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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!

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

February 21 to 25, 2014; Bahia de Concepcion to San Quintin via Bahia Losa Angeles

FEB  21, Friday; To Santa Rosalia and San Ignacio
14* @ 7 am; 26* along the coast and 29* inland

After our morning toiletries and battening down everything that was loose, we drove to the dump station and emptied our grey and black tanks and dumped some of the drinking water to lighten up the load a bit; we kept 30 gallons in reserve.
We were heading north by 9:45 am!  An hour or so later, we stopped in Santa Rosalia, where the ferry to Guaymas on the mainland, is situated.  We stopped along the highway and walked into town where we visited the church built in the late 1887 and designed by the same guy that designed the Eiffel Tower in Paris.  The unique thing about the church is it is built all in metal including the outside and inside walls and ceiling.  It is quite beautiful.  We then walked over to the Panderia (bakery) where the best French bread in the whole of the Baja is made, so goes their reputation.  We bought some bread along with apple turn-over.  The other interesting thing about this town is that all the houses and business are built in wood imported from the USA North-West.  This was a mining town for copper and steel with a smelter to match.  The mining has come to an end but the town survived and prospered.  There is a big oil and gas terminal in the port which creates a lot of work.  We also saw the beginning a new industry in steel being developed so there is a future here.  We had lunch in town then walked back to our rigs and continued on to San Ignacio.  We arrived here at 3 pm and set up in Rice & Beans RV Park.  We are here for two days but Ed and Reg are heading out tomorrow morning for the border.  We’ve had a good time with everyone but like all good things, it must come to an end and this is it.  We paid $23 per night.  The last time we were here, we paid $12 and when I questioned it, the answer was that it was the price for a big group and now we are a small group!???   No sense of arguing, we won’t win!  We had HH at our place then it was dinner time; we cooked lobster tails on the BBQ and Val made a salad.  We went to the restaurant and checked our e-mails, posted our blog then came home and got ready for bed.

We travelled 97 miles (157 Km) in 2.5 hrs at an average 40 MPH (62Km/hr).
N  027* 17.945’
W 112* 54.329’
Alt: 380 feet

 
FEB  22, Saturday; Explore San Ignacio
8* C @ 7 am; 25* inland, 21* by the ocean

Quite a difference in temperature for the morning compared to Santispac but it made for a good night sleep.  I was also able to hook up my cpap machine which allowed me a very good sleep (we had no hook-ups at Santispac).

After our last four “chicklets” left for points north, we headed out to Laguna San Ignacio but first stopped in the village where we found the rock and painting museum which we totally missed the last two times we were here.  It was situated at the end of the wall for the Mission on the south side.  We walked in and looked around.  It was well done with a complete replica of a cave with paintings on it (check out the pictures).  Across the street was a small café and when we walked in we were overtaken by the beauty of it all.  The owners did a mini zoo with elephants, zebras, rhino, birds, spiders all made of wood, tin and cloth.  It was beautiful so check out the pictures.

We continued out of town on a nice paved road all the way to CAMPO #3, the ECO SYSTEM WHALE WATCHING CAMP, except for the last 6 miles which were dirt road with lots of washboards in some places.  In the camp, we walked around, had lunch here with a beer (Val had cheese quesadilla and I had scallops cooked with green peppers, onions and a very nice sauce), it was delicious!  We walked the embankment and found a dead baby whale washed up on the shore and the vultures having a feast.  We headed back to San Ignacio where I barely made it with the gas left in the tank; I had to put $20 in to get us home.  We met a couple of fifth wheel and campers heading up to CAMPO # 3 where there is an RV parking with NO services.

We had a quiet HH then dinner.  In the evening, we went to the hotel to check our e-mail and I downloaded my tax program for 2013.  Tomorrow, we head for Bahia de Los Angeles (Bay of the Angels).

