Blogs from San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico, North America

OK......so here we are on way to explore the Baja Peninsula. That is the "little finger" of land that goes south between the Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Cortez. We wanted to do this trip and possibly more of Mexico on our "year away" in 2010/2011. Back then it was strongly suggested to us that we not go south of the U.S border because of the drug trade issues. At that time we chose to believe that talk and ended up changing our trip plans. We are not regretful about that change but vowed then, that we would one day complete our trip and drive or motorcycle south of the U.S border. And here was our opportunity......but as "Murphys law" will have it.......we plan away and sure enough, something happens to make things just a ... read more

Left our Beach camp site early morning in the fog of the wild west coast to make our miles back to the east coast and the SUN!... read more

Many folks have not heard about San Felipe, it's a small town, about 30,000 residents, and is located two hours south of the California boarder. The road to San Felipe from the boarder has good signs, so it's hard to miss your way. Road condition is good, however, there are a couple of things to watch out for. - Sharp turn on highway 5 have caused many accidents, so be sure to pay attention to the signs. - Road vallies: There are 5 - 10 vallies in the road along highway 5. They are harm less as long ad you don't panic when you go through one. When the road depresses suddenly, don't start slamming on the breaks. - Road Construction: There's a 3 - 4 mile stretch of highway 5 where road construction is going ... read more

Blog Entry 2.1.2010 Peninsula Time Large recreational vehicles (RVs) are here in Baja, but they are really in southern Arizona, I mean REALLY, thousands of them! They are snowbirds, who mostly live in the northwest and Canada, and come to the sunny Sonoran Desert in the winter. The question is, why do some feisty RV snowbirds cross the border into Mexico to spend the cold months in Baja. It's safe to say that all are sun-seekers, however, the summer here is ungodly hot and only a few hardies stay. We have met some really nice people. If you live in Baja California (BC) Mexico you are most likely: self sufficient adventurous warm-blooded resourceful creative rugged like wide open spaces do NOT shop at the mall and enjoy drinking tequila! Where we are in San Felipe, actually ... read more

Yeehoo, January 7th was our first full day on the bikes - and a best day ever! Cool this morning, leaving Monterey, sort of like a good summer day in Yukon. Got our first view of ocean waves, with a kid walking barefoot in the surf, then saw the sign that all motorcyclists love, the twisty black line on an orange sign with “next 75 miles” after it. Really twisty, we went along the Big Sur coast, past Esalen, surf crashing against rocks, 20mph curves after curves after curves. We were driving in an ocean fog, enough visibility for driving but not for vistas beyond a half a kilometer. About a third of the way in, just after Alicia, the curves smoothed out a bit, allowing more smooth transition and steady speed one to the other, ... read more