we got into ensenada tuesday night, around 6:15pm, it was dark and really hard to see the enterance into this marina, but we finally made it without hitting any other boats. it is so warm and beautiful here and the people are so friendly that when we paid for our moorage wednesday morning, we paid for a whole month. this marina has a hotel, two outdoor swimming pools and a hot tub, indoor pool with hot tub, a spa with sauna and steam room, a beauty salon, which by the way Sue, i need desperately. the marina van took us to town and helped us with customs, immigration and the boat. we are good for a year and it took less than one hour. we heard horror stories of it taking a whole day to do the paperwork, so we feel very lucky. we passed the "Black Pearl" on the way into town and when i have a chance, i will take pictures of it for you, Lori. they also have the set here that the movie was shot so i'll look into that also. we went into town today to do some needed grocery shopping. caught a ride with Terry who has the sailboat across the dock from us. he's also from washington. what a small world we live in. anyway, we went to WAL-MART!!! i checked out my $3000.00 a month prescription with their pharmacist and it will only cost around $60.00 here. what a rip the US pharmaceutical companies are pulling on us. We stopped and bought fresh produce and fruit from some local vendors along a block long street. wow. spent around $5 for lettuce, tomatoes, onions, pomegranite, limes, kiwi, oranges, avacado,and some other stuff. i'm thinking of staying the rest of my life. lol. then we stopped for fish tacos and coca cola. i had a fish taco and a shrimp taco...oooh la la. never tasted better. dan had his first fish taco and is a real believer now. we stopped and picked up terry's laundry. they took it in at 10 this morning and got it at 3pm all washed, pressed and folded. how neat is that??? less than they would have paid at the laundromat. i might have to give that a try. we went up to the hotel bar for dinner tonight and had a hamburger. i also had 3 margarita's on the rocks. much better than blended ones. absolutely perfect. dan had 3 pacifico beers. so that's got you all up to date for now. call on our cell phone 253-670-2702 if you want to., we signed up with a mexican plan that gives us 900 daytime minutes and 1000 weekend and nights, plus they roll over at the end of the month if we dont use them. quite a deal. hope you are all well and i send all our love.....hugs