next time...

My kids just love the Balboa Park. December Nights in Balboa Park is one annual family event we try to enjoy every year. So this time we are going to San Diego to check out the festivities in Balboa Park on December 4th and 5th. Balboa Park is delightfully lit up with sparkling lights. The best part is a chance to savor lip smacking delicacies from different countries ranging from ...

We decided to cross the border back to the USA. From our last drive through Mexico I remembered all the locals walking up and down between the stalled cars trying to sell food, blankets and other random items. They are definitely still there! It was a great way for me to get rid of all my change, since I can't exchange it anyway. I bought a creme-filled pastry, not sure what it was, but I do know ...

We drove along the coast to Cantamar. As we were driving along we saw this statue in the distance. We couldn't tell what it was, but as we drove closer we started noticing what it was. Our conversation went like this:

"Is that a giant Jesus statue?" I asked.
"Um..maybe. I think it is!" Logan said.
"It is, it is ...

... station. The Tijuana bus is an hour and a half away so we chill out in a café, collecting our free coffees from the vouchers we got when arriving here 3 days ago. Something in that makes me immediately feel like we´re travelling; something about economising and taking advantage of anything that´s offered, and sat with everything we own in our rucksacks and day-sacks on the floor around us. The bus takes us to San Ysidro (the US side of the border), where we face our first ...

... you go you see crashed cars and roadside memorials....literally thousands of them...sometimes these are the only mortal reminders to an otherwise heavenly view. Ok, enough about roads...we're averaging about 70 miles an hour and the bike is running great...coming into Ciudad Insurgentes we're now in the agricultural heartland of Baja...for the most part it looks like Oxnard...smells about the same too...lots of fertilizer aroma and fruit ...

... shop there wasn´t openand we were as unorganised as ever so had not even enough water for the day!) so our faith in humanity was restored then 2 nice lads gave us a lift back to town and din´t rob us or anything so we love everyone again =) Not sure what we´re gonna do next, maybe go to California and find a chilled beach there or something. We still suck at hacky sack.

... us. It turned out that they had fluffy grey chicks hiding there. At this same place- Isla Coranados, we were just finishing up a potluck when one of the guys noticed a rattle snake slithering on the rocks right behind us! A few minutes later, we saw another one... creepy. It is also a very social place to cruise. We have joined many potlucks on the beach, and frequently are invited for drinks on other boats, and also have people over to our boat for drinks ...

... headed down to the dock. Apparently we must have dawdled along the way because when we got to the dock they had already pulled the boat out about 25 feet. So, off went the shoes and up went the pant legs. The water was cold, but at least we didn't have to swim....as Geraldine does not possess those skills. Now of course Geraldine was thrilled to have her trusty man there beside her. Not necessarily so they could enjoy this wonderful day together....but more so ...

... spectacular, being described as "seedy but clean", "funky", and "not rating a AAA diamond". As we left Blythe, we approached the Colorado River, which is the border between California and Arizona. We followed the signs for the Pedestrian Crossing, walked our bikes up a narrow dirt path, rode across on a narrow lane on the north side of the bridge, and walked the dirt bath back down to the frontage road on the Arizona side. We had crossed our first ...