docsmom - 11-24-2008 at 09:38 AM
I know this isn't Baja related but I tried posting in Off Topic and got no response.
I'm living in Tucson, AZ now and Baja is too far away for an overnight. I need to get away and put my tootsies in the sand!
Anybody know a nice small motel in town in Rocky Point?
Russ - 11-24-2008 at 11:08 AM
I searched Google. try this. http://www.puerto-penasco.com/
docsmom - 11-24-2008 at 11:20 AM
Thanks Russ.
try the Senorial
capt. mike - 11-24-2008 at 11:54 AM
close to the action. about $55 a nite.
here's a shot from the air of the RP fly in 2 weekends past.
oops too big, try again...
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Ramon-Tj - 11-24-2008 at 12:07 PM
I always stay at this hotel Love Rocky Point http://hotelbaja.net/
docsmom - 11-26-2008 at 07:34 PM
Thanks so much Capt. Mike & Ramon. We're headed down Dec 5th and I'll give you an update when we return. We're looking forward to our first
overnight in Rocky Point!
Udo - 11-26-2008 at 08:12 PM
If you really wish to put your toosies in the sand, try the Playa Bonita hotel. It's right on the sand, and at high tide, the restaurant is about 75
feet from the warm ocean water.
http://playabonitaresort.com/
Last time there, they were fairly inexpensive to stay and eat, but the drawback is that they are about 2 miles from the malecon, and you'd have to
drive there. When you are there, be sure to eat at the Faro restaurant...best chiles rellenos and flan in all of Mexico.
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capt. mike - 11-27-2008 at 08:40 AM
yeah, the Bonita is a great place too. wonderful sunday brunch w/ champagne , killer Bloodys.
i will post a few pics of the beach where we used to camp in the 70s. now it looks like Miami!
the beach now.
capt. mike - 11-27-2008 at 08:42 AM
ahhh.....progress!
who likes golf??
capt. mike - 11-27-2008 at 08:44 AM
not me.
round with cart about $20 if you have a condo.
used to be a sleepy fishing village
capt. mike - 11-27-2008 at 08:46 AM
now there are great go-go bars!!
well they call them dance clubs....the girlz dance on your lap.
someone told me that i meant.
[Edited on 11-27-2008 by capt. mike]
Bajafun777 - 11-27-2008 at 06:34 PM
Just went down to the "Rock" on a motorcycle rally and stayed at Penasco Del Sol if you have AARP or AAA it costs $89 dollars night and will compare
to any Hyatt on the Beach in San Diego area. Great staff and clean rooms with great views of the ocean and very clean beach. Just across the street
is a place called "Max's" and the food is great. Reminds me of the way a few cafe/bar/coffee shops used to be along Mission Beach once upon a time.
Now, are you ready for this----it is owned by an American and he let's you call home for 5 minutes to tell everyone you made it for "free," yep I said
free. He also let's you use a computer to check your emails for no more than 10 minutes or just 5 minutes if others are waiting for "free," yep I
said it again "free." He has some great stories and you right at home as soon as you strike up a conversation with him. Great hamburgers, pizza,
steaks, chicken, etc. and breakfast you do not want to miss remember I told you so. They also have a Christian man that rents a vacation package down
their and loans you one of his three golf carts to go down to the beach or downtown it is your call no charge for this and he has a computer for you
to use also. He has a five bedroom to rent for $140 a night and each room has it's own bathroom. Main room has a 52 inch T.V. and a nice patio, BBQ,
Bar area out your back door of this 5 bedroom rental that goes with it. You park you vehicle or vechicle inside the complex. I will try to post some
photos of it here if I can get the hang of it. I sent Ken some photos but some were these photos had 6 of Ken's ex-girlfriends being naughty for the
camera and I can not post those here. Ken, does all of you ex-girlfriends behave badly when they get around swimming pools (Bike Rally is like New
Orleans FunTime for 2 strong party days first week of November)??? The road was all good except for a small section where they are trying to widen
it but most of the setting at 65 with no problems and police do not hazzel the tourists. A lot of "Zonies" down there and you will feel right at
home. Take care and if you U2U me with your email I will get the photos out to you except for Ken's personal set of photos.
Later------------------------------------ bajafun777
capt. mike - 11-28-2008 at 08:06 AM
777 - great info, will you send me the contact for that rental?? i can get him some biz!
also i'd like to see pics too.
n7369p at qwest dot net
thx!! i would have loved to do RP on the bike when i had mine, i have access to a friends road machine maybe next year. they had it weekend before the
RP fly in, next year the fly in will be a hoot too.
RP is an hour away from PHX by air. with avgas the way it is these days it is starting to make a lot of economic sense over baja, sad to say but true.
Udo - 11-28-2008 at 09:07 AM
Buenos dias, Capt Mike...
Very nice photos of the updated Puerto Penasco. Last time we were there was three years ago, and used to go twice a year until all the development
started to happen. My sleepy little fishing/oyster village got turned into a Puerto Vallarta!
capt. mike - 11-28-2008 at 09:14 AM
can't blame you there Udo.
we quit doing RP around 1980 when i discovered baja and by the time i was flying with medicos regularly starting 1985 it became baja exclusively.
RP went crazy thx to a certain Tucson based developer who is behind most of the beach development.
well i love mexico and with RP so close it may become my new quickie get a way by air, saving a lot of dinero in the process.
2-tie-dye-4 - 11-28-2008 at 10:39 AM
There's a beautiful beach about a half hour out of town in Rocky Point. Playa Encanto. It's near the estuairy. Wonderful casitas,
OceanVacationCenter.com
2-tie-dye-4 - 11-28-2008 at 10:40 AM
P.S. Don't slow down in the sand!
Bajafun777 - 11-28-2008 at 10:52 PM
Asked Captain Mike to post some photos I sent him here on "The Rock" and a great motorcycle rally. He can not post Ken's ex-girlfriends pictures as
Ken wants to keep them to himself
. The weather was really great the first week
of November at about 83 in day and 62 at night. Still used the jaccuzzi each night and a nice nightcap nearby while enjoying the warm water. I had
not been here since early 1981 when the train was running from Mexicali to Puerto Penasco. The San Diego Museum Society use to also go down on this
train, we had 3 twentyfive gallon water coolers filled with a special tropical drink mix and got the whole group roaring drunk it was hilarious.
Later---------------- bajafun777
capt. mike - 11-29-2008 at 08:26 AM
ok BF777, but the girlfreind's of Ken's are THE BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!! thx......
i need to do some resizing and i'll put a few up.
one
capt. mike - 11-29-2008 at 08:34 AM
two
capt. mike - 11-29-2008 at 08:37 AM
three
capt. mike - 11-29-2008 at 08:38 AM
four!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fore???
capt. mike - 11-29-2008 at 08:40 AM
Bajafun777 - 11-29-2008 at 10:44 AM
Captain, I appreciate the posting of the pictures and I am trying to get the posting down so I can do some on my own in the future. Hope all of the
hotel pictures from Penasco Del Sol and the motorcycles came out as close to begining as good as Ken's ex-girlsfriends' picture. Take care amigo and we shall hook up with a few cold ones and some bajafun in the
future I am sure. Later, bajafun777
capt. mike - 11-29-2008 at 12:27 PM
yes, do post the bike pics or keep sending them to me.
i did the 2002 feb SD harley mardi gras run to ensenada - what a time! 1000 bikes at least, we were in the town's parade.
rented a dresser on my HOG fly n ride membership and parked the plane across the street at Montgomery field.