Train Robbers at the Grand Canyon!

Mark and I spent the 3 days driving out of Baja Mexico and back to the land of convenience! Through all the military check points no problems...one of the high mountain top check points though the young military men did a inspection through Olives cupboards and found our instant coffee. The young man held it up to the other officer and smiled then the other officer looked at me and said "coffee"... "yes" I said...."instant coffee"...."yes" he said "Coffee" smiling..."ok" he said..."Ok?" I replied... "ahh...you want our coffee?" "Yes" he replied smiling still.... "Sure, why not, you can have the coffee." it was then quickly passed off to another officer. I guess it gets cold in the mountains on their shift and a cup of hot coffee was something to look forward too. With that they waved us on...still smiling!

It really is a breathtaking view

We stopped over in Yuma for a couple of days to enjoy the Holiday Inn hospitality and to sleep in a quiet hotel room with all the comforts of home. After we charged up it was on to the Grand Canyon. My oh my what majesty! This will mostly be photos as we took a few. We are so glad that we went on the day we did as the next day a blizzard hit and it was time for us to move on and get going to the Hoover Dam!

our train that we took up to the canyon

the chilly view...

it just went on forever

"All Aboard"

our on board entertainment....Jessie

a room with a view

Chillin in Los Barriles

My wonderful man taking in the view.

After we spent some time in Cabo we wandered up the coast, on the Sea of Cortez side of the Baja,  to Los Barriles. It was a small town with a great love for music and the home of the international kiteboarding competition....so yes it is a bit windy but only from about 11am until 5pm then it stops.

We met some great people staying at the West Cape RV park. Bridgette is the Yoga and Zumba instructor so I signed up for Zumba and it was great fun. Her husband Peter is a chef and every friday night they put on a dinner outside their RV for about 20 people....wonderful food for only 100 pesos. Mark and I also met a wonderful couple from San Francisco area...Jenny and Joe. We enjoyed evenings in conversation and laughter. After a while with interrupted sleep, listening to the Mexican dogs carry on all night (in the day they were laid out in the sand sleeping but you knew it was only a matter of time). Oh and then there were the Roosters who thought that 3am constituted morning!  We felt the need to move on and get back to high speed internet and a few less dogs!

Sun Surf and Silliness....good times!

A little lunch get together for East Capers'

Our friend Joe...singing at a local venue...he was good!

Getting the Kites ready for competition

Is the Baja really Mexico?

The Flag of Mexico

Well sorry for the absenteeism  on the Blog....but the answer to my question is of course "Yes". And as we were in Mexico I didn't want to scare my Mum and have her worry about us....hence the tardiness : ). But there and back again. We are ok Mum! We drove down to Cabo San Lucas Mexico through the 9 military check points and no trouble at all or any incidents. Most of the time we were waved right through. The roads were the biggest adventure....twists and turns sometimes with no guard rails and little shrines along the way for those who didn't quite make the turn.

Enjoying the visit

We did end up meeting Sensei Kurt and Breanda and had a very nice timing catching up and having a wonderful breakfast before they flew back home.

We spent Christmas down here so we ended up getting some presents for 5 young children and putting our kids names on them. So kids part of your Christmas present was to give to those who had very little.... we took pictures of the gifts so you can see them when we get back!

Sensei Kurt and Brenda, me & Mark and Olive behind

Sensei Kurt and Brenda with Olive