Farewell to Mexico

Since our last post we travelled from San Quintin, thru huge vineyards & hilly Mexican countryside to Ensenada where we camped just above the ocean. We enjoyed our last walks along the ocean, saw dolphins & maybe a whale off shore, pelicans and an amazing sunset. We shopped at an outdoor market for veggies & fresh tortillas and at Walmart for our last really good Mexican ice cream. A trip to the fish market helped fill our freezer with shrimp & fish & ourselves with more seafood.

We stashed our "extra" booze (not that much really) & ate the rest of our fruit & veggies (except for the avacados & little bananas I hid in the oven) then headed for the border at Tecate. Our last "interesting" Mexican roads & our last military checkpoint & inspection, then an uneventful crossing. A ways down the hiway we could actually see the high fence separating the US & Mexico. We caught a glimpse of snow in the ditch at 3800 ft, hopefully it's the last snow we will see this winter.

We stopped in Blythe for a nice visit with a couple from Oliver who winter there.
We had to check out Quartzsite, even though the main season is over. We missed the million people who go there for the swap meets & gem shows - glad we did. There are shops & tents all over town selling everything from rocks & gem stones to clothing to RV supplies & much more! Needs to be seen to be believed! Probably the strangest thing we saw was at the Oasis Bookstore - the owner Paul only wears a G-string.  A friendly normal kind of guy, but.....

We made a quick day trip back to Yuma for a few things for the RV - found some great deals, including 2 salt water fishing rods & reels. Still looking for the kayak. While we were in Yuma we crossed into Mexico at Algodones to return our tourist cards (supposed to do, but no where to park in Tecate). Of course we had to have more tacos & beer.

We did get a couple estimates for solar for the RV, but they were a lot more than we expected, so we are rethinking it for a bit.

We are currently in Bullhead City, Arizona to visit some old friends from Two Hills ( & probably hit a casino across the river in Laughlin, Nevada.)

The roads are better, the desert is greener with flowers blooming & now we are like the horse on the way to the barn - in a hurry to be home.
Pictures: Mexican countryside, our sign we had made,fish market in Ensanada,  last Mexican  sunset, area of huge rocks,  camping at Quartzsite on BLM land (where you can stay 14 days for free), vineyards & olive trees, Arizona countryside, our last Mexcian campsite right above the ocean, Robin's carving - spirit wood canes - pretty good! Oasis Books- the guy with the G-string.

Still Living the Dream!