It’s a good thing that we had a nice rest in the wine country because
you can see we had a bit of an adventure as we began the Baja half of
our journey. 

Another bit of serendipity was that our tire monitor showed low
pressure as we were driving through Ensenada. Just across the street was
a transport truck repair shop. We parked at the curb and asked for
help. We before we knew it, everything was handled. A gentleman at the
truck shop called a friend who had a tow truck. The tow truck friend
whipped off our tire and patched it right there in the street! The whole
process from monitor notification to being back on the road took about
an hour.

By our third day of rather hard driving down from Vancouver, Bob and I
were more than ready for the indulgent part of the trip. Ensenada is a
large wine region just south of the U.S. border. We planned two days at a
winery bed and breakfast with winery tours for Bob. Since the rest of
our lodgings on the trip were going to cost very little, we felt
comfortable with a little splurge.

A
word of creative warning. While sitting in the car as Bob drove, I
chose to amuse myself with a new photo editor on my Galaxy Tab. Then I
couldn’t figure out how to remove my little experiments. That is why all
but one photo has a “cool” frame around it.