Our Auto Pilot installation has had some hiccups. The Auto pilot itself works like a charm, however the pump on our hydraulic steering gave out on us. I'll let James add more information about that later, as he's on his way back from getting it fixed.
We're staying here in Chula Vista, only 8 miles from Tijuana and what seems like millions of miles from anything else, so yesterday we purchased a bike off Craigslist. Transportation crisis averted. We were initially very disappointed about not getting to go directly to Mexico as we planned, then on Saturday we realized maybe we aren't as prepared as we'd thought. We went into town to run some errands and thought we'd grab a bite to eat at a taco truck with a huge crowd (big crowds means delicious food) We couldn't read the menu. At all. No english subtitles. I've started studying the conversational spanish books Lorry gave me, and keep them in my purse now when we go out. Next time, I'm ordering a damn taco!!!
On Friday the 13th we paid what we thought would be a reasonable amount to stay at the Chula Vista Marina while we make repairs, a month tops. Ugh. Reasonable my....Of course there's ALSO a deposit. No problem, we think of it as a savings account….but then they wanted to smack on another $250 for a "live aboard fee" asking if we planned on living aboard our boat….Hello…we're CRUISERS. That's what we do…or we lie about it and darken all the windows and stay out of site a couple days a week. And now we're also on the hunt for jobs to fatten the kitty back up.
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