David K - 8-1-2007 at 09:57 PM
This is continued from Part 2 at http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=25998
Tuesday afternoon we headed down Hwy. 1 and soon came to the El Tomatal Army Checkpoint... Just a wave through southbound, coming north we got to
watch the boys do a tapping inspection, listeng to all the truck's hollow areas... in case they were not hollow!
Next, we came to Villa Jesus Maria to fill up and get some tamales from Carmelita!
Down the road to the Eagle Monument on the state border where we parked in front of the Desert Inn (formerly Las Pintas, formerly El Presidente)
Hotel.
Here's Baja Angel at Paralelo 28...
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David K - 8-1-2007 at 09:58 PM
Here's The Square Circle on the Border Line...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 09:59 PM
The Desert Inn...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:01 PM
Inside was this display...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:05 PM
The hotel was empty... no clients...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:18 PM
South of the Eagle Monument is the officials station where 20 pesos is collected for the undercar bug spray (Roy claimed it was water) and another
official walked up to my window, asked if we were American and asked to see our tourist cards. He looked at mine and didn't want to look at
Elizabeth's... as I was pulling it out of her passport.
The road forks 2 miles south, and we go left for Vizcaino... We will check out Guerrero Negro (the right fork) on our way north.
The next section of highway is long and straight and PATROLLED by the federal highway patrol!!! We saw them going south and again heading north, days
later... Both times writing tickets or chatting with drivers!
At Vizcaino we take the paved road right (Asuncion, Tortugas)...
Here the highway crosses an arm of Scammon's Lagoon (Ojo de Liebre)...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:21 PM
Up ahead new pavement into Asuncion is being laid by road building crews, but nobody can move this sand dune it seems?
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:24 PM
Here's the signed junction... The new pavement on the Asuncion leg is blocked, so we drive next to it for several miles...
Vizcaino (Hwy. 1) to The Asuncion/ Tortugas split is 46.6 miles.
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David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:25 PM
Fresh asphalt heading to Bahia Asuncion...
From the Tortugas road to the end of new blacktop was 8 miles.
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David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:27 PM
Paved entrance boulevard at Bahia Asuncion after 19 fast dirt miles from the end of the new pavement...
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David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:37 PM
Asuncion would make Homer Simpson happy... a MODELO-RAMA!!! Woo HOO!!!
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:42 PM
At a wye in the road is this stylized fisherman statue... To the left will lead out to Shari's and Juan's B&B. The right branch will take you
there too...
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David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:45 PM
We arrived...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:47 PM
In case of pirates!
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:49 PM
Shari and Elizabeth... In the distance we heard sea lions on Asuncion Island...
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:52 PM
The beach home that Shari rents... a nice 2 bedroom place in town, by the beach.
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:55 PM
The view from the beach house... Bahia Asuncion
David K - 8-1-2007 at 10:57 PM
Rockwork by Juan in the beach house... nice!
David K - 8-1-2007 at 11:53 PM
In the next part (#4), will be photos of San Roque, a nice fish catch and more at Shari's B&B... then we head along the coast to Punta Abreojos...
Stay tuned!
shari - 8-2-2007 at 09:34 AM
Hey,nice place, except for the Modelorama...we were all pretty sad to see it appear as the rumor was it would be a nice restaurant...boo hoo...the
thing is, this place sells beer for a bit cheaper than the ma and pa outfits in town which has seriously affected their little businesses. Plus it
looks and IS a chain store...yuck...but they do have an awesome selection of suds if ya like Pacifico beer.
Bob H - 8-2-2007 at 10:20 AM
Wow, these photos are fantastic. I hope my cabover camper can make it in and all around this area in October! And, then we want to take it down to
Campo Rene.
Bob H
David K - 8-2-2007 at 10:25 AM
Thanks Bob... Part 4 (with photos of Campo Rene) is now posted: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=26032
Bajalover - 8-2-2007 at 04:57 PM
Great trip report and photos 
. Like the sand dune on the road and Shari's
B&B. Will have to check it out next time in Baja (Sept maybe??????).
David K - 8-2-2007 at 07:04 PM
Sept. should be a great month for the Pacific coast!