Potrero is the staging ground for exodus - there is a county park here that many use to shower, shave and get organized before crossing the border at Tecate. It was our first shower since leaving!
What a dramatic change in the temperature these past few days! Woke up this morning and able to don shorts and flip-flops for the first time. Cross the border into the Valley de Guadalupe and we are soaking up the 26 degree afternoon sun. Time for short shorts and a tank top!
Crossing at Tecate was thankfully seamless this time. We drove down to the border without the trailer first, parked and walked to the Immigration Office to get our tourist visas. No problemo. Got our trailer and drove through the border with our cards ready - they didn't even look! A few questions about the trailer - the border guard seemed very curious about our portable blackwater tank and that it wasn't stuffed with narcotics or guns - and through we go. What a difference from the experience two years ago when we were shuffled around offices and parking spots and getting pointed at by border guards with exasperated expressions! Phew! Even the road is better now. They are doing major upgrades to MX highway 3 so it is wider and smoother, with just a few gravel construction zones.
We've pulled in to relax at an RV park about 40 km northeast of Ensenada, in an area that is marketing itself as Mexico's answer to Napa - the Ruta Del Vino. The neat RV park, complete with orange trees, is run by Christian-based school for deaf children, with donations accepted as overnighting fees to support the school. A win-win.
Across the highway from us is a posh new modern resort with individual hillside cabins called Encuetro Guadalupe where we enjoyed a very nice local Chardonnay.
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