Were Back Home

March 10, 2009
We’ve been home since the 20th of Feb. Things have been so crazy that neither of us have found time to update the blog. But I wanted to finish up our tale especially since it ended on a good note.
Gary and I enjoyed our Spanish classes. He ended up taking 2 weeks and I took 3 weeks. The school and the personnel were wonderful. They did their best to make the classes interesting and taught at a pace where all of us could learn. They try to keep the classes very small - we only had 3 students in our room. By the time we left, we felt very close to everyone there.
On the way home, we stopped for 2 nights in Guerrero Negro. They have a whale watching tour that everyone had raved about. The Gray Whales come down to the lagoons there during the winter to calve and mate. We were told there are about 2,000 whales in the 3 lagoons. What an amazing experience! We didn’t get to touch any of them, but they would come up to the boat to get a good look at us. The babies (and I use that term loosely as they are huge) are very curious about us. One even bumped our boat from behind. Our captain said he was playing with us. We also saw seals and dolphins while we were out.
Getting back into the States without further incident - except for US Customs who gave us a thorough going over and dumped a lot of our food – was such a relief. Personally, driving the length of the Baja has never been one of my objectives and I wouldn’t want to do it again. I would and hope to go back to visit our friends in Los Barriles and La Paz, but will fly in next time.