We put in some miles today. We have ended up in roughly the middle of Baja. A pretty easy travel day.
The roads in Baja are generally pretty good as far as pavement is concerned but over the years I have seen it decline quite a bit. They're repairing and improving sections and I would imagine one of these days it'll be an excellent drive. As it is, most of the drive is on pretty narrow and often twisting passages that can put excitement on seeing an oncoming bus or semi. Probably works better than coffee for keeping you awake and alert. The GPS told us we'd be in for a 9 hour drive but I was able to knock 2-1/2 hours off of that. Speed limits?
Thinking that we'd be in for a long ride, we left Rosarito Beach early and just grabbed a banana at the Pemex (gas station) where we filled up in Ensenada. By about lunchtime we were heading through El Rosario and thought we'd stop for a little roadside dining. Shrimp tacos and a shrimp cocktail were very tasty.
El Rosario is located just at the point where the main trans-peninsular highway (1) leaves the Pacific Coast and takes a big arc inland before returning to the Pacific side at Guerrero Negro which is the border between Baja Norte and Baja Sur, the two states in Baja. We will actually be turning off before that and head all the way out to the East side of Baja.
Arriving in Bahia de Los Angeles on the Mar de Cortez, it wasn't long until we met a couple of different American groups all out on their own adventures. One group from Arizona is traveling by ATV off road from Gonzaga Bay (Bahia de Gonzaga) to Loretto and are now on their way back up. The other group winter in San Felipe and were riding their dune buggys down to here for a few days of fishing and partying. Both groups were great people.
Not a heck of a lot going on in town. We found a cocktail at a hotel up the street (that's where we met the ATV'rs) and headed back to our hotel for an absolutely terrific dinner.
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