Bahia de Los Angeles 12.11.21

 


      As we gathered this morning in Guerrero Negro to do our morning briefing, we were all sporting long pants and sleeves and coats. All the sandals were gone except for Ruth’s who says she even wears them at home in Canada in the winter. The morning, as I mentioned yesterday included the incidents of the day before. It was 45 degrees this morning and coyotes had howled during the night. It was a bleak place that we were happy to leave. After an uneventful gas stop, we were down the road to Bahia de Los Angeles about 111 miles down the road. We are slowly more north and once again entered Pacific Time leaving Mountain Time. 


     Our drive was uneventful but continued cold all the way to BLA. The Dagett Camping and RV is on the beach but rustic and again feels as though no one has been here in a while. Covid and the border closing have devastated many businesses, some have closed, some look like there just has not been the income to maintain them and, some we have learned from people in the towns talk about some going to the mainland for work. Baja has agriculture but it appears a large part of the income is from the people who come here to visit, sometimes for 5 and 6 months at a time. 

     We got into our places, some squeezing in to tight spots. We have no services at our spaces, i.e. water, electrical and sewer but have a dump to drive to and empty. What Dagget’s lacks in services it gains in our proximity to the beach which goes on for miles. We plan to walk to the light house today which is about 1/2 mile down the beach. We can see many of the 100 islands that dot this bahia. 

  

A view down the beach. You can see the quad tracks which may be George and Mary. 

     The cold wind continues to blow causing white caps on the water. No fishing boats or kayaks are on the water but the birds are still busy fishing. It is cold today and this is the first time there were no shorts and t-shirts or swim suits in evidence. We huddled for our happy hour between trailers as even the palaces don’t break this wind. George gathered firewood on his quad treating all of us after dinner to a warm fire down by the beach after dinner. We were visited by a fellow who has a house here and lives here 5 months of the year. He said this cold weather is very unusual for BLA and said there is a good chance it will be better tomorrow. This cheered us all after all who wants to be in a hoodie when shorts and/or a bathing suit has been all we have needed so far on this trip. 

Interesting patterns in the sand as the tile goes out. The beach was littered with the remains of fish that had been cleaned. The zapalotes (buzzards) and the gulls as well as other shorebirds eat well. 


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