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
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).
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!!!
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.
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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