We have arrived! The pick up was very smooth... Called Samuel when we were by baggage claim and he was there within minutes! Pulled right up and picked us up! Off we go to cross the border!

Congrats and good luck!

Arrives at the Marriott. It's much nicer then WMO expected. Sam was great- gave us a little tour of San Diego. It really only took about 20 minutes to get to the Marriott from the airport. That included being randomly selected to be checked crossing the border. Sam told us crossing into Mexico was no big deal at all because Mexico Doesn't care who comes in. The difference in the borders and security was interesting... You can see the US side as your cross the other way. Mexico had guys in construction vests and then border patrol. It was quite different. We were picked to be searched and sam just explained why we were there and what was going on. They took a quick peek in the car and that was it.

The hotel is nicer then we expected. We arrived and the bell hop immediately took our luggage. We checked in quite quickly and then we were escorted to our room. They really do treat us very nicely. Once we were in the room we received a call from Rosie and she will be in to talk shortly. Overall it's going great so far!

Thank you for all the pictures! It's so comforting knowing what is coming for me next week!!!