San Quintin Day 1

On Saturday July 25 we started out early, leaving BAC at 3:00am for the drive down to the Bellingham airport. The border was quick and we arrived in Bellingham with plenty of time to spare. We took the short flight to Seattle and then waited about 1/2 an hour for the flight to San Diego. Alaska had overbooked the flight and were offering $200 vouchers for those willing to wait for the 9:00am flight. Not bad for those travelling alone or in pairs and willing to wait two hours. We arrived in San Diego shortly after 9:00 and received our bags quickly. San Diego's airport isn't large and is crowded. The line-up to get through security stretched 100m down the main cooridor of the airport. Brenda arrived after we had lunch and we met the other two groups and loaded up the bus for the ride south. We stopped at Costco to buy supplies and most of us had ice cream and headed to Walmart. We took the Tecate border crossing rather than Tijuana as it is safer and much quieter as well.

It was dark when we arrived in San Quintin because it gets dark quite early there (around 8:00) as it is much closer to the equator. We settled into our tents and were soon sleeping soundly after our looooooooooooooong day. The picture is us at the Bellingham airport. Joe and Andy drove us and we are very thankful for the willingness to wake up so early!