Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Sheila's Maiden Voyage...Part 1

Baja Bound! Happy 2017 to our readers, thank you all for continuing to follow our adventures!
It just took me the better part of an hour to connect this iPhone to my wireless keyboard, only to realize that the Blogger app spontaneously closed every time I hit the space bar or delete button...
So let's give this a try...I'm about ready to throw all this out the window somewhere in southern Arizona!

Baja is a LONG way away! In non-characteristic style we woke up yesterday at 5am (yes you read that correctly) and got on our way. Within the first four hours of driving, we saw three of these...

 

This is because there were 80+ mph gusts of wind yesterday, all day. Felt like Sheila was out at sea in  a hurricane...
We stopped at one of these overturned semis so Hal could check on the driver. Too bad the median we pulled into was hiding a secret mud bog and poor Sheila sunk in up to her running boards. Thankfully handy Hal had a towstrap and we coaxed a fellow driver with cookies to tow us out.
Good start to the trip, nice and safe...
A few hours later we hit the eye of the hurricanes, see below...,


So all in all, a pretty nice day to start an international trip...!

Stay tuned as we cross the border into Baja, where there is currently no gas available...
Seriously, there isn't any available gas, and yet wer're still heading that way...
We'll let you know how it goes! Wish us luck!