Hi - this is Phil Starr, a member of Trinity United Church of Christ - this is our ninth trip down to Tijuana. We arrived at the Posada at about 2:30 pm. We had good flights - both from Clev to Chicago and Chicago to San Diego. It is a great experience travelling with a large group all wearing trip t-shirts, heating out on a mission trip. A bunch of people asked us about the trip from the TSA staff to the flight attendants.
One of our members Jackie had a flight cancelled out of Akron/Canton - and additional delays today - so she arrived 4 hours after our group. Once we found this out - three of our group, Caren, Jill and Jourden stayed back to wait on Jackie. As I type this they are in the process of taking a bus and trolley to the border where they will walk across and we will meet up with them.
The weather today is sunny - but a bit cloudy and about 60 degrees. Quite a difference between Ohio weather. Crossing the border in the van was different this year. There were a few more turns to get to the crossing - and there was a new official border crossing. It was a lot larger than the previous one. Both of our vans were stopped side by side so the border agent to "check us out." They asked Kevan I a few questions - looked at our passports and opened up the engines. Then we were on our way.
The Tijuana country side has not changed too much since last year. It is quite a contrast between San Diego - hard to believe that in such a short time period the countryside changes so quickly. There was quite a bit of mud yet on some of the roads as they had quite a bit of rain yesterday.
As we entered the Posada we were happily greeted by Heidi, Rena, Joyce and Steve! We were all very happy to be here.
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