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BAHÍA DE LOS ANGELES
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Day 1, Friday
Distance Driven: 550 miles
Overview of the Day
We caravanned down to the boarder in three cars. The Heydinger's usually don't
stop to get visas when crossing into Mexico. Cha Cha is from Mexico and knows
that nobody ever checks those things down there. This time, however, the rest of
us gringos wanted to go by the book. Problem was, we didn't have our passports
(always thought IDs were enough in Mexico) - so we told the officials we were
headed to Ensenada where no visa is required. Our first stop was Ensenada where
we walked through the fish market and laughed at some seals waiting for the fish
market scraps at the end of the day. Next we had a delicious fish taco
lunch, we continued South with the cover story that we were headed to San
Quentin to visit an orphanage...just is case we were stopped. We had no idea how
to give the cover story in Spanish, or why that would get us out of any trouble,
but I assumed Cha Cha would do the talking if necessary. No problems though, we
passed though the military check points without any mention of our visas. That
would have been the end of whole issue, until Mr. Heydinger was pulled over by a
cop deep in Mexico for drunk driving! Apparently, while the cop passed our small
convoy heading the other direction, Jerry (who was in the lead), drove over a
crushed Tecate can in the road, flipping it up into the air. The cop's timing
was perfect, and he saw the can flying through the air as he passed Jerry. He
turned around, caught up to us, and pulled Jerry over. Justin and I (the two
other drivers) continued to the next pullout and waited - very nervously. None
of us knew at the time why Jerry had been stopped. Meanwhile, the cop checked
his van for alcohol, and finding none, told Jerry he had been speeding and would
pull his license if caught again. He never asked for a visa thank god, and we
were soon on our way South again. We arrived at the Bay of LA at 6:30, just as
the sun was setting. There is a very small town there and apparently a lot of
fishermen visit in the summer. The crowds had not arrived yet though and it felt
like we had the whole Bay to ourselves.
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