Frank - 2-15-2007 at 10:12 PM
We are leaving for our annual summer trip down to Verdugos in the East Cape in June. I’m usually so excited about getting there that I rush down and
rush home. This means we leave early the first day {3am} and get to Loreto before dinner. Then up early to make Verdugos before lunch. The drive home,
is driven straight through, 1am until we get back to San Diego. Brutal, I know but we have been putting Rose {wife} through Cardiovascular Tech school
{Artery drain cleaning lol}, which she completed, and was hired at Scripps, yeah!! So we have a little more time and money for vacation this year.
What about everything in between San Diego and Los Barriles? Missed most of it. Well not this year, I’m going to try to take the advice I’ve read on
Nomads, go slower, see more and live longer.
What are your suggestions for overnight stops and must see places. No camping this year.
We can leave as early as June 16. My reservations @ Verdugos are June 19 through June 26. We fish the Adeliada June 21, 22, 23. The other days will
have some trips to Cabo Pulmo to Kayak, Todo Santos, etc . We are due home by June 28 or 29 at the latest.
Thanks for any suggestions, Frank
[Edited on 2-16-2007 by Frank]
Capt. George - 2-16-2007 at 04:57 PM
I may be living in La Paz...
remind me when you're on your way down, or before you head out...a nice stop there!
will have the Dusky there....
Capt George
Iflyfish - 2-16-2007 at 06:11 PM
Frank says
"I’m going to try to take the advice I’ve read on Nomads, go slower, see more and live longer."
Good for you. I was once stuck for three days in Santa Rosalia, the year they built the road. Vados flooded, road washed out, pot holes with Chinese
guys sticking their heads out and wondering where they were.
At any rate I was eating an Abalone Coctail out of a tulip glass, like they used to make sundays with at the old soda fountains, and I was agitated to
get back to work. I knew I was going to be at least a week late after taking the ferry back to the mainland. No way we were going to drive back over
that road!
So my buddy, who was getting irritated with me for being so hasstled about getting back, flops the old People's Guide To Mexico on the table and
commands "read the subtitle", which you may recall is "Where you are is where you are." I really took that one in. I have since discovered that there
are many Mexico's and that I am in charge of what I appreciate.
We have had a wonderful time winding our way down the Baja and now are headed back up north. We have been to so many wonderful places. Watched so many
wonderful sunsets, seen so many amazing birds, eaten so many amazing meals, met such incredible people.
Our time in Asuncion with Shari, Juan and Serena stand out as does our time in La Paz with Conitan. So many Baja's, so little time.
We even had a good time on the outskirts of Cabo? Go figure?
Not many specifics here, but you have been reading the nomads and their suggestions have been spot on in my experience.
Iflyfish
Iflyfish - 2-16-2007 at 06:24 PM
I like Cook's book on RVing in Baja. Good descriptions of places to stay.
For the Cultural aspects a Nomad recommended "There Is A Word For It In Mexico". I read it and it has been very useful indeed.
Iflyfish
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