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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!

Thursday, January 09, 2014

January 6 to 8, 2014; Guerrero to Mulege, BAJA


JAN  6, Monday; Guerrero Negro, Baja Sur

12*C @ 7 am; 24* in pm.

Definitely much warmer then yesterday and the day before which is very nice.  Everyone was ready by 10 am to go for our whale watching trip.  The cost was 625 pesos or about $53 Cdn.  The tour guide took us on a bus to the launching area past the salt fields work area.  We got on our boat, all nine of us and we went out into Ojo de Liebre lagoon which means the “Eye of the Rabbit”.  We went to the entrance to the Lagoon from the Pacific and began chasing whales.  We had a couple come close to our boat and right under it.  When it first happened, everyone went to one side which caused the boat to tip to the side...I’ve never seen people move back so fast!  From then on, when one came close we were very cautious.  We spent just over 2.5 hrs then came back to the dock and took the bus back, being home by 3 pm.  Val and I went to find a grocery store and get some wine and wieners.  We got back in time for HH.  Because we changed time, the sun now sets an hour later so it’s weird to call it quit before dark. 

We learned today that this town got its name from a sail vessel that venture into the lagoon and became stuck back in the 1800’s.  Guerrero Negro means the “Black warrior” which was the name of the stranded vessel.  This town came into existence because of the salt field.  It is now owned by a Japanese company and the Mexican Government.  At HH, everyone agreed to stop in San Ignacio so that’s where we are headed for tomorrow

 

 

JAN  7, Tuesday; To San Ignacio

7*C at 7 am; it got to a balmy 26*C in the pm

We were on the go by 8:30 this morning under sunny warm day.  I drove to the Pemex fuel station and filled up.  We headed out by 9 am.  This section of the road was fairly straight until we got near San Ignacio where it became hilly.  We had to go through a Military check-point then 10 minutes later, we pulled into “RICE & BEANS RV PARK”, a Passport America member and paid $12 each for the night.  After setting up, we all drove to the town centre where we had lunch and a couple beers.  The people there were quite overwhelmed by our group but I think they did quite well.  The place hasn’t changed much since the last time we were here.  I took a few pictures then it was time to come home after visiting the town and the church which was built in 1786.  A couple of incidents worth mentioning; Jack and Mim had to drive back to town to get water but the place was closed so he drove back.  We were sitting at the store on the main highway when we saw him drive by and hit a “tope” quite fast and the truck bounced off, it was hilarious; the other incident, we were following George and he drove right by our campground entrance even though there was a huge signs on the highway indicating the turn...there are definitely no boring time with this crowd!!!

We had HH at 4 pm and since it was Jack’s birthday, we celebrated with a cake and some snackies which turned out to be our supper.  We had fun and lots of laughs today and the nice thing is that the temperature was warm.  As a matter of fact, I had to start the A/C to cool things a bit in our home.  We called it quit by 7 pm and went home.  It was an excellent day; very relaxing.  Everyone is really enjoying this trip and the sights I am showing them which is really nice for us!

 

We drove 88 miles in 2 hrs at an average 48 mph

N 027* 17.913’

W 112* 54.298’

Alt: 348 feet

 

 

JAN  8, Wednesday; To Mulege

6*C at 6 am; mid 20’s by the afternoon

I was up at 5:30 and Val at 7am!  We were on the road by 9am.  This was another short day drive.  We only had one incident where Len stopped on the hill coming down “The hill from Hell” as he got nervous and Reg, coming behind him and a bit too fast, couldn’t stop so he had to pass him while a semi was coming up.  I guess it was a bit close because when we got down to San Rosalia at the bottom of the hill and stopped, there were a few choice words between them but they finally “kissed and made up”.  We got our first view of the Sea of Cortes as we got to the top of the hill.  We finally arrived in Mulege and at our campsite, “Villa Maria Isabel RV PARK” at 11:30am.  As we were turning at the entrance, there was an accident on the road just ahead and the cop was trying to make us go straight but I refused and went in the Park.  It was quite comical even though I had my signal on.  I just ignored him and came in once the driveway was cleared.  The campground is by a creek that empties in the Sea.  We all set up, had lunch then went for a walk to town with Reg & Sharon, George and Dorothy.  We had a couple of tacos at our favorite little Taco stand then walked up the street to the laundry.  We met Jack & Mim and Ross & Diane there as they were doing laundry.  We walked back to our campsite and arrived back in time for HH.  I think this was another great day!?  We are here for 3 days.

 

N 026* 53.836’

W 111* 57.868’

Alt: 10 ft

 

We drove 138 KM (86 miles) in 2.5 hrs @ average 59 KM/HR

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