Clam digging in San Quintin

Decided to do another entry as we are heading off into the wilderness for several days. We are in San Quintin, Mexico at a nice RV park with 15 amp power, hookups & hot salty showers for approx $17 per night. Not quite on the Pacific but a short drive away. The drive down here was slow, many miles of detours where we drove along in the ditch, in places definitely not wide enough for 2 vehicles & all the while people were passing each other. We guessed wrong about being affected by the Baja 1000 traffic - we were passed many times by trucks hauling huge tires & large bottles of fuel. Couldn't see any of the race as it's all way off road. We did see valleys, not unlike the Okanagan with vineyards & farms & fields of squash, cactus, sunflower, groups picking potatoes & huge rows of strawberry plants. Everything here seems to be accomplished by manual labour.

We saw a truck slightly overloaded with mattresses & furniture -" Ikeas Start the Car"!commercial came to mind.

We got lazy yesterday & bought a fried chicken dinner, for which I am paying the price, not a great night, but better today - Robin seems to have an "iron stomach", he's fine.
Today we drove out to the ocean, as it's a full moon tomorrow, the tide is very low & there were many Mexican families digging for clams out in the rocks. Robin got down & helped a couple fellows for a bit - assorted clams but mainly big goeducks. We stopped & picked up a couple walking with a little boy, carrying their sack of clams & gave them a ride to town - they would have been walking for ages!

Our next stop will be Catavina, in the centre of the Baja at a small ranch in the middle of no where, then across to the Sea of Cortez side to Bahia de Los Angeles. This is a favored fishing area, but there is no cell service, no land lines & only 3 sat phones for use by the community at a local store. Needless to say there will be no blog or email contact for several days - will depend on how good the fishing is. This is where we caught halibut off the shore last year - imagine how good we might be now from the kayak!

Still loving it, especially after seeing the weather forecast for Edmonton! Stay warm out there!