Oh goodie goodie...I get to DO a trip report instead of read one!
Semana Santa is the only week Juan has off from fishing so we are forced to take our vacation then...along with everyone else...all us central pacific
side residents like to head over to warmer climates as it usually blows hard that week(this year it didnt!) So Asuncion and the other villages and
towns are pretty deserted.
Here is a video I made of our trip in case any of you want to go on a mini vacation with us...lets go!Enjoy the bumpy ride amigos....there's some
video of the road.
We took a couple days to get there as we had to fix the AC along the way. First night at Rice & Beans as our favorite hotels were all full.
R&B is pretty lame for the price..nuff said.
We went back to our sweet little secret spot near Pta.Aguja and as usual it was pristine and empty! We spent 5 days toodling around in our baby panga
and my surf kayak, swimming, snorkeling and exploring...and I finished 2 books!!! Ahhhh...just what I needed after the busy whale season.
We always go buy a goat or lamb from an old fellow we know and it lasts us the whole time...nothing like goat over a campfire with fresh cheese and
empenadas for desert...I love the fresh food there!
The road in was in pretty rough shape especially nearest Agua Verde village but there were still thousands of campers stretched out along all the
beaches...except ours! Things havent changed much there...the newer store has more stuff now...excellent cheese and even cold beer and some ice. Dona
Maria's original Conasupo is closed now...end of an era.
But many local folks have gotten jobs at Ensenada Blanca which we stopped into check out...wow...it's like a super fancy big mainland type resort.
They barely let us in...I wanted to check the prices and see if one could just spend a couple days there.
On the way home we stayed in Loreto at our old stand by cheap hotel which is fine Mar y Desierto or something like that so we could spend the
afternoon up at San Javier visiting an old friend of Juan's. Of course I stocked up on that fantastic candied yam and grapefruit they make there. We
gave Don Nikanor (who is over 80 and still working construction) a can of smoked bonita and he filled up a bag of bounty from his large garden.
There are come cute little rustic cabins you can stay in behind the little curios store for 400 pesos...their gardens are beautiful and it would be
lovely to wake up to all the birds chirping there!not to mention the yummy ranch breakfast.
Then the next night at El Morro in Sta.Rosalia which is always a great treat...the pool was wonderful and the restaurant is now open too.
Mission San Francisco Javier was the second California mission, founded in 1699 and moved after 10 years to where the beautiful stone church is today.
It was constructed from 1744 to 1758 and is the finest example of original Jesuit design still fully intact on the peninsula!
yessireee Bob! This little waterproof Sony does it all bro....I rarely even carry my Nikon with me anymore and didnt even use my gopro on this
trip...I highly recommend it for an all round great and portable camera. I especially love the slide down lens cover.
"If it were lush and rich, one could understand the pull, but it is fierce and hostile and sullen.
The stone mountains pile up to the sky and there is little fresh water. But we know we must go back
if we live, and we don't know why." - Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care." - Theodore Roosevelt
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cry over small hurts, but not you. Let others leave their future in someone else's hands, but not you." - Jim Rohn
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