WHIRLWIND BAHIA ASUNCIÓN, Memorial Day weekend.

The weekend started by leaving central Orange County on Thursday morning.

This time my baby sister came along because she hadn't seen any of Baja below Ensenada, and therefore we took our time heading to Bahia Asunción to look at properties that were for sale. Kevin's place sold the day before we arrived. We also looked in San Rafael, Punta Prieta, San Hipolito, La Bocana, and Punta Abreojos. Absolutely gorgeous coastline. And in Punta Abreojos, next to the lighthouse sat a green house (not for sale) that had the million Dollar view...just breathtaking!
Bahia Asunción was the only place that had a "homey warm and fuzzy feel".
(Probably because of Shari).

Shari treated us to her special recipe of abalone burgers and baked local fish for dinners, and a scrumptious memorable breakfasts. Plus I feel I contributed somewhat by picking up 5 dozen oysters from the local co-op at La Bocana for 35 pesos per dozen.

We did not purchase any property on this trip because of my immediate and sudden health concerns (heart), and thanks to the meds I was taking i handled the drive in good shape. I even managed (according to my GPS) to average 61 MPH between Bahia Asunción and Punta Abreojos, thanks to a major upgrade in suspension on the Toyota FJ.

The return trip to the OC went a little slow (although we managed to make it to Ensenada in 7 hours), an hour to Tecate, then a 2-1/2 hour wait at the border. I've got to do the SENTRI thing! Tecate is getting to be such a crapshoot in the crossing.


The million dollar view house in Punta Abreojos


This is the tractor they use to pull the pangas (thanks to the co-op)


Co-op in La Bocana cans all their sea food products


Shari invited us to their beach house for a fish party, and Sirenita's adorable son Isaac, made friends with my singing parrot.


Along the way south we met up with the now-famous 100 days Baja walkers



In Asunción, we dropped off a wheel chair, canes crutches, walkers, etc. which were graciously accepted by the town's mayor


My baby sister, Rhea, was amazed by the shell-hunting in San Hipolito



On edit, I forgot to mention that there was a huge bunch of new graffiti in the Valley of the boulders near Cataviña. These idiots really made a huge mess...just about every rock they spray their paint on, was painted on, even on the ones that had been already painted for years! These Baja locals (even from Bahia Asunción) have no conscience. Their names, along with where they were from, (that's how I knew they were from BA) was scribbled on they rocks

[Edited on 5-30-2012 by Udo]

I was taught in grade 4 to walk facing oncoming traffic....another road hazard in Baja????

motoged, Right! Unless you're hitch-hiking?

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Originally posted by Cypress motoged, Right! Unless you're hitch-hiking?

Yep.... the "bad kid" in the class pointed that out to the teacher....she didn't know what to say, other than to present some moralistic view of hitchhiking...

Udo, yes - what a bummer that we missed you ..... Les was up a the other house (one minute headed north of us) with the little geo tracker we use day to day and I was upstairs with the phone turned off and really sick

next time for sure - you areinvited to lunch and again, the pens and pads were absolutely fantastic donations.

Our local co-op store always has cans of abalone and YT and oysters

If you have any questions about cardio-versions, head right back south and talk to Les. We spent a year dealing with his irregular heartbeat and now, thank God, he has been fine for a couple years. We dealt with the issue in Poland, in England and finally back in San Diego where it got FIXED !