This is a typical trip to town - first stop the water store - we fill our bottles with purified water.
Mulege street corner.
Eating again! Yesterday we took a trip to Loreto, it is 107 km south of the beach. We did some sightseeing, checked out the possibility of a whale watch tour (not looking good for that this year) and of course shopping and Lunch!
Here is a shot of Steve sailing his Sunflower Snark - good competition for John. Sailing is for the windy days and the kayaking is for the calm days.
the journey ..............
The destination.......
and
Here is a new friend of John - I wish he would stop finding these new friends!
Mr. Stickbug -yup it looks just like a stick, until it moves!
Monday, February 8, 2010
This is the view we were rewarded with after a long hike up the zig zag trail (local name). A group of eight from our beach make the trek.
There is always something interesting happening - one morning a local truck had a little mishap at the top of the driveway to the beach - he spent all day loading the box with sand and wouldn't empty it out! That made the recovery a bit of a challenge. Lots of instructions and a few helpers and he was finally out of the way and back on the road.........now the campers can get out again!
Saturday, February 6, 2010
This is the Art show at Bertha's restaurant - it was a great fund raiser for the youth scholarships.
Evening of Jan 21 after a huge south wind we had rain. It was misty foggy for a couple of days. Gerry and Bernadette caught two huge red snappers (11 and 13 pounds) and we all had a fish potluck. Snapper cooked many different ways (mucho deliciosa). We all went to the Hotel Serinidad pig roast on the 26th and of course John had way too many margaritas (tough morning the 27th).
Debbie has been busy building her rock and cactus garden and John roaming the desert gathering cactus, rocks and skulls for her. We’ve had some good sailing, hiking and kayaking. John’s been fishing a few times (no fish big enough to keep yet) and the new Yamaha outboard is working well. Much bigger range now that the inflatable will plane. It’s a bit hectic at 20 plus knots in a seven foot dinghy with a soft bottom. Luckily it was cloudy on ground hog day and it rained all that night and the next day. Had to put the awning out. The last few days it has been sunny, calm and quite warm (mid twenties). We did a back road trip with four vehicles to Punta Chivato to find exotic shells and then had lunch at the incredible Hotel Posada de los Flores complete with a tour of the premises (awesome place www.posadadelosflores.com ). Deb will finish this post with photos and titles. Hasta luego, Juan.
The view of our beach - John was on one of his long hikes to the top of a mountain.
Deb on a group hike to a beach to the north of us - good shell collecting here.
The big breakfast reward after the hike! of course it's at Bertha's.
The full moon - yes this is the real thing!
Sorting Shells -I always gather too many!
Look at all these tourists getting a grand tour of the Hotel at Punta Chivato! What a beautiful place!
This is lunch at the Hotel after our very bumpy...long....dirty...dusty road trip - worth every minute to see the beaches and this hotel. Arnie quoted us "bad roads - good people" good roads - bad people" yes, I think it's true.
Our last stop, Jan11, before the beach was Rice & Beans RV at San Ignatio. We are set up beside Steve and Nan where we found a hot spot. We arrived at el Coyote Jan12 to blue skies and 25 degrees. There are lots of rigs here this year and because of hurricane Jimena there are few palapas so we are glad we brought our tent this trip. We are set up just a few feet above the high tide line and I have installed the new solar heated shower. Deb’s been in the water but it’s too cold for me (21 degrees). Air temperature are hovering around 27 degrees. The last two days it almost hit 30, 29.3 and 29.7. I’ve been out in the inflatable with the new motor and it’s great. Planes at half throttle. The sailing dinghy was rigged yesterday. We had huge gale force wind (35 knots) a couple of days ago, blew both the shower stall and tent over in the middle of the night. The tent was even loaded with all our gear including the 30 pound bocci balls and a bucket of sand. Shook the bejesus out of the trailer. In town today for supplies, internet and especially margarita stuff.
Hot spot on the way down
Last stop on the way down at San Ignatio
Finally on the beach at Coyote Bay
The first Preying Mantis I've ever seen
Working on the solar water heater
Opening night at "Boney's" with Steve and Nan and you guessed it "MARGARITAS"
Here we are camped at the Rice & Beans RV park in San Ignacio. A beautiful oasis in the desert - the palms are date palms, of course we have been snacking on fresh dates this afternoon. Notice the blue sky! Next stop...... playa el Coyote.........home finally.
Jan. 8 we're at Potrero CA rendezvousing with sailing friends Steve and Nan discussing strategy.
Jan.9 we've crossed into Mexico at Tecate and after a long drive are camped at the sand dunes on the Pacific at el Pabellon near San Quintin.
And today Jan. 10 we are at Guerro Negro where it is 27.5 degrees. Yeah!!! Suntaning and margaritas
I need another por favor.
And off course dinner at Malarrimo's
Tomorrow, lunes it's off for San Ignatio and mardes should see us on the beach at our destination Coyote Beach on Bahia de Conception in the Sea of Cortez. This last photo is last year on the beach.
We made it to a rest stop on I 5 just out of Vancouver WA the night of the Jan 3. We discovered a water system fault and went to Camping World in Portland the next morning. Huge rain and wind. Semi solved the water problem (Manana). Blew a trailer tire that night flying down I5 mid Oregon. Cool Highway Patrol showed up and helped us change it. New tire plus and extra wheel and tire in Medford Oregon. Camped on the Rogue River late. Day three a rest stop on I5 in central California. Day five Palm Springs and to day Jan 7 we are in El Centro, Southern California, near the Mexican border. We have stocked the cellar with thirty litres of wine, the freezer with steaks and other various meats and any other staples we deemed necessary. I crawled under the trailer at the RV Resort we are at and removed the liner for the water tank and low and behold found a kink in the water line between the tank and the pump. All is fixed and tomorrow we will move to Potrero CA. (three miles from the border at Tecate). We plan to zip in to Tecate, walk across the border and get our visas and paperwork done, then Saturday it's Coyote Beach or bust.
Leaving the inner harbour.
You can tell Debbie's excited!!
At the Salton Sea in southern California 17 metres below sea level.
