mesquito_creek
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Bahia La Ventana brought back memories of the late 1980's, when my wife and I flew in a 1940's Cessna T-50, landing on a dirt road in a cow pasture behind the old Las Arenas Resort and spent a week fishing and diving.Made the trip from La Paz to La Ventana via the hwy. Then we off roaded the dirt road that follows the coast from Ventana to Los Barillas. We stop along the way for some amazing snorkeling coves. These snorkel spots have rivaled our first four tanks dives.
The blue spotted box fish were amazing!
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We drove through San Jose del Cabo and then to Cabo San Lucas. We spent about an hour at the Cabo Wabo and had two shitty margaritas and a shrimp appetizer. 70 bucks, as bad as Vegas, but we wanted to check it off the list.
We ended up on a beach with a Palapa all to ourselves south of Todas Santos. TS is a cool town and we had lunch there at a brewery. First Hazy IPA and burger in a month. Excellent!
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If its not too late drop a PIN so I can see where ya are. Great spots you are finding.....We drove through San Jose del Cabo and then to Cabo San Lucas. We spent about an hour at the Cabo Wabo and had two shitty margaritas and a shrimp appetizer. 70 bucks, as bad as Vegas, but we wanted to check it off the list.
We ended up on a beach with a Palapa all to ourselves south of Todas Santos. TS is a cool town and we had lunch there at a brewery. First Hazy IPA and burger in a month. Excellent!
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If its not too late drop a PIN so I can see where ya are. Great spots you are finding.....
All those big rigs winter down there and head up before Easter. Look like you had a wonderful trip, Cheers!!!! Headed down in May!!!We are in Valle de Guadalupe wine tasting and getting ready to cross back into California at the tecate border.
I am blown away with the thousands of high dollar sprinter vans, unimog things and brand new flatbed slide in truck camper stuff. There are more 150k plus rigs down here than you would ever imagine!
Been a crazy trip but we throughly enjoyed it! Kinda hard to even get your head around it for having done it our first time.
That Camarones Costa Azul looks awesome! One of my favorite Mexican sea food dishes.5 days in La Paz is coming to an end tommarrow morning. We did a deep clean and re-org of the camping truck. We sent all the laundry, including pillow cases and mattress sheets to the Mexican woman across the road. 90 pesos for clean dry and fold! ($5.30 US dollars)…. Last night of margaritas and seafood.
La Paz has the best food. Big portions, lots of foodie fusion.
Favorite so far was the bacon wrapped stuffed with cheese shrimp along with conch el gratin via Texas toast. $16 US dollars!
Somewhere south next… probably Los Barrilas!
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Day 32: that’s a wrap Mexico!!@mesquito_creek Bumping thread cause it went dead after crossing 3 weeks ago into what sounded like the Cali border.... if you get in mood to do a trip wrap up I'd enjoy learning about the pros vs cons of that long drive and what spots you'd recommend to visit as well as avoid. Hope to hear....
It ain't as good as it once was, but it's as good once as it ever was! Keeps me coming back, leaving Sunday for my 30 day trip down the Pacific side!Day 32: that’s a wrap Mexico!!
2817 miles traveled.
31 nights.
23 truck camping.
8 staying in rooms of various shapes and sizes.
dodged 24,894 potholes.
a few field repairs needed with a little creativity and duck tape (of course!)
one blown out flip flop.
more beers and margaritas than we should count and met new friends along the way!
Great trip! Wonderful memories and so many laughs! For those that followed along, we enjoyed having you with us!
We had zero issue with police but I traveled about 50-55 mph the whole trip. Gas was expensive at 5-5.25 a gallon, but at 50 mph I did 12.5 mpg.
Favorite spots were all along the east coast from Mulegé to Cabo Pulmo.
I don’t have much negative to say. But we didn’t do any planning and just figured it out as we drove, I decided along the way I am more of a planner and wish we would have had reservations at Loreto and LaPaz… but it turned out great regardless.
Scuba Diving is better when it gets warmer… May to October. We are going to hit Guyamas this fall to validate that! We found some secret spots for snorkeling that were better than some dives we did.
Only other negative is that there is no secrets in Baja. We were always around people doing the same thing. YouTube and the internet has ruined every thing! lol
What YouTube hasn’t ruined, Starlink is ruining the rest of it.
It ain't as good as it once was, but it's as good once as it ever was! Keeps me coming back, leaving Sunday for my 30 day trip down the Pacific side!
Thanks for taking us along and for all the great pics. My one night in Mexico back in the day was nothing like your trip. Yours looks way better.Day 32: that’s a wrap Mexico!!
2817 miles traveled.
31 nights.
23 truck camping.
