A little over 400 miles of twisty, narrow Mexican highway finds us at San Felipe in Baja north. Luckily uneventful.
We turned off of Highway 1 to catch Highway 5 which is a much faster route to town. The first 20 miles are dirt road which is only semi rough. They have been working on this road for years, paving it section by section. At present they are in the construction phase of this last section. It shouldn't be too long until it's smooth (+\-) pavement all the way.
A large section of the stretch of road being worked on had some of the most interesting cactus and rock structures I've ever seen. I would always stop to appreciate and take a few pictures. With the construction in full swing, the terrane of the past is now unrecognizable. Perhaps the new road will provide a new splendor.
San Felipe is located near the top of the Sea of Cortez, just below Mexicali. Before the 2008 crash, this place was a party spot for spring breakers and quite a boom town. Partially built resorts are evidence to its once vibrant nature. It still hosts the Baja 250 and is a stop off point for the Baja 500 and 1000 races. And, any excuse for a celebration draw lots of people to town.
We've noticed a few more business in town and people are saying that the economy is picking up a bit.
We checked into a hotel that we had stayed in before. La Hacienda de La Langosta Roja (The House of the Red Lobster). It is located just a block off of the Malecon, in the center of town.
There is a restaurant and bar below the hotel and a Karaoke bar just across the street. Neither of these had disturbed us the last time we were here. This time, however, the karaoke bar didn't get into full swing until just about the time we went to bed and continued to howl until at least 3:00 in the morning, when all of the open exhaust vehicles made way to their own residences.
That cackling was accompanied by a rusted fan motor strategically located inches from our bathroom window. The motor loudly hummed with the occasional, painful, rotation of the fan blades. Just enough to interrupt the rhythm of the straining motor. All in all, not the most restful night.
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