Mile 2203 - Day 8

I Kind of a funny but sad story… we were having dinner at the Hotel Morro in their newly remodeled restaurant and began trying to talk to the bartender, Angle, and the server, Jennifer, in our version of bastardized Espaniol while they were trying to help us learn more.  Actually the evening was very nice and I think we all had fun. 

One story that came out of our conversation/lesson was the fact that one whole block of downtown Santa Rosalia burned down last December.  It started at a hamburger stand.  Now the blocks in downtown are very small but nonetheless that's quite a bit of devistation for this little place. 

The now empty block. 

A typical block

Apparently what happened is the frying pan with hamburgers cooking, caught fire.  In an attempt to put out the fire, the lady that was cooking the burgers, dumped a bunch of water on it.  Of course the fire basically exploded and set fire to her spot which proceeded to burn through the rest of the buildings in that block.  

It seems that the fire department doesn't keep water in their hose truck because it tends to rust all of the equipment and things.  Instead, they have to drive the truck 10km down the road to fill it up before scurrying back to the scene and see what is left, if anything, that could use a little water.  

No one was hurt in the incident but some old historic buildings no longer exist. 

We landed in Loreto today, only about 123 miles from Santa Rosalia but we had the time available to spend before we need to be in Cabo. 

Loreto has quite an American look to it in an extremely tranquil setting.  Lots of American/Canadian snowbirds and expats make up the citizenry.  Cruise ships do visit this town so there are lots of shops to accommodate those requirements.  A lovely malecon borders the sea. 

We'll be spending a couple of nights here although in two different hotels.  Tonight we are staying at the Hotel Oasis, a sprawling hotel with all of the amenities.  We enjoyed staying at the Oasis on our trip last year.  This time however, they only had accommodations available for tonight.  Janet was able to find a lovely little boutique hotel for tomorrow so we'll make that short move for our next nights stay. 

Just a little bar hopping today to some local favorites.  We'll wonder around a bit tomorrow and see what's new in the shops and for any other activities that may be of interest.