 
FEB  23, Sunday, to Bahia de Los Angeles
15*C @ 6am; 24*C in pm, cloudy

What a day!  First thing this morning, I found the rear tire on the jeep FLAT!  So I had to take it off and thanks to my neighbour Drew, he gave me a ride to the shop to get it fix.  That cost me $12.Cdn then we came home and I put the tire back on.  I put the rest of the stuff away and we were on the road by 11 am.  We went through the Military check-point just outside of town then onward to Guerrero where I fuelled up.  I took on 164.5 litres @ 1.24 pesos.  Their machine wouldn’t take any of my credit cards so I had to pay cash which really irritated me; I could have stopped at another one that I saw accepted cards.  We had lunch here too on the side of the road.  We continued North, through the 28th Parallel and into Baja California Norte.  That meant that our clock have now moved one hour back (BC time!).  At one point, going though El Rosarito, we had to get off the highway as an extremely wide load came through.  It had 4, yes 4 pilot cars ahead clearing the way for him.  It was a huge tank and it took the width of the road.  We continued on and finally turned East on the highway to Bahia de Los Angeles.  We took a short break here and then went to the Bay.  We arrived here at 4 pm or 3 pm local time.  The sun is shining!  We decided to stay at Guillermo Hotel and RV, paid a whole $20 for two nights neither power nor water) then had HH in plain view of the Bay.  We decided to go out to the restaurant here for dinner.  I had a scallop dish and Val a chicken dish plus 3 beers…total cost: $30.  We came back to our Home and relaxed before going to bed.  I am tired!!!

We travelled 211 miles (340Km) in 4.5 hrs @ an average 76 Km/hrs
N   28* 56.877’
W 113* 33.482’
Alt: 20 feet

BIG NEWS:  My grandson, Graeme, has formally proposed to his girlfriend Courtenay and the wedding is set for November 2014 in CABO san LUCAS so guess where we are flying to!?  AGAIN!!!

 
FEB  24, Monday; Bahia Los Angeles
13*C @ 6am; 23*C in pm

It is hard to get the internet here in the village as they shut off the electricity from time to time; never been able to figure out why!?  It was cloudy with sunny period the whole day.  We went exploring around and checked out a few Campos and RV Park, old and new.  None have electricity or water and a few don’t even have sewer.  We checked the army base north of town then went to visit the Museum.  They’ve added a huge display of a mountain goat on a make-shift mountain about 8 feet tall.  Took a few pictures then we went for lunch which was OK.  By 2 pm we had done everything that could be done here so we came home and relaxed with a beer and a glass of wine.  Tucker found himself a new friend (female) and played with her for a long time before we called him in.  For dinner, it was a light meal, read in the evening then to bed early.  Tomorrow, we head for Rosarito then Ensenada.

 
FEB  25, Tuesday; to San Quintin
16*C @ 6 am; up to 20*C in pm; mainly cloudy

I was up at 6 am and Val at 7 and on the road by 8:30!  Now that’s good timing!  Anyway, we headed for Hwy 1 and turned right on it 45 minutes later.  The return trip is always much faster it seems.  We did encounter an accident and stopped to offer help but they had everything under control so we continued on.  We saw one biker on his back with some people fussing over him and Val saw a pick-up truck in the ditch.  There must have been 20 bikes there.  We took a couple breaks and finally arrived in Rosario around 1:30 pm.  We topped up on fuel here (159 litres), had lunch at “MAMA ESPONISA”, famous for its lobster and crab.  We climbed our last set of hills, stopped for the Military check-point then arrived on the coast and headed directly north to San Quintin where we stopped for the night.  We got here at 3 pm and are camped at LOS OVINOS Hotel and RV, paid $180 pesos ( $15) and set up for the night.  We were the first here and by 5 pm, there were 4 other rigs in.  It was cloudy most of the day but the sun did come out around 2 pm.

We travelled 355 KM (219 miles) in 5 hrs @ an average 70 KM/hr.
N 30* 29.317’
W 115* 56.415’
Alt: 40 feet

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