February 2, 2024
Playa La Fortuna, BCS, Mexico
The area from La Paz south to “Los Cabos” is generally refered to as Baja’s “East Cape.” Much of it is moderately remote, with sandy beaches, warm winter temps and mild breezes. What’s not to like?
Category Archives: Camping
Puerto Agua Verde
January 14, 2024
Agua Verde, BCS, Mexico
While eating out with friends in Loreto, Mark mentioned that he and his wife were headed to the remote beach at Puerto Ague Verde. This would involve 20-25 miles of rough dirt road, but they were going for it, intending to air down their tires for a smoother drive. All three of our rigs have compressors, so airing back up is no issue. Plus, while their wive’s rolled their eyes, all three of us guys agreed that it would make us feel quite manly to later say “The road was rough, but I aired down and handled it easily.” So I decided to go for it.
Loreto, BCS
Mulegé and Playa Santispac
January 2, 2024
Mulegé, BCS, Mexico
I spent a week here as the campground was green and lush and had hot showers. The pretty little town is a ten minute walk from the campground and also a ten minute walk from the beach and lighthouse.
Ten Days in British Columbia
June 4th, 2022
Spokane, WA (via the Okanagan Valley, B.C.)
After being somewhat skunked by weather in April, I pointed the van north in May and headed to B.C. A mere 4.5 hours from home I braved the border crossing into Canada which was remarkably painless. You simply download the ArriveCan app, take photos of your passport and Covid vaccine card, tell them when and where you will arrive, and you’re done. They scan you passport at the border and it brings up the rest on their computer.
Skunked In April
April, 2022
Montana and Washington
I have two weeks off work every month and the goal was to get out in the van each month, or at least most months. After a successful trip in March to Colorado and Utah, I was rather skunked in April. I tried a short trip to the Bitterroots south of Missoula, but hardly any campgrounds were open and the weather was iffy. I spent only one night at a technically closed USFS campground before coming home after waking up to snow squalls. A few days later I headed north and found the very nice little town of Republic, WA, and a nearby USFS campground that was, once again, technically closed. Crappy weather again, but at least I got a little time in front of a fire that night before retreating to the warm van and heading home the next morning through more snow.
Republic has what used to be quite common in small towns across the country: a park where camping is allowed. I didn’t want to camp there but was going to stop by the town hall to verify that camping was allowed as posted on freecampsites.net. I didn’t need to. Check out the sign at the park. Not only do they allow camping there, the encourage it. What a cool little mountain town!
Maybe I’ll have better luck in May.
Colorado and Utah by Van
March 29th, 2022
Spokane, WA (via Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and Idaho)
For my first trip in the van I decided to head south to Colorado, hoping the weather would be nice enough to see the area around Canon City, Salida, and Buena Vista. The weather did not cooperate.
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