Nov 24 - 27 Cabo San Lucas

Four very busy days in Cabo. Our first views of the harbor area.

We dropped into a glass blowing shop and saw vases and fish being made.

A visit was made to what was announced as the "stuff store" and what a collection they had. This is only a small part of it.

We made a day trip to San Jose Del Cabo a much smaller and more enjoyable town. Here is a view of some of the beach.

Our last day was spent on the Playa Santa Maria where we swam, snorkled and walked the beach.

Dinner was in a resturant at our RV park where we watched the Grey-Cup.

Nov 22 - 23 Rancho Verde

We stayed inland in the ranchland at Rancho Verde where in addition to a working ranch is an RV park and several 1 acre lots which are available for lease. Some people have built semi-permanent private RV spots on these lots and others have built small homes for extended stays.

Upon leaving Rancho Verde we went through a nice small town Los Barriles.



Before arriving in Cabo we crossed the Tropic of Cancer which has this marker.

Nov 18 - 21 Tecollote

Tecolote is a beach about 30 km from La Paz.

We went into La Paz and caught the Revolution Parade. Lasted over 3 hours. La Paz is approximately the size of Surrey.

Nov 17 Ciudad Constitution

Another warm day (26-30 degrees C). We were toasted at a Margarita Happy Hour. Everyone had a good time.

The drinks and snacks were great!

Nov 14 -16 Loreto

Three days in the clean little town of Loreto. Had a chance to do some shopping and relaxing. The sheltered harbour holds many fishing boats which get covered with pelicans.

We were hosted to an excellent Fiesta Night at the home of friends of the wagon-masters. We had an excellent meal complete with margaritta's/wine and mariachi players. 

Today we travelled 23 km up a very winding but paved road then 9 km of rough gravel to get to the Mision San Francisco Javier finished in 1759. This mission is considered the "jewel of the Baja California mission  churches".

We stopped on the way back for lunch at Del Borracho a western style pub and had a great meal. After the meal some of the party decided to try the 3 saddle seats and were promptly served shooters in a boot like glass.



Nov 10 - 13 Playa Santispac

Four days of boondocking on a wonderful beach in the Bahia Conception on the Sea of  Cortez.

Dan Relaxing

Pellican

View of Sea of Cortez and Hikers at the Singing Rocks Hike at El Burro!

Nov 9 San Ignacio

San Ignacio is a date palm oasis. These are some of the dates.

Here they are being taken off the vine.

The men on the caravan.

After an great day we had dinner at Rice & Beans with fantastic Margareta's.

Nov 8 Guerrero Negro

Camped in a town tonight. Had fish tacos for lunch and an enjoyable dinner later.

Nov 7 Catavina

Heading inland we camp among fabulous bolders and cactus. On the way we stopped at an Onyx craft shop.

Nov 5 & 6 Lazaro Gardenas

Camping on the Beach. Great weather although cool winds and at night.

Nov 4 Sights of Ensenada

This post covers some of the sights we visited in Ensenada. The first visit was to La Bufadora (a blow hole) which blows up from the sea.

We also visited the Riviera Hotel Playa Ensenada, an elgant hotel and gambling casino that opened in 1930 and which is now a Cultural Centre

We also visited the John Hussong Bar (the oldest cantina, opened in 1892) and is where the Margarita was invented.

Nov 3 Potreo - Punta Banda (Ensenada)

This morning is the start of the adventure! Leaving Potrero we travelled the short distance to Tecate where we crossed the border. We had travelled down yesterday by van to get our travel permits validated so the crossing was fairly straight forward. We then had our first experience with driving the mexican highways. So far so good they were better than expected. The pictures show us together on the highway and then the entrance to the campsite.

Baja Amigos Caravan - Nov 2 - Potrero

Today we met up with the group on the caravan at Potrero Regional Park. Besides the wagonmaster and his wife there is us along with 4 other couples. One of the couples are returns from last years caravan and are acting as tail gunners till they get to a spot that they really liked and then will drop off on there own. The pictures show our rig and a surrounding view of the campsite.