Driving the Baja

Time to head south:  the Giants won the World Series, the winter rains were falling, and the car was loaded with boat trinkets.  Four long days in the car for about 1,500 miles and not a single picture.  We stopped in San Diego, Catavina, and Loreto.


We crossed the border at Tecate and got the "green" customs light.  There was no line and no one even wanted to make eye contact with us.  We picked up our visas in Ensenada after a drive through the emerging Mexican wine country.  Along the Baja there were several military checkpoints but they mostly waved us through and once or twice asked where we were going.

Highway 1 in Mexico was 2 lanes the entire way;  narrow with no shoulder, hilly with twisty sections through the mountains but several long level sections.  Interior cactus forests gave way to green lush hillsides on the Baja side.  There was more rain this summer than in 45 previous years and the green was everywhere!  In a few places the road was washed out (post Hurricane Paul) but only for a few 100 yards at most.

We arrived in the early afternoon on Saturday -- just so glad to be here and not in the car for another minute.  Everything is in pretty good shape, at least whatever you can expect from a boat.  So our days are about putting things back together and scheduling the work on the rig.

We will be here through the end of December so plenty of time for mixing work, play, and going to the pool.