San Ignacio is a date palm oasis with a church built of lava that has walls 4 feet thick & a lovely garden with name tags for all the strange plants & cacti - very helpful. We just stopped for a short visit then proeceeded down Cuesta del Infierno -(the grade to hell) to Santa Rosalia. This is the steepest hill in Mexico, definitely more than our 6-8%. This town was a copper mining area, lots of huge abandoned buildings, old wooden houses & a church designed by A.G. Eiffel, same guy who designed the Eiffel Tower. Apparently the church was prefabricated, set up for the World's Fair in Paris in 1889, then taken apart, shipped to Mexico & put back together - not much to look at, but cool story.
We stayed at San Lucas Cove, a fishing camp - the campground we were looking for (per our trusty book) - is now a strip bar & maybe a bit more.
Onward to Bahia Concepcion & Playa Santispac - so far the best spot to camp! Beautiful sandy beach with palapas, calm water (good for relaxing on my floatie), friendly people, Mexican fellows who arrive daily behind the RV with fresh fish, shrimp, scallops, veggies, eggs, cinnamon buns, souvenirs & water to fill your tank. All that was missing was beer delivery - for that you had a short drive to Mulege or grab a chair at one of the 2 beach resturants. All of this for $7 per night! No services, but you can`t have everything! We spent 4 glorious nights there & will spend more on our return.We set up next to a couple who live in OK Falls, a 10 minute drive from Penticton - small world.
We have quite a shell collection, not sure what we will do with them, now Robin is collecting choya wood - old dried cactus, maybe for carving.
We tried kayaking, loved it & will now be looking for used kayaks. We got a look at a huge turtle- just it`s head- when we were out kayaking. It would have scared us but we knew it was out there.
We have time for lots of reading, doing a bit of biking & definitely caught up on sleep.
Had to throw in some thing about food - excellent ice cream!
The beach pics are Santispac. Our RV is one on the left.
I had been looking forward to your next post. Parking right on the beach is wonderful - probably something you don't see here anymore. I remember camping right on the beach at Long Beach on Vancouver Island but that was back in the early 70s.
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Wow just had a minute to catch up with you. Your really good at blogging, thanks for that. You ARE living the dream and I am slightly envious....got 25 years longservice with AHS this year....still not enough to retire but am really looking at Acute care again....keep living the dream ....for all of us still working..
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ReplyDeleteDitto Lou's comment about looking forward to your post. Enjoy the updates and photos. PAT
Yes, it is hard to believe it is December! The days are flying by. We are Baba and Papa yet again! Another handsome little man; playmate for Ty. Christmas will be busy this year with them all. Have to say I am jealous of all the fresh seafood you two are consuming! Sounds delicious! Love the picture of the big tree on the beach, have you not come across any xmas decoraions yet? I remember how odd it seemed to see them without snow the year Eric and I were in laughlin in November. All is well.
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Eric and Sam