Bajagypsy - 2-9-2007 at 01:48 PM
As I sit her in the -31 (without windchill) and more snow than I can remember, I was thinking about my favorite thing to do when we are in Baja.
Top of my list:
1. RELAX
2. Sit in the sun on a beach with a good book, and a pacifico
3. Visit with Shari & Juan
4. Sit in the sun on a beach with a pacifico
5. Visit with Mick and Maria
6. Sit in the water on the Sea of Cortez side drinking!!
What are yours???
Acuity - 2-9-2007 at 04:00 PM
My 2c's worth:
1. Be glad we are not in the cold (we're now watching Calgary slip through another miserable day)
2. Watch the stars in the clear night air
3. Watch the warm glow of the afternoon sun illuminating the palms and the nearby hills
4. Listen to the wind in the palms
5. Enjoy a cold glass of wine after a day in the sun
6. Just be!
Mexitron - 2-9-2007 at 04:10 PM
1. Surfing
2. Exploring the SPM and Central Desert of Baja Norte
3. Cooking and partying with my friends in the evening after doing the above.
David K - 2-9-2007 at 05:05 PM
1. Exploring Baja trails and historic sites
2. Sharing with others and reading Baja Nomad
Skipjack Joe - 2-9-2007 at 05:23 PM
1. Hearing the silence of the desert.
2. Feeling the warmth of the water.
3. Marveling at the clarity of the sea.
DanO - 2-9-2007 at 06:06 PM
Maybe it should be what I spend the most time doing, since they must be my favorites, right?
1. Fixing whatever is currently broken, leaking, plugged, worn out, malfunctioning or just in need of periodic maintenance.
2. Cooking, eating and drinking. Not necessarily in that order, although it's sometimes hard to remember.
3. Doing dishes (I wish had enough money to just throw them out, like on Green Acres).
4. Cutting and splitting firewood and building and maintaining fires.
5. Hauling trash to the dump. The kids love it, especially when there's a dead cow or two.
6. Squeezing limes. What is the record for limes squeezed by one person in one day, I wonder?
Aside from all the zen satisfaction I get from the foregoing, I try to spend my copious spare time doing at least a few of these things:
1. Surfing.
2. Hiking.
3. Mountain biking.
4. Riding the dirt bike.
5. Reading.
6. Kicking back and surveying the horizon with a cold adult beverage (possibly with my eyes closed from time to time).
Natalie Ann - 2-9-2007 at 06:14 PM
1. Gaze at the sapphire blue green turquoise of the Sea of Cortes.
2. Having a sunburned nose and drinking green coco milk after my first day at the beach.
3. Siesta
[Edited on 2-10-2007 by Natalie Ann]
shari - 2-9-2007 at 06:17 PM
I love to boogie board in San Roque
fossil hunt
collect pithayas
talk metaphysics with the Mexican folk
listen to ghost stories of our area
sip cold tecate
share our paradise with wonderful people!
zforbes - 2-9-2007 at 06:33 PM
Get up before sunrise and walk the beach
Listen to music, recorded or live
Sing and dance when I feel like it
Sit in the garden, drink champagne and watch lizards
Doze off
Hike open space land (thanks to the preservationists)
Explore dumps and second-hand stores
Read Nomad stories
woody with a view - 2-9-2007 at 06:42 PM
enjoy the drive south
catch at least 2 waves of the day
blow minds in the camp kitchen (no talking during dinner is a sure sign of success)
make new friends
put a serious dent in the local supply of cerveza
while fishing catch at least one "big 'un"
cross my fingers and toes for at least one psychedelic sunset
Favorite things to do in Baja
Loretana - 2-9-2007 at 09:37 PM
1. Make bait just off Coronado, 5 am, July 5th, any year...
2. Head out in "La Bombera" with Jose Luis to find some nice big kelp paddies....somewhere out past Punta Lobos...
3. Play with a dozen beautiful, flashing, jumping Dorados till at least noon.....
4. Arrive home, fillet catch, prepare ceviche and take a cool shower while the ceviche marinates.
Que padre. :dudette:
Paula - 2-9-2007 at 10:01 PM
- go out in the mountains
- go out on the water
- talk with our neighbors
- hang laundry on the line
Dan-o, what do you do with so much lime juice?
Nena, I could look at that color for hours and hours!
My favorites.....
bajaguy - 2-10-2007 at 10:11 AM
Hang out with a hot babe (bajablonde - the wife)
Have a cold Pacifico
Walk along the beach with bajadog (Libbie, the Wonder Dog - Yellow lab)
Eat - almost anything
take naps
spend time with bajakid (granddaughter).........................
Life is (really) good!!!!!!
