DaGreen
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Day 1 Dec 21st heading south
Quick stop at the border for tourist cards.
Construction issues starting Santo Tomas Winery. Several off and on road/dirt slow and go.
San Quintin, back road from Desert Inn, repaving.
Stopped once for military. Top of hill before going into El Rosario.
El Rosario Pemex, hectic, everyone with Santa Hats. So glad I am this far.
Staying the night at Sinahi in El Rosario. (Caravan choice) I am rooming it with two dogs for $250. pesos. Friends are camping it for $150. pesos.
Margaritas and roasted chicken from San Quintin stop. All is well.
All is well. :-)
[Edited on 12-22-2013 by DaGreen]
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Mulegena
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Glad you are here for the holidays, DaGreen.
Enjoy your time here in the magical land.
Keep us posted.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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Whale-ista
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Is that the hotel on your left while heading south, past the curve, with the "RV camping lot" up on the top level parking area?
Or maybe thats the next hotel south...Turista?
We stopped at one of those last March, but I didn't know they allowed dogs in the rooms. My friends slept inside, I slept in my camper w/dog. I think
it was $250 pesos.
I may need a place that accepts dogs, so good Information for future travels.
Thank you.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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DaGreen
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Whoa, great margs. I had to edit the post.
Yes, Whale-ista, that is the place.
Thank you Mulegena.
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shari
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thanks for the report DaGreen...too bad the construction is slowing everyone down...oh well...it's good to slow down and smell the cactus sometimes
anyway! Have a wonderful sunny winter holiday in Baja!
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BajaBlanca
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There is sooooooo much construction going on......it really slowed us down coming north last week.
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David K
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Thanks for the report. Bob H has a photo from The Sinahi Motel/ RV Park about dogs... it is funny.. hope he adds it here!
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mulegemichael
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all that construction is why we're taking a right at chapala and heading for san felipe the back way.....NO construction! NO san quintin NO
ensenada!....i like it!
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Thanks for the report. Bob H has a photo from The Sinahi Motel/ RV Park about dogs... it is funny.. hope he adds it here! |
David, how in the world did you remember this?
Luke was not happy about this... lol
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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Bob, I may forget my own name someday, but great Baja memories, like your photo, are FOREVER!
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DaGreen
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HAHAHAH Bob H, I have the same picture of my chocolate lab.
Day 2, Sunday Dec 22nd
El Rosario to San Ignacio
Rough road to Catavina.
Military Checkpoint after the curvy stretch of road before Jesus Maria
San Ignacio
I treated myself to the Springs. Lovely hosts, Tery and Gary. Dogs loved the dip in the springs. I didn’t take full advantage of this place, a must
stop on the way home.
Friends stayed at Don Chon’s campground next door for $8 a night
Viscaino turnoff, lots of construction
Day 3, Monday Dec 23rd
San Ignacio to La Ventana
Lots of livestock on the road. Herds of goats and cows just before the pass to Santa Rosalia.
Military Checkpoint just before Loreto
South of Loreto, patches in the road, no major construction
Ciudad nothing major. One on and off the road at the bridge
Road from La Paz to La Ventana is the worst. Lots of potholes and rough road past the Yonkes till the Cohetes stand. Good road till the other side
of the hill, lots of potholes, DEEP ones.
Excellent trip down. Great caravan group. Thanks to all of you at Baja Nomads for the great advice.
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Bob H
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Looks like a nice trip. Any photos?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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