2/18 - 2/22 Day 15 - 19 Cabo San Lucas -> La Paz

Saturday: Cabo San Lucas: Dan took us on a group outing, stopping first at the Artesan’s Shop where they sold a wide variety of Mexican Crafts. Next stops were viewpoints: Playa Santa Maria, a roadside viewpoint, and one from the patio of the restaurant Sunset de Mona Lisa. We made a stop (unsuccessful) at the RV supply store in San Jose del Cabo, and then spent some time in the art district of the city perusing shops. We completed the day with a group dinner at the RV camp restaurant.

Sunday: Cabo San Lucas Some of the group went swimming at snorkeling at Playa Santa Maria for the morning. The water was too cold for Pat & I so we made an easy morning of it in camp. Lunch was to be at the restaurant Latitude 22 Roadhouse, but when we drove over there we found it unexpectantly closed, so we settle for lunch in the camp restaurant, which has always been good.

We took a group outing to the public beach Playa Medano where we hung out for a group happy hour watching all of the beach activity and the beautiful vistas before us.

Monday: Pescadero: We have completed our southern journey and now we begin our trip back. We drove north on Highway 19. There was a lot of construction on this road as it is being upgraded to a 4 lane highway in preparation for the upcoming G20 summit. We stopped at the “Blanket Factory” actually a shop for woven goods run from a large roadside stand and adjacent home. The mother and son owners knew we were coming and had baked us some sweet rolls in their outside bake oven.

We drove on into the camp in Pescadero. This required a long drive on a rough dirt road. The RV camp is a work in process but a pleasant place with several palm trees and flowers. The beach was a 2 block walk. It is a long open beach that has surf and is used by surfboarders, but there are no shells or shade.

Tuesday: La Paz: We drove north again, stopping in the town of Todos Santos. We took some time to wander about a bit seeing the church, a hotel built of stone by a U.S. geologist, viewing saint statues along the street, shopping and then finishing the time with a fish taco lunch from a roadside stand.

After a further drive north and stops for gas and groceries, we park our RVs at the La Paz RV Park Maranatha. We took a group side trip down into town to watch the Carnival parade. There was a local custom that colored eggs were sold. These had been emptied of the egg and refilled with confetti. The kids would throw them at the floats and they would explode into a cloud of confetti upon impact.

Pat and I stopped at another roadside stand for dinner, a hotdog and a hamburger this time.

Wednesday: La Paz: We drove back into La Paz for the day, arriving first at the Pottery Factory, a place where highly decorated pottery is made and sold. We drove up a steep hill for a city, or at least the city cemetery, overlook. 

Next we drove downtown with some getting out to see the market and others, ourselves included, choosing to see the Museum of Anthropology. We drove back briefly to camp and then went out to a group dinner at the Los Magueyes restaurant. Our group has now been joined by “Indy” of Latvian descent who is joining the caravan to travel back towards his home in Tijuana.

Getting a shoe shine in the city park