About Me

Lee Creek, North Shuswap near Chase, B.C, Canada
We went full-time Rving in October of 2005! We retired from full time to part-time as of the end of 2015. Our present "small but comfortable" Wagon is a 2008 Camper trailer(TravelAir Rustler), pulled by a 2008 Dodge Dakota, 4X4.l. Our home is now a Gated Community Park, in Oliver, British-Columbia, Canada. I retired in 2005 and my Life Companion, Valerie, retired October 1, 2006 from nursing. We invite you to follow and share our new adventures and mishaps. Life is but an adventure full of dreams yet to be fulfilled!

Wednesday, January 22, 2014

January 16 to 21, 2014; Bahia Concepcion to Cabo San Lucas


JAN  16, Thursday; Another surprise meeting

11* at 7 am; 26*C in pm w/light winds

 

We went into town today to do laundry and download our mail.  At the laundrymat, we ran into MARG, our friend Pat’s cousin.  She is here with three other rigs and they are coming down to the beach tomorrow.  What an incredible meeting!  We picked up a couple groceries then came home and put everything away and shaked our outside rugs as they were full of sand then it was relax time!  At 4, we had HH at Jack and Mim then came home, had dinner and sat outside watching the stars.  Another great day in Paradise!

 

 

JAN  17, Friday; Last day at Bahia Conception

12*C @ 7am; 27* in pm

 

I bought some drinking water from our friendly Mexican fishermen and filled our tank as we are out; now we can have a leisured shower.  A few of the crew along with Val went kayaking for an hour or two.  After breakfast, I began washing everything and putting it away.  The kayaks were the last to be loaded.  By 1 pm, we were ready to go.  Marg and her friends arrived (3 small rigs) and took over our Palapa as we are leaving in the morning.  We sat around with our crew and at after HH, went to the small restaurant and had dinner.  There was a disc jockey so we dance part of the evening then everyone left. 

It’s been a wonderful 7 days and warm.  We had fun, we are relaxed and all ready to depart.  We will definitely stop on the way back.

 

 

JAN  18, Saturday; To Loreto then CD Constitucion

11*C @ 6:30 am; up to 30*C at destination

 

I was awake at 6 am and finally got up at 6:30am.  Got the coffee going, had a shower then went out to finalize our departure.  Val was up by 7am, showered and got her stuff ready.  We said goodbye to Marg and her friends and were on the road by 8:45am.   We got into Loreto by noon and drove through town where the streets were quite narrow.  We missed our turn and ended up on the Malecon; we had to make some very tight turns and finally stop to ask for directions.  That is one of the problems with Mexican towns, the signs are rare and the few available are hard to see.  We went to the campground but unfortunately only 3 sites were available.  How disappointing!!!  We could have stayed but it would have meant that 3 rigs would have had to ‘boon dock” so, after a discussion, we decided to forfeit our stay and drove back out to the main highway.  We stopped for fuel where I took on 2000 pesos.  We went over the Gigante Mountains without any incidents and finally made it to the top.  The road from here was straight and as we got closer to town, we saw more and more cultivated fields.  As we were driving the wind picked up some and as truck went by I would feel the whole rig move.  We arrived in “CD Constitucion” and our destination, “The Mission RV Park” without any incidents and parked for the night.  We hooked up and paid our 250 Pesos for the night then all of us went to the Palapa near the office and hooked up to the internet and had HH in the shade.  It’s very warm, over 30*C and barely cooled off in the evening.  In bed by 9 pm.

 

We travelled 266 Km @ an average 55 Km/hrs in 4.5 hours

N 025* 02.944’

W 111* 40.766’

Alt: 200 ft

 

 

JAN  19, Sunday; To La Paz

11* C @ 6 am; up to 30* then down to 23* in La Paz, clouds and sun, light breeze

 

We were on the road by 8:30 am.  A couple of rigs had left earlier to get some fuel and they joined us as we drove by.  Ciudad Constitucion was quite nice and has grown since the last time we drove through here.  It is a very clean town but lots of stop signs.  I guess it’s better than topes!?  The highway from here was straight and in good shape and we got up to 90 Km/hr.  We reached El Cien and had a 10 minutes break.  From here, it became hilly and curvy.  We finally got our first glimpse of the Sea of Cortes since leaving Loreto and the city of La Paz.  We arrived and I noted lots of changes including the closure of Casa Blanca Campground so we had to double back to Km 11 and turned into Campo Maranatha.  We paid our dues (550 Pesos for two nights) and set up.  Afterwards we drove to town in Reg and Sharon’s truck and shopped at Walmart; very expensive!!  We came back home, put everything away and went over to Reg and Sharon for HH.  Val was not feeling all that well when we got home so she had a short snooze.  We had a short HH then came home, cooked dinner and watched some earlier recorded program.  To bed by 10 pm

 

 

JAN  20, Monday; La Paz

9*C @ 7am; cloudy with sunny breaks, 22* in pm

 

What a mess!!!  I meant to open the water valve for the fresh and instead, I opened the intake for the sewer-clean-up valve and filled my black tank to the top.  I only caught it because I heard this gurgling in the toilet and realized what I done.  I ran out, close the valve and open the sewer outlet.  Well, the hose popped out of the sewer pipe and made quite a mess.  Now I have to clean that up...YUCKS!!!  Anyway, we went to town later in the morning and joined some of the crew on the Malecon for lunch.  Afterwards, they left and we went for a walk on the Malecon then came back to our vehicle.  We stopped at a little Art shop and bought a couple of little things for Val granddaughter.  We came home and had HH at 4 pm then dinner consisting of shrimps and salad.  Tomorrow, we head for our final destination!

 

 

Jan  21, Tuesday; To Cabo San Lucas

11*C @ 7 am; cloudy and sun 30*C in Cabo San Lucas

 

We were on the road by 8::45 this morning.  Traffic was heavy coming out of town but we eventually made it out and drove SE towards Cabo.  We took Highway 1 which was longer but much more scenic.  We drove over our first set of hills/mountains and stopped in El Triunfo where there is a church built in the 1700’s.  This was a mining town at one time, rich in coal.  We visited the church, also known as a “Temple” and I think everyone was please about it.  We then continued on through the mountains where the going was slow and eventually arrived in Los Barriles where there are quite a few campgrounds.  We looked around then had lunch on the side of the highway.  Three of us went to a local restaurant and had lunch.  As we drove south, it got warmer and warmer.  We stopped at Latitude of Cancer (23* 27’) where the Tropical Region begins.  We took a look around.  They have rebuilt the whole area and now it is extremely pretty and we took lots of pictures.  Even the parking area is now meant for multiple vehicles/RV.  We drove on and finally arrived in San Jose del Cabo, drove through without any incidents and continued on West to Cabo San Lucas.  We arrived at our campground but first had to drive further West because of construction and made our turn, came back East and arrived at our Campground, Villa Serena.  The place was full because of two caravans being here so we had to park in spots where some had no power until tomorrow when one of the caravans is leaving and we will have more spaces.  We all gathered up at the Palapa by the office and had HH.  This is where we found out that some are leaving within two weeks contrary to what we had assumed.  Ed & Judy and Reg and Sharon have committed themselves to one month as we have.  I had been quoted $385 US back in September but now he wants $500 US.  It’s either pay or leave so we decided to bite the bullet.  Anyway, the dynamic within the group has changed somewhat!  24*C @ 8 pm....Very warm!

 

We drove 220 Km in 4.5 hrs @ an average 50Km/hr

N 022* 54.423’

W 109* 51.815’

Alt: 201 ft

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