Tucker’s Baja Escape

         Some of us had explored Mulege while we were camped at Santispec earlier in our trip but most wanted to see more. We happily arrived early as our drive from Requeson was under an hour. The park we went to, as have several we have stayed in, have see better days. Covid and few travelers over nearly two years have struck a blow to the repair and maintenance. We arrived at Hotel Serenidad by 9:30 am and had to go in largest vehicles first. The Escapes were last and some of the later pull in spots lacked electricity and had issues with the sewer connection.  Must say by the time we returned from Mulege, the electrical and the sewer issues had been dealt with in a professional way. More to say about Hotel Serenaded later in the post.  The Mission at Mulege had been dedicated to a Saint from Palermo and it's architecture was influenced by that of churches in Palermo. The patrons had connections to that area.  Here is a larger view of the Miss...

        On our second day at this amazing playa, we were treated to sunrise that turned the world red. The sun sent red rays through the clouds which turned the playa gold and red. Those of us up early enough to see it and photograph it, felt it was one of the best we had ever experienced.  Jim took this dramatic picture of the sunrise. The color reflected in the clouds and water was amazing.  The day started with heavy cloud cover which looked like it may rain.  It was not cold though and by mid day it began to clear.  We were soon out in our chairs enjoying. We have come to know the vendors who ply the Bahia Concepcion beaches. There is a young woman some of us bought shrimp, scallops or even yellow fin tuna from at both Santispec and Requeson. She also offered warm tamales, and banana bread on order as it came freshly baked to us the next day. All her food was fresh and very good.  The two sons who were very bored and playing with their i...

      At 8:30 am we made an interesting departure from our Loreto site. The plan was that we would unwind by having those that had an unblocked access would move out and go down a street and line up on the next street over. We had also lined up on that street to give Darlene and Dave a chance to check out the spaces and tell us the order we should go in. We did so well. By 8:23 am, Jim and I being the first ones in were now the last one out. We hooked in record time as all were out on the street and waiting. Darlene and Dave were in place as number one, we just eased in behind them in number two position and as we started down the road, each rig according to the position pulled out behind us and we were all on our way by 8:30 with time to spare. What a group!      We traveled over the mountains again and came down to drive along the Bahia Concepcion. We pulled in at to the playa of Requeson at about 10:30 and just marveled. We all had loved Santispac earlie...

  12.6.21       I did not mention in the last blog as we came into the RV park in Loreto, and also into the RV park in La Paz, people already in the park, commented to several of us that we looked like a well oiled machine. In both cases our caravan had been to the park before and we had a good idea where we were going to park. It was like a bit of a dance performed by 8 trucks, trailers, 2 Class C, and a very large RV. We did look like we knew what we were doing although practice makes perfect. The first go round, not so much. The park in Loreto was especially challenging  as it is small and crowded. We had to enter according to how we could best get everyone in.       Lovely morning and at the crack of ten, Kristina and Paul offered to take us in to the Loreto Square. Our pickup, which was unhitched and wedged into a small unused space blocked by Liz and Bill’s jeep, Ann and Greg’s pickup and Paul and Kristina’s pickup. A good example of...

    We were all hitched and ready to pull out at 8:00 am for a long drive to Loreto. We stopped for two 10 minutes "body breaks" 1 gas stop, and a lunch stop of about 30 minutes. It was more stressful than most of our drives due to the length of time on the road, traffic and the mountainous conditions.  I give credit to Darlene as she kept up with announcing on coming traffic to help get the cars and trucks behind us get around. Our schedule change was necessitated by construction at one of our planned stops.       There was a wonderful outlook site as we got closer to Loreto. It was large with lots of parking, even some vendors with an other look at the Sea of Cortez. There was a tribute to this woman at a large shrine in the outlook. I don't know if it was dedicated to just her or is for the many travelers lost to this long mountainous stretch of Highway One in Baja.  Many of the shrines, like this one are protected from vandals and many appear ...

    Today was clean up, fix up and get ready for our last two weeks of travel in Baja. Greg and Ann did go into La Paz to a museum but most of us journeyed to town only to replenish drinking water and get gas. Our schedule is changing a bit so some communication on that so we can be ready for a couple of nights of dry camps. It is truly a trans peninsular hiway the Mexican Highway 1 as we saw the Pacific yesterday and will again return to the Sea of Cortez. This was a day for many of us of cleaning sand off the floor, dumping black and grey water to ready for tomorrow.       There was a game of bocce ball tonight and ball play for the dogs but mostly it was adult stuff.  Euclid, George and Diane saying goodbye again to the Pacific yesterday. Notice Diane's hat, many of the group had discovered tequila tasting in Todos Santos and then margaritas with lunch. We were a happy group but serious today! Later that night, as this was Diane's birthday day, she ...

      This morning we were picked up at 9:00 for a trip to Todos Santos which is a little over an hour away. All of us except Dave and Ruth went on the trip. We were dropped off by the Hotel California. Probably not the one the Eagles song was based on but it definitely capitalizes on the song. This is a beautiful little town and all of us went off to find the parts of town which held interest for us. The vendors had some goods of quality and, at times, we could find the artisans working. There was one we watched that uses cow skulls with sweeping horns which he covers in a wax and then places small beads, thousand of them in a beautiful pattern the so completely covers that it looks like it has been woven to fit the shape. He had animal forms of all types he had covered in patterns and multiple colors.        Jim and I wandered into a shop that had pottery painted in a profusion of colors but in a delicate and intricate fashion. It is made in Pueblo, ...