8 staying in rooms of various shapes and sizes.
dodged 24,894 potholes.
a few field repairs needed with a little creativity and duck tape (of course!)
one blown out flip flop.
more beers and margaritas than we should count and met new friends along the way!
Great trip! Wonderful memories and so many laughs! For those that followed along, we enjoyed having you with us!
We had zero issue with police but I traveled about 50-55 mph the whole trip. Gas was expensive at 5-5.25 a gallon, but at 50 mph I did 12.5 mpg.
Favorite spots were all along the east coast from Mulegé to Cabo Pulmo.
I don’t have much negative to say. But we didn’t do any planning and just figured it out as we drove, I decided along the way I am more of a planner and wish we would have had reservations at Loreto and LaPaz… but it turned out great regardless.
Scuba Diving is better when it gets warmer… May to October. We are going to hit Guyamas this fall to validate that! We found some secret spots for snorkeling that were better than some dives we did.
Only other negative is that there is no secrets in Baja. We were always around people doing the same thing. YouTube and the internet has ruined every thing! lol
What YouTube hasn’t ruined, Starlink is ruining the rest of it.
Be sure to take us along if you are a documentary type. Following.It ain't as good as it once was, but it's as good once as it ever was! Keeps me coming back, leaving Sunday for my 30 day trip down the Pacific side!
Thanks. I'm in touch with Nathan who kinda runs Mulege' .... he tells me it gets too hot in summer there so they come up my way to enjoy cooler temps in Ensenada. I'm driving down from Rosarito 5 hours to San Quintin [Pacific side] soon just to check things out and escape my town a bit. Heard nice things about that town. Happy to hear ya missed some pot holes!Day 32: that’s a wrap Mexico!!
2817 miles traveled.
31 nights.
23 truck camping.
8 staying in rooms of various shapes and sizes.
dodged 24,894 potholes.
a few field repairs needed with a little creativity and duck tape (of course!)
one blown out flip flop.
more beers and margaritas than we should count and met new friends along the way!
Great trip! Wonderful memories and so many laughs! For those that followed along, we enjoyed having you with us!
We had zero issue with police but I traveled about 50-55 mph the whole trip. Gas was expensive at 5-5.25 a gallon, but at 50 mph I did 12.5 mpg.
Favorite spots were all along the east coast from Mulegé to Cabo Pulmo.
I don’t have much negative to say. But we didn’t do any planning and just figured it out as we drove, I decided along the way I am more of a planner and wish we would have had reservations at Loreto and LaPaz… but it turned out great regardless.
Scuba Diving is better when it gets warmer… May to October. We are going to hit Guyamas this fall to validate that! We found some secret spots for snorkeling that were better than some dives we did.
Only other negative is that there is no secrets in Baja. We were always around people doing the same thing. YouTube and the internet has ruined every thing! lol
What YouTube hasn’t ruined, Starlink is ruining the rest of it.
I have been busy with projects on the boat. I should be able to get everything done before may 1. Then its smooth sailing for our season start memorial day.@Nanu/Nanu We are heading to the “Tah” next week to get ready for Powell season!
The Vanlife and roof top tent invasion starts in South Utah as soon as we see 70 degrees next week!
Thanks. I'm in touch with Nathan who kinda runs Mulege' .... he tells me it gets too hot in summer there so they come up my way to enjoy cooler temps in Ensenada. I'm driving down from Rosarito 5 hours to San Quintin [Pacific side] soon just to check things out and escape my town a bit. Heard nice things about that town. Happy to hear ya missed some pot holes!
Thats exactly what I'm hearing from those that know down Peninsula.... San Felipe on Cortez side not as nice as San Quintin and definitely hotter over there in summer months.San Quintin is nice. It just gets warm in the summer months. Pacific side of Baja always seems cooler than Sea of Cortez side.
Old Mill is a cool old school place to stay and has a resturant.Thats exactly what I'm hearing from those that know down Peninsula.... San Felipe on Cortez side not as nice as San Quintin and definitely hotter over there in summer months.
Thats exactly what I'm hearing from those that know down Peninsula.... San Felipe on Cortez side not as nice as San Quintin and definitely hotter over there in summer months.
Thats exactly what I'm hearing from those that know down Peninsula.... San Felipe on Cortez side not as nice as San Quintin and definitely hotter over there in summer months.
Good tip right there cause ole Fernando only runs on one of the two gas tanks. Thats around 15 gallons at maybe 10 mpg so fuel availabilities always on my mind as that drive is 165 miles for me. Looking like I can make that run on a solid tank.From San Quintin to TJ is pretty well populated. I found it to be pretty much the same down the Pacific side. It’s nice and cooler but not much different. I am definitely an east coast person because it’s more tropical feeling with warm water. Towns are way smaller on the east. It’s too hot for me anywhere in Baja in the summer.