Travelogue: March 16th - 31st, 2007
Prologue - As usual I am running behind on
time, but at least wanted to get some pics up at each location where we
stopped on our trip. We had three cameras between us so this is only a
fraction of the pictures from my camera. Craig was in charge of the
kayaking pics (waterproof camera helps) and the dirt bike riding pics.
Those to follow shortly, or so I say, along with more travelogue details of
daily adventures.
Below is a map of Baja, many of the places we went to are on
the map and you can track our day to day location/s. Mostly we were on
the Sea of Cortez side, but if you follow the red highway lines you can see
our route based on our daily destinations. We ended up driving almost
3,000 miles in the van and going about 2/3's of the way down into Loreto,
which was our turn around spot and then we headed back up north.
Day 1 - Friday,
March 16th: Castro Valley, CA to San Diego, CA
No pics on this day. I forgot to
take the camera out and snap a couple of shots of my Aunt's place (where we
stayed in San Diego). Bummer because my cousin and his girlfriend were
there and I hadn't seen my cousin in several years. Oh well, the
excitement of vacation and distractions strikes again.
Day 2 - Saturday, March 17th: San
Diego, CA to Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja
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Shot coming into Bahia de Los Angeles.
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Another shot coming into Bahia de Los Angeles. We kayaked around several of these islands. Gorgeous!
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Day 3 - Sunday,
March 18th: Bahia de Los Angeles
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Looking out our hotel to the beach which was 20 yards away. Rough life.
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The restaurant (Guillermo's) adjacent to our hotel. Great margaritas ;-)
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Our hotel for 2 nights - sparse but clean and comfortable
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Craig looking way too serious...we fixed his wagon and quickly!
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Day 4 - Monday,
March 19th: Bahia de Los Angeles to San Ignacio
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Rice and Beans hotel (yes that is the name of it) in San Ignacio. Great dirt bike ride out of town to a fish camp on the pacific ocean.
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Rice and Beans restaurant. Guess what we ate, yep, eat here and get gas.
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Beautiful bouganvillea in front of restuarant.
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Day 5 - Tuesday,
March 20th: San Ignacio to Bahia Concepcion (Santispac)
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The port town of Santa Rosalia. You can catch the ferry here over to Guaymas (mainland Mexico).
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The town of Santa Rosalia.
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The town of Santa Rosalia.
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The town of Santa Rosalia.
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Santispac beach camping in Bahia Concepcion. Clear blue water and the best kayaing ever! Can't beat it for $7/night.
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Santispac beach. Dinner and breakfast were delivered fresh to our tent daily. Shrimp for dinner, empenadas for breakfast.
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Santispac beach - imagine waking to this every morning.
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The beastie van, aka toybox, which held fast and carried our worldly possessions from town to town.
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Craig being a bit "shady" at Santispac.
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Day 6 - Wednesday,
March 21st: Bahia Concepcion to Loreto to San Buenaventura
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Restaurant at San Buenaventura camping and RV area.
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San Buenaventura camping and RV area.
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HOT Showers, yeah right! At least it was a shower though ;-)
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Our trusty tent at San Buenaventura
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Out beachfront property view at San Buenaventura.
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San Buenaventura beach.
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More of San Buenaventura beach.
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Day 7 - Thursday,
March 22nd: San Buenaventura
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Shot of San Buenaventura bay area as we were leaving and heading up to Mulege. Just watch them prickly things ;-)
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Another shot of San Buenaventura bay area as we were leaving and heading up to Mulege.
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Day 8 - Friday,
March 23rd: San Buenaventura to Mulege
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Mulege accomodations - we stayed in room to the right off the main house. Craig on the patio daddy-o in front area.
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Mulege accomodations - main house. The owner of the house came and opened it up for us and let us use the livingroom to hang out. Very cool!
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Mulege accomodations - main house
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Day 9 - Saturday, March 24th: Mulege
Day 10 - Sunday, March 25th: Mulege to Guerrero Negro (Ojo
de Liebre)
Day 11 - Monday, March 26th: Guerrero Negro (Ojo de
Liebre) to Bahia de Los Angeles
Day 12 - Tuesday, March 27th: Bahia de Los Angeles
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Villa Bahia hotel in Bahia de Los Angeles. Amazing view from our balcony. We loved this place and you can see why!
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One of the 6 dogs (6 cats too) at Villa Bahia. I was in critter heaven. This was Sam the black lab on the owners balcony futon bed..zzzzzz.
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More from our balcony. We had full access to outside BBQ area - didn't use it but nice to have. Not really any tri-tip available, fish tacos, yes.
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Harley the lab and Carlos. Harley was the sweetest of the bunch. They nicknamed him the Lab-opotamus as he was way overweight, sadly.
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Harley and Craig - where are them fish tacos, senor! I haven't eaten in 30 minutes.
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Villa Bahia looking in from the beach.
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Palapa on beach at Villa Bahia - played lots of cribbage under that there palapa.
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Palapa on other side, adjacent to the other one.
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Day 13 - Wednesday, March 28th: Bahia de Los Angeles
Day 14 - Thursday, March 29th: Bahia de Los Angeles to
Ensenada
Day 15 - Friday, March 30th: Ensenada to Tecate Boarder
Crossing to Mercy Hot Springs
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Our cabin at Mercy Hot Springs near Patterson, CA. We stopped here for one night and soaked in the hot springs under the stars. Awesome!
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Mercy Hot Springs tub area.
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Tubs you soak in - turn the hot water on and jump in. Ahhhhh!
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Shot of the grounds at Mercy from our little cabin.
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Day 16 - Saturday, March 30th: Mercy Hot Springs to
Home
There's no place like home! Excellent trip, already
planning next year.
Epilogue -This was truly an
amazing adventure and I can't thank Erika and her family enough. Their
hospitality, generosity and opening of their hearts and home was
unforgettable!
Hope you all enjoyed the
travelogue and photos.
