Seeing Gray Whales in Baja had been on our Baja bucket list but our timing never seemed to be right. This past February on our way back to Mulege we decided to stop at Puerto Adolfo Lopez Mateos and go on a tour. The road out from Ciudad Insurgentes had been recently repaved and was […]
Mexico
Our Casita in Mulegé
After two years of dipping our toes into Mexico, we decided it was time to brave the rough roads and head further down into Baja. On our last trip to San Felipe, we had scouted part of the route in our Jeep and thought the Bago would be up to the challenge if we took it slow […]
Back to Baja – Nov. 2019
Tecate to Valle de Guadalupe We stayed in Valle de Guadalupe crossing from Tecate (post from last year on the border crossing) and visited wineries. Guadalupe to San Quentin Ensenada is pretty congested. The road climbs into some really green hills out of town. There was one construction zone but the dirt part was OK […]
Bahía Concepción
I had lured Jaime further south down into Baja with promises of white sand beaches we could camp on and calm waters to paddle our boards. Bahia Concepcion definitely lived up to the promise with its protected bays and 50 miles of beaches. We made numerous day trips from Mulege (a 20 minute or so […]
Hey, hey Mulegé
We had originally planned to pass through Mulegé (pronounced MooLaHey) and head for the beautiful beaches of Bahia Concepcion but after a few stressful days of driving the narrow roads of Baja, we opted to stay in an RV park outside of town recommended by friends. Hacienda de la Habana turned out to be a […]
Driving Down the Baja
We left Valle de Guadalupe and made our way through the busy port city of Ensenada. I don’t have any pictures of that part of the drive because we were too busy trying not to hit potholes and cars weaving in and out of traffic. Once we got out of the Ensenada suburbs, the drive […]
Valle De Guadalupe
We crossed the border through Tecate with a brief stop for a cursory inspection and then headed south to Baja’s wine country – Valle de Guadalupe. We stopped last spring on the way back to the US and fell in love with this spot. For $10 a night donation, we stayed at Rancho Sordo Mundo’s […]
Border Crossing
We decided to cross into Baja via Tecate this year. The previous two years, we crossed in Mexicali, but came back up through Tecate last year and decided since we weren’t going down Hwy 5 after seeing reports of massive storm damage, in addition to the who the heck knows when it will ever be […]
Valle de Guadalupe, Baja Wine Country
For our last stop in Baja we headed to the beautiful Valle de Guadalupe from San Felipe. Highway 3 was a little rough in the desert but the bigger potholes were patched and passable. Once we got closer to Ensenada the last section of the highway was pretty twisty with cars passing you on blind […]