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Baja’s Grey Whales
On the last weekend of February, we made our way back up to the Bahía Concepción and stayed at Playa El Requeson for the workweek. This beach is unique because it’s a spit with water on two sides. We liked that a lot of locals used this beach, as opposed to Playa Santispac where we stayed on the way down the peninsula. Next, we moved back to Mario’s RV Park in Guerrero Negro for the weekend so that we could go whale watching in the Laguna Ojo de Liebre, one of 3 lagoons on the Pacific side of Baja where grey whales migrate from Alaska to the warm waters of…
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Cerritos Beach & Todos Santos, Mexico
Playa Los Cerritos, ~45 minutes north of Cabo San Lucus, was the end of the road for us this winter. From here, we will be turning around and driving north for a very long time, all the way to Alaska, if all goes as planned! We loved our 2-week stay at Cerritos Beach. Our full-time RV life is not a constant vacation, but rather everyday life, and work, with an ever-changing backyard to explore. However, our evenings and weekends here felt like a vacation. We also really liked Cerritos Boutique RV Park, where we were a 5-minute walk from the beach. We could see a sliver and hear the constant…
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La Paz & Balandra Beach, Mexico
After Loreto, we moved to La Paz, the capital and largest city in Baja California Sur. We stayed at Campestre Maranatha, an RV park that rivals any nice RV park in the US. It had a pool and an onsite cafe but my favorite amenity was the onsite laundry. One afternoon we drove into town to walk along the Malecón. We were excited that we were in town during the first half of Carnaval, the week-long celebration leading up to Fat Tuesday. Then we were disappointed to find out that the parades and main events were only during the last 3 days when we’d already be gone. We also walked…
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Lovely Loreto, Mexico
From Playa Santispac, located at the top of the Bahía Concepción, we had a 2-hour drive down Federal Highway 1 to the lovely historic town of Loreto on the Sea of Cortez. The first 20 miles or so were along the Bahía Concepción coastline and this stretch of the drive was stunningly beautiful. I wish I had a better photo but this is the best we’ve got through our dirty windshield. Loreto was the first Spanish settlement in the Californias, founded with Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó in 1697. It is a Pueblo Mágico, a town recognized by Mexico for its ‘magical’ qualities such as unique beauty, natural…
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From the Border to the Bahía Concepción, Mexico
This story begins over a year ago when Michael told me he wanted to RV down the Baja California Peninsula. At first, I didn’t take him that seriously, but after several months of his daily Spanish lessons on Duolingo, I decided I needed to come up with a plan. We stayed at Sunbeam Lake RV Park in El Centro, CA the week of our planned border crossing at Mexicali East. While in El Centro, we purchased Mexican auto and travel trailer insurance. We walked across the Mexicali West border crossing to get a stamped FMM (basically a tourist visa). We rented a storage unit to empty enough space in the…