Ken Bondy - 2-10-2007 at 11:07 AM
pacificos, whales in Laguna San Ignacio, sharks at El Bajo, pacificos, jacks at Las Animas, mantas at El Bajo, La Paz waterfront, morning chill at
Meling Ranch, Loreto, pacificos, eels at El Bajo, mobulas jumping, reef at Hotel Punta Pescadero, landing to the north over the cabanas at San
Francisquito, pacificos, beach at San Francisquito, huge school of jurel at San Francisquito, pacificos, rock gardens near Catavina, beach at La Pinta
in San Quintin, kids racing hermit crabs at Pescadero, town square in San Ignacio, pacificos, campfire talk at San Francisquito, stars at San
Francisquito, pacificos, engine sounds on the old Baja Explorador, landing towards the hill at Meling, the drive between San Felipe and Gonzaga,
pacificos, the flea market in Rosarito, ceviche, jurel sashimi, pacificos, Palmilla in the old days, sunrise in Bahia de Los Angeles, swimming with
whale sharks in Bahia de Los Angeles, cave paintings, pacificos, pacificos, pacificos........
[Edited on 2-10-2007 by Ken Bondy]
Mulegena - 2-10-2007 at 09:34 PM
Me loves the tranquilidad of the Mulege river as it ebbs and flows: watch my fish-friend "George" jump at a low-flying insect; see an Osprey take a
birdbath in the shallows of a mangrove island as a white crane stands sentry-still.
Me loves to be scuba diving in the Sea of Cortez looking for my fish-friend "Chuck" the huge Cortez Angelfish who lives at about 30' depth off of
Playa Burro.
Von - 2-10-2007 at 09:52 PM
Being with my wife and my two girls in Baja and doing everything
everyone mentioned in this forum and living life to the fullest! Thanks guys!
For reminding me about all of it.......
Sallysouth - 2-11-2007 at 02:14 PM
Playing with my Grandchildren on some hidden beach, frolicking in the warm ,turquoise-blue water and snorkling! The early morning (before sunrise)
heading out on the SOC to hunt for fish, yellowtail sammies on another deserted beach with an afternoon Margi,some more fishing, more snorkling,
playing in the water with the babies,heading back to "camp" with a nice sunburn and cooking our catch of the day(more Margis).Who needs more than
that???
[Edited on 2-11-2007 by Sallysouth]
Cypress - 2-11-2007 at 02:40 PM
My mind isn't made-up yet, but warm breezes, the sound of waves, sea birds crying, a drag screaming, the smell of salt water are all part of the
picture.
Baja Bernie - 2-11-2007 at 02:41 PM
Meeting old friends and looking for ones I have yet to meet.
Watching the clouds skitter across the sky as the wind blows the crest of the waves over backward while I watch the surf erase my footprints as I walk
along a secluded beach.
Hope with all of my heart that I will always be able to find the 'silence' of Baja as I remember of so much that she has given me while asking so very
little in return.
[Edited on 2-11-2007 by Baja Bernie]
Me too likes Baja
Sharksbaja - 2-11-2007 at 02:51 PM
To bathe in the freedom of space and beauty and warmth
To leave no permanent scars, partake and contribute to Baja in a positive way
To be almost lost on a desolate road headed towards a desolate beach
To savor the fruits of the sea with local tortillas
To get me the hell away from this stinking keyboard and Fox news
Skipjack Joe - 2-12-2007 at 12:50 PM
1. Sitting on a bluff, watching the shadows creep down from the cliffs to the sea.
2. Feeling the cold wet sand between the big toe and the one next to it during the morning launch.
3. Feeling the walls of the camper grow warm while you drink your morning coffee with a bodillo(sp?).
4. Leaning over the side of the boat and looking down at the shafts of light descending into the kelp forest below.
5. The frigid sensation of a coke going down after hours of heat in the car.
6. The exhiliration as the water rushes up your ankles the first time you step into the pacific.
7. Listening to the thunder of the surf pounding the beach next to your camper during a siesta.
8. laying on your back at night on a lonely beach on the cortez and being overwhelmed by a millions stars streching from end to end.
9. Putting on your sweatshirt in the morning and smelling the fireside smoke on it from the night before.
10. Making bait in the morning predawn darkness by the light of the lantern, waiting for the sun to appear.
11. The anticipation of a strike as your boat approaches diving birds and working fish.
12. That wonderful relief of stepping into an air conditioned ATM booth after midday grocery shopping.
bajabass - 2-12-2007 at 01:43 PM
1. Sunrises on SOC 2. Sunsets from the backyard in La Mision 3. Fishing the kelps and boilers between Cantamar and Baja Mar 4. Calicos or ling cod on
the barbie, con mucho Cazadores! 5. Enjoying every minute of every day of my life south of the border.
Halboo - 2-12-2007 at 05:43 PM
Get up early for the sunrise
and either go fishing or
play in the water or walk the dogs if it's too windy. After a
morning of catching fish or waves have a balleņa then a
siesta in the hammock in the shade
while the ceviche
marinates.....
Then get up and eat, play some more, beachcomb, cook,
read ,explore
possibly more cervezas and maybe a couple shots of tequila
or caņa and maybe some scrabble or making whoopee 
More food and drink,
watch the stars for a while and then a nice nights sleep
with dreams of big fish and perfect waves.
Repeat as necesssary
BajaDanD - 2-12-2007 at 09:47 PM
On every trip to Baja along with going to our usual places we go somewhere we have never been before and do something we have never done before While
we are there.
Its all about the adventure
our plan is to not have a plan.
The farther we get from the USofA the less stress and worry we feel about the world and our hurried lives.
OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND