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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Sweden: Gothenburg

June 27, 2023
Gothenburg, Sweden

A short trip on a local train across the Øresund, the straight between Copenhagen and Sweden, brought me to Malmo, where I caught a Swedish train to Gothenburg.  Or almost to Gothenburg.  About five miles out we inexplicably stopped and the passengers were all loaded onto busses that took us to the Gothenburg train station.

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Denmark

June 24, 2023
Copenhagen, Denmark

Technically, I’ve been to Copenhagen before.  I transited through the airport on my way home  from Germany for Christmas in 1981.  About the only thing I recall is the extremely strong coffee on SAS Airlines.  I can now confirm that small bit of Danish culture has not changed at all.  The Danes still like their coffee decidedly on the strong side.  Which is good.

Curl Your Toenails Black Coffee

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Cibola Road and the Mysterious North Yuma UAV Airfield

February 9, 2023
Kofa Wildlife Refuge, AZ

I’ve always been intrigued by backroads in remote places.  So Cibola Road, off US-95 south of Quartzsite, AZ, which seemingly leads right into Yuma Proving Ground, caught my attention.

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September 23, 2022
Not In Newfoundland

As mentioned, were it not for van issues, I had intended to visit the Canadian Maritime Provinces via the Trans-Labrador Highway. Per the plan, I would right now be in Deer Lake, Newfoundland. Perhaps it was fortuitous that I opted for Vancouver Island instead.

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My planned location today, at the red X.

“Canadians are bracing for what could be the strongest storm to ever hit their country’s coast.”
— CNN