Friday, November 27, 2015

Another Day

Just the beginning of another day in Baja!!


6:15 and Ken is heading out fishing.  A dirty job but someone has to bring home dinner!


And  I settle down with a cup of coffee and enjoy the beginning of abrand new day.


Saturday, November 21, 2015

The Trip to Baja 2014

Here we have been on the beach for over a week (oops, now it is actually 3 weeks on the beach...time flys) and I still haven't got around to telling you about our trip down to Mexico from Canada.  It was anything but uneventful, but in a good way.  We took the long way around, visiting friends, via Wyoming, New Mexico and finally Arizona before crossing the border into Baja, Mexico.

Our first stop in Wyoming was to visit John and Ingrid at home in Alto, we usually see them in Comitan on the Baja but it was nice to see their beautiful home situated at the foot of the Grand Tetons.  Both are retired from the airlines and still fly their own Beachcraft Bonanza V35 so we flew to Montana and back for lunch.  What a treat!  Ken had a smile a mile wide when John gave him a ride to the airport in his Porshe,  Ken was remembering his Porshe days.

After a couple days with John and Ingrid we traveled south to Bernalillo, New Mexico where Jay and Diane found a nice little corner on their property  where we could park our rig and enjoy some of the sights (and food) in their area.  New Mexico does have some good and spicy fare!  There really is nothing like the flavour of New Mexican chilis.  While John and Ingrid have a couple horses, Jay and Diane have four pack mules in their back pastures.  They use them for packing into the wilderness and hunting, boy they are adventuresome!  We look forward to their company on the beach this year, at Rattlesnake, and a friendly game of bocci or two.

Once in Arizona we found ourselves at Chino Valley and at the home of fellow biking enthusiast  Don Short where we rondez vous'd with Carl and the three of them did a little dirt biking before the flood rains came and drove them home.  I on the other hand had the common sense to stay at home in the first place.  Stop two in Arizona was at Chris and Carls place in Yuma.  It is always good to visit them and also a convenient place to get our Mexician visas and our first taco of the season from our favourite taco stand in Algadonas.   

Once again this year, we travelled highway 5 down through San Felipe and Coco's Corner on our way to the beach.  This year however we crossed at San Luis Rio Colorado and took the toll road #2 to the south of Mexicali and then caught the #5, way easier and it only cost us 62 pesos.  What a deal and way less of a headache than driving through Mexicali.   We only spent one night on the road at Rosarito  and where on the beach at Rattlesnake by 4:00pm just in time for happy hour, and that was even giving us time to get fuel and propane.

Now we are all set up.  The beach at our doorstep.  The Zodiac, paddleboard and kayak in the water.  The bikes are full and ready to go.
 

Myself with John and Ingrid, and Ken in front of John's plane.
 

John and Ingrid toys!


The Grand Tetons.


The view of the Grand Tetons during or flight to lunch with John and Ingrid.


Just some beautiful scenery along the way.



A little off road riding around Moab, 


The sun sets on the hills around Moab makes the rock come alive with magnificent red colors.


The streets of Vermillion are lined with petunias.


Just more beautiful roadside scenery.


The tracks with Palomas Peak in the background, a very pretty sight from Bernilillo.


The streets of Santa Fe are a showplace for the famous New Mexican chili.


At the Santa Fe farmers market they sell vegetables that have not been treated badly...Cage Free Tomatoes.


Happy Hour with Jay and Diane at the Hyatt in Bernillio.


This food at this place was Udderly Delicious!  Lots and lots of famous people have dinned here including the last three presidents.


Dog-gone-it let's get going.  Don and Carl are ready to take Ken on a little bike ride.


Well that about rounds it up for the drive down and chances are it may be a few months before you hear from us again...it's busy on the beach!   Really!!1