February 14, 2024
El Sargento, BCS, Mexico
After Playa la Fortuna, my path became generally north. With no specific agenda, I decided to spend a night or two at the highly-recommended Rancho Dionisio, near Santiago.
Category Archives: Van Travel
Baja’s East Cape
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?
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.
Rancho Santa Domingo
January 12, 2024
San Javier, BCS, Mexico
About an hour drive up into the mountains west of Loreto is the pretty little mission town of San Javier. In addition, I had scoped out another nearby locations that looked interesting called Rancho Santo Domingo that would allow you to stay and also offered to take you to a couple of cool nearby sites. So that was my first stop.
Loreto, BCS
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
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