Blogs from Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

We woke up to a clear beautiful sunny morning in San Luis Gonzaga. I think I was supposed to use the outhouse across the road from my palapa, but it was really stinky and awful, so I used the next palapa's outhouse! Not much better, but......when ya gotta go, ya gotta GO!! So.....a little Baja geography........there is really only one major highway down the Baja..... Highway #1. However, on the top of the Baja there are 3 major highways that take you to different places depending on where you enter the country. We entered Mexico through Mexicali, so we were on Highway #5 to San Felipe. Highway 5 ends just after San Luis Gonzaga (where we woke up this day) and although the highway is "built" further south to intersect with Highway 1 at Chapala, there ... read more

Left Santa Rosalia south on hwy 1, passing through Merrera de Bahia a small town back to the ocean side, where suddenly we are now in the tropics. A beautiful warm blue ocean. All was perfect until on the beach our dual driver side wheels dropped into a 6 foot hole (An old septic tank) Thank goodness lots of Canadians, there was not even phone service.... read more

Sorry n advance if my typing is bad, this keyboard is quite sticky. So we are in Constitución now, not Loreto. Its a town inland a little south on the 1 freeway. After the day in Mulegé we decided to mov on South because the wind wasnt picking up. We drove down to Loreto, taking pictures the whole way. When we arrivd in Loreto, we found a hotel with a room right across from the oldest Mission on Baja (way cool!). We went to Christmas mass at 11am, then took a while to walk around and eat lunch. We spent the afternoon reading and then went to dinner and bed. The next morning we headed onward (Loreto didnt hold much excitment for us) and passed through constitución to Punta San Carlos. There were some pretty amazing ... read more

We woke up to a fight outside! Yes, two sea gulls were loudly arguing over what is still unknown. A stone would have made a massive difference (I do like animals, I swear) to balance the power. Now that we were awake, we slowly put our clothes on and went into Mulege for breakfast. We drove to Patty's place, also known as Rice & Beans. She was great! The restaurant had 4 tables that were in a living room and the kitchen was the same as you would find in any home. This was really a home cooked meal. The coffee was top quality and the juice was freshly squeezed. I had an Avocado and Cheese omelet and Cris had the Chilaquiles. The food came with potatoes, frijoles and tortillas. After gorging ourselves with all this ... read more

The pelicans seem to own the harbor. Hundreds of them. It's a wildlife moment, they circle close then dive straight in, wing folded back, egrets and comorants all around. Really close. In fact the commorants and the pelicans are pretty much adapted to folks walking right next to where they roost. The boat owners must spend a lot of time grinding their teeth over the pelicans, their boats look like guano collection boxes. The one nice boat that came into the harbor while I was there was immediately put on a trailer and hauled away. Out past the harbor flocks of boobies gather and do their aerial dives. Many of the moored boats looked like fishing boats. Alaskan license plates, Oregon, Texas, California. Motor homes galore from north of the border. It´s a bit of a ... read more