It is time for the changing of the seasons here in the Baja. The warm days and cool evenings have slowly gave way to days with a more intense heat and nights that stay just warm enough as you're not quite sure if you need that blanket on or off (maybe that is just my problem!). The winds that once blew from the north have turned somewhat to the south bringing with them a little more humidity. The Sea of Cortez has warmed to a pleasant 73-74 degrees, up from the 67ish, but still refreshing. The thing we are noticing the the most is the start of the great migration north by the snowbirds.
The writing of the blog didn't seem quite as necessary the last few months, while we have been at the beach in Baja. The days were much the same and at the time there didn't seem to be much in the way of news, but looking back I can see we really did have a busy winter that went all too fast.
Ken continued to catch his fair share of fish and managed to keep food on the table all winter. When he wasn't fishing we managed to slip in a few day rides, on the KLR, back in behind Loreto on roads that we have been on before but just love to ride again and again. We met a few more people here that had bikes so we were able to be tour guides on some rides and that is always fun.
We headed south to La Paz to visit friends and take in the pig roast at Mike and Hortensia's place, which is always high on our list of things to do and we actually planned our trip to La Paz around it. While in La Paz we stayed with Ralph, which was very convenient because our whole truck and camper fit right inside his garage where we had electricity and a dumpsite while being out of the sun. Carnival was on in La Paz during our time there, street vendors with lots to eat, parades and entertainment in the evening; this was our first time at this event and it was fun and within walking distance of Ralph's place. La Paz has turned into a big city with some big city problems but although there was lots of crap going on between drug gangs we didn't see any evidence fighting, we enjoyed our stay and I even took in a movie (50 shades!).
Back home on the beach after two weeks it was back to bacchi, kayaking, fishing and generally enjoying life. There were lots of whales this year, hump backs, blues and greys and Ken and I both got a chance to see some up close and personal...a kayak really seems small when a whale comes up a few metres away.
I guess that's it for the season! We are now heading north with a few more stops but we will be home before we know it, I'm sure.
In San Basilio there is a villa, built by a Spanish Countess years ago, friends Patricia and Pierre just happen to be staying at it on the day we arrived and invited us up for a cold drink and tour. Amazing is all I can say.
Like I said the flowers are blooming like crazy in the desert. These are mesquite flowers that look like little paintbrushes.
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