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Barbareno
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Summer Get Away to Asuncion
I am going to attempt a trip report to Asuncion. May take a couple of days. First let me apologize if the pictures are too big. I have just spent
hours trying to downsize them and can't take it any more.
We flew into San Diego Aug 8 and drove directly to Squidco to pick up tackle and fishing lisences. What a busy little place that is. Very helpful.
We had decided to take the Tecate border crossing. Want to tell you about that experince but will wait till the end of my report. Something that I
think you should be aware of if you are passing through any US customs.
We were delayed in Tecate till 4:00pm so we drove like crazy to meet up with Shari in Ensenada. She gave great directions to the pub that she was at
and we made it by 5:00. Well Tim can sniff out a pub 100 miles away so that was no problem.
To our delight Zoe was with her and we piled all their stuff in our compact and off we set for San Quintin. It was dark by the time we got there so
us girls were a little freaked. But Tim drove us safely to Cielito Lindo where we chowed down and spent the night.
This was the first time we stayed in the rooms there as we have always stayed in the Motor Home. I thought the rooms were cheap and very
clean...$30.00 a night. Only thing was the windows didn't have screens on them and we were eaten alive by mosquitoe's.
The food was excellent as per usual. By the time I remembered to take a picture and get my camera out this was what was left of the meal.
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Barbareno
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Again sorry bout the size of the pic.
We left San Quintin early the next morning and headed off. Stopped for breaky at El Rosarito, place called......P....Beach. Can't remember now. You
should of seen what Zoe had. She is one brave soul I tell ya. 
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Barbareno
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I'll shorten up my sentences and
see if that makes this easier to read.
The rest of the days travel was pretty much
uneventful. The usual pee stops, road
construction and Tecate breaks. Getting
gas was no problem.
This here picture is Shari letting Juan know we
are on our way.
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Barbareno
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It was so nice coming into Asuncion.
Yes the hotel is underway and the
pavement to town was longer, nice
treat.
Kevin was pretty happy to see us again.
And we finally got to meet Ray. They were
waiting for us and that made us feel special.
Good thing we brought our own beer tho.
Juan the sweetheart that he is had taco's
waiting for us. It felt good to be home.
This here picture is of Kevin showing Tim
the Pacific Ocean, just in case he forgot what
it looked like.
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Barbareno
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We decided to call it a day
and go and relax at our own
digs.
After a couple more c-cktails
at home I decided to get in my
jammies and snuggle down to bed.
Thats when Tim said, "Barb you still
awake"? "Yea, why"? "We have another
greeter (or did he say critter) to greet us".
I didn't care, I was going to bed.
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Barbareno
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Next day.....Lets go Fishing
We packed up Kevin and headed
for San Roque to do some shore fishing.
Guys figured they found a good spot.
Tim even caught a Halibut here.
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Barbareno
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I decided to go for a walk about,
so I went up that hill in the back ground
of the previous picture. This is what I saw.
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Barbareno
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"Oh guys...I think I know where the fish are".
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Barbareno
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So up they came and proceded to land
fish. What a great way to start the day.
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Barbareno
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I decided while they were catching
supper I would go exploring.
Came across this stove that I think is
a classic. I work in a appliance retail
store where we also service what we
sell. I think if I can just find a knob for
this baby I can get the tech's to fix it.
[Edited on 8-24-2008 by Barbareno]
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baja-spirit
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Thanks for sharing the pictures.. enjoyed.
But you didn't say why you were held up at the border.
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BirdDog
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Thanks for the pics Barb. Only 6 days and we'll be there. Hope you enjoyed the casa and everything else.
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Barbareno
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What was I thinking? Lets get back to Mexico
and not think about work.
I sat down by this little pool of sea water
and saw all sorts of life.
Hope you can make out this little crab
towing a minnow.
And here's another picture of a crab
watching me watching him watching me...
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Barbareno
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Baja Spirit I will tell you all about that in a bit.
Bird Dog...we enjoyed it alot and thank you so much.
Loved the place.
Barb
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BirdDog
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Glad to hear it. Hope you left some of that big yellowtail luck there for me.
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baja-spirit
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Sorry Barbareno.. thought you had finished and had forgotten. Didn't mean to be pushy. Planning our trip back to Baja for the winter. Hoping we get
a trip in to Asuncion. Too hot for me where our house is, so we usually unload our supplies and head out somewhere on the pacific. We haven't been
back to Asuncion for about 4yrs. Enjoying the pics... thanks
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Barbareno
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I will take a bit of a break from my report.
I'll try and talk Tim into telling what happened in Tecate and actually Seattle as well. Its his story, but if he doesn't I will surely tell you.
Barb
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Timo1
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US Customs
We arrived in Seattle to be detained in secondary for over an hour.Why ??..Because the US has implemented a new computer system..I found this out
later in the day...It seems that I'm now a black dude that is 6 foot 2 .Actually
I'm white and 5 foot 6....anyway...this guy has been doing all sorts of BAD
stuff in Georgia and it shows under my name...I allaborate in a minute..finally
the custums guy says he will get this cleared up and sent us
on our way
On to San Diego and Tecate...When crossing at Tecate...one must park on the
US side and walk to immagration for papers and to pay for them then back thru US Customs to get back to the car...Guess what...Yupper...Back to
secondary.
This time tho the Customs agent was VERY pleasent. helpfull, and informative...22 years ago I had a DUI in Ca and the system confused me with this
other fellow
The agent told me about the new computer system that came into effect last month and that the agents are VERY unhappy with it as it is crossing
people by birthdate, first name, last name, or all.
He said they are sweeping everyone in and mostly the innocent.
Yes..there was a family of 6 this happened to in Seattle at the same time as
us
I asked if this was because of the DUI and he told me that its happening
to anyone irregardless of their past.
He also commented...Do you realize how many Juan Garcias we have to process ??
So we finally were let go for our vacation with the assurance that he would
MAKE SURE this would come off my name for future crossings
He asked when we would be crossing back and told us that he comes on shift that day at 3 pm i case there are any further problems.
The last day in Baja arrives and we are on pins and needles as we approach
the Tecate crossing at 4 pm.
The guy at the booth takes our passports...swipes them...asks what part of Canada we are from and promptly goes into a 20 minute run-down on his
hockey carreer. I'm sweating bullets and having trouble breathing and this guy wants to talk hockey
Have a nice day and we're on our way
We still don't know if my name is cleared and I will be driving to the border
in a couple weeks just to make sure
We really appreciated the agent at Tecate
By the way...no wait at Tecate..no line
Tim
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Lauriboats
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Great pictures, thanks for sharing, next trip (if were in Asuncion) stop by our place for a c-cktail or two. We love to share Baja stories. Jim and
Lauri
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
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