Category Archives: Mexico

San Felipe to San Ignacio

December 25, 2023
San Ignacio, BCS, Mexico

The road south from San Felipe (Mex 1) leads past a number of good size “resorts” that seem to have been started, but never completed.  Far enough out of town to be on cheaper land, I suppose, but also not very convenient to getting into town with a car.

Farther south the road is about a mile west of the coast and you can see many stretches of a single row of homes along the beach, but no infrastructure like markets, restaurants, or gas stations.

Just North of Gonzaga Bay

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First Month as a Snowbird

December 19, 2023
San Felipe, Baja, Mexico

Technically I spent February in Arizona, so this might be more properly called my second month as a snowbird, but I botched it up in February by leaving Spokane after it got cold and snowy, then returning while it was still cold and snowy.  Though I enjoyed the month in the van, I guess I just hadn’t quite got my head wrapped around how to be a proper snowbird.

So the plan was to leave before Thanksgiving and avoid the snow.  The day before I left, however, nature had the last laugh.

Pre-Thanksgiving Snow in Spokane

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