LaPaz Feb 8-10, 2014

Made it to LaPaz. We plan to come back to LaPaz at the end of the month so this was just kind of a stop to recoup and restock before we go to the beach again. It's kind of funny because as we travel south we keep running into the same people over and over. Sometimes people we didn't really talk to before recognize us like we are old friends. Tomorrow we are going to a beach that our Yukon friends told us about...this will be a new experience. Oh...I did have a new experience here. They don't have dryers at this RV park...so I had to hang out our laundry to dry....I know I am 51 years old and have never hung out my laundry.. what is the world coming too.

Loreto Feb 5 -7, 2014

After the beach we moved on to Loreto. I love this town. There are about 15,000 people in Loreto. They have a great little town square with shops and restaurants. It is all very quaint. We stayed at the Riviera Del Mar RV Park which is right in town. We had the most interesting people camped right next to us. They were from the Yukon in Canada -- Dawson City where they film a couple of those gold mining shows on Discovery. This guy was actually Iraqi -- born in Baghdad, but had worked for the Forest Service in the Yukon for over 25 years. He and his wife were great we had the best time talking with them. A big part of the trip is the people you meet. Almost everyone is great and has an interesting story to tell. Tomorrow we have a long day as we travel to LaPaz.

San Ignacio and Playa Santispac Feb 1 -4, 2014

Okay...I really am planning to post pictures...but the internet where we have been has been very weak. So, when we got some place with a stronger signal I will post pictures. Now we have traveled to San Ignacio -- a great little town in the middle of an oasis. Lots of date palm trees...really I did not know that dates came from palm trees. Every day is a learning experience. We stayed at an RV Park/Hotel called Rice & Beans that we stayed at last year. Truly and I am not lying...really I mean it... they have the absolute best margaritas that I have ever had. I am so sad that most of you will never get to experience this :( . I did limit myself to only 2 because from my personal experience 4 makes you feel really bad. I don't know what happens with 3 -- but after my experience with 4 I am never going to find out. Next day we traveled to Playa Santispac and beached it for 3 lovely days. Just soaking in the sun. We did buy shrimp, lobster and fresh cooked tamales on the beach....yum. We also watched a sad display of a Super Bowl game at the bar on the beach. We ran into Bruce and Marion, friends that we met last year and watched the game with them. After 3 days I was ready to move on. There are people that stay there for 5 months.....that's not for me.

San Quintin - Bahia de Los Angeles Jan 28 - 31, 2014

So...we obviously made it safely across the border.  We are in a bigger hurry to get south this year..no need to dilly dally.  The first night we drove to San Quintin.  Last year when we were with a bgroup we stayed on the beach, but this year since we were by ourselves we decided to stop at an RV park called Los Olivios.  This park is in an olive grove and it is very small.  They really only have room for 6 RV's with hook ups. 


We made a decision the night before that we were going to meet our friends, Dan and Lisa that do the caravan Baja Amigos in Bahia de Los Angeles.  We had originally told them we would see them toward the end of the month in Cabo.  So, they were really surprised when they saw that we were there before them.  We met the people on their caravan and had a great time!

Onward to the Baja once again January 24th - 28th, 2014

We are going back to the Baja again (actually we already here, but let me catch you up).  Mike, Charlie, Rosie and myself packed up on January 24th and headed in a Southwesterly direction.  Our first stop along the journey was a little side trip to Liberal, Kansas to meet our new freshly arrived to the world friend Mallory King, daughter of our friends Ashley and Andy King.  It was fun to make that stop.


Afterwards we headed on down the road to Tucumcari, New Mexico and stayed at the Cactus RV Park..... which I will say was just okay.  Although the next morning we had a great breakfast at the Route 66 Café (I do like to talk a lot about the food we eat along the way).  Then we went west to Deming, New Mexico and to tell you the truth it was so unspectacular (the RV Park that is) that I can not even remember anything about it..... how sad.


Once we left Deming the next day we made it to Yuma, AZ.  Let me tell you, Yuma is the RV Park capital of the world (or so it seemed).  And especially RV Parks for 55+....it was a good thing I had Mike with me.  We did end up staying in an "Age restricted park" called the Westwind RV and Golf Resort.  The only really good thing about it was that I felt really young!  The following day we made it to Potero County Park in California.  We got all set up and then we went to Tecate (which is a Mexican/US border town) to get our Visa and Passport stamped so that when we crossed the border on Tuesday, January 28th we could just drive on in.


Well, the last time we crossed there they did not stop us, but this time they did.  They went in the camper and then they asked Mike if we had any alcohol or arms.  He told them we had some beer and no arms.  I told him he should have said he had two arms and then held up his arms one and two.... somehow that probably was not a good idea.