2/13 – 2/17 Day 10 - 14 Loreto -> Cabo San Lucas

Monday: Ciudad Constitucion: We left Loreto, driving south along the sea of Cortez and then the highway taking us west over a mountain range and into the inland of the Baja. After a gas & grocery stop, we arrived at our next camp in the city of Ciudad Constitucion. The family running the camp were friends of the wagonmasters and a happy hour time had been arranged for the group. Their son, 11, had a dune buggy car that he offered wild rides on to those brave enough to go. I learned and played a domino based game of Mexican Train with some of the other caravan folks.

Tuesday, Valentine’s Day: La Paz: We continued south to the major city of La Paz. After a stop at the local Wal-Mart, we drove through town, passing down the Malecon, the beautiful beach drive, where preparations for the upcoming Carnaval were in process. We drove on through the port area and further south along the coast to our next camp, the beach of Tecolote.

After we all found a parking spot somewhere along the beach (and getting Bill dug out from getting stuck in the sand) we settled in. Pat & I took a long walk looking for sea shells and found a number of nice small ones. We then went out to one of the local restaurants for a Valentine’s dinner.

Wednesday: Several of the group made arrangements to take a panga over to the next island for a boat ride, sight-seeing and snorkeling. They reported later of being able to swim with some sea lions and having some dolphins follow the boat for a while.

Pat & I elected to just have an easy day of it and visited, read, and watch the waves.

We joined several others for lunch. Two of the ladies ordered a bowl of seafood soup and it was humorous watching their reactions to some of the things they found in their bowl as they ate.

The group had a pot luck dinner, visited and called it a day.

Thursday: We drove south on Highway 1, leaving the west coast and going up into the central mountains. We stopped at Triumpho, a town once a thriving mining city, then mostly a ghost town when the mines closed, and now a little hamlet. We visited the local church, walked about some of the ruins from the mining company, and stopped at an artsesan’s shop and a piano museum where a local concertist played several classical pieces on a grand piano for us.

We camped for the night at Rancho Verde, a pleasant camp located in the mountains that was well covered with small trees and cactus. I was hoping for internet access but could barely get a couple of emails to come through.

Friday: Cabo San Lucas: Drove on down to Cabo San Lucas. We have arrived at the southern tip of the Baja! Another grocery run and then checked into the Vagabundos Del Mar RV camp. Dan drove us around town to the wine shop, glass blowers shop, and to the main pier area.

Our group crossing the Tropic of Cancer

We have internet again so caught up on emails and talked with Nathan. We finished the day with dinner at the camps restaurant..good American style food!