I've been reading trip reports on here for some time. I really enjoy reading and seeing other peoples escapades. Thought it was high time I posted one of my own. I see why many don't do it though, much more work than I anticipated.
Hope you enjoy.
My mother spends most of the winter down in Los Barriles Baja. I try to travel with her in Mexico when possible. This year my brother, nephews, and their friend came along for a spring break trip.
Final loading for the trip south. 5 "grownups" in one sportsmobile. Should be interesting.
First night was spent near Yuma in the dunes. I'm always amazed how well airing down works. Here I started to dig in. Air down to 25psi and all 13000 pounds just drives right out.
We had enough day light left to goof off in the dunes. We played some touch football, flew some 2 string kites, and the boys launched off the dunes.
We don't need no stinking forty foot land yacht. Here we are watching a movie that first night. Yep, a little bit crowded, but was a lot of fun. No we didn't all try to sleep in the smb. The boys had tent cots they set up each night.
We crossed at Mexicali. This was a new one for me. Being from AZ it made sense. We wanted to see what the East side of the peninsula was all about. Crossing was easy, although larger than I thought we got through Mexicali quickly. This is hwy 5 on the way to San Felipe.
Camping just past San Felipe. I always try to camp far from others and where it's free. We wanted to go farther this day, but stopped early to try and get our tourist visas the next day in San Felipe.
Had a nice campfire this night. Had a lot of fun playing with cameras and exposures. At one point we were all dancing around the fire in circles like Indians for a good shot.
Onto the dirt road and South. Not much out here which is great. The road had also just been paved and was relatively smooth.
Our first view of the ocean. One point of the trip was to explore the beaches more on the way down. Seems like every time we got even a little bit of access there were houses.
Looking for Scatter. Had to drop in and say hi. Wow he really lives out there. We did find him and got some good advice on camping south. Only stayed for an hour or so though because it was getting late.
More dirt road after Scatter's house. The dirt was about 60 miles total and an average speed of 10mph.
We camped again in the middle of nowhere. That's what I love about the sportsmobile. The ability to explore a sand wash or rough road to find solo camping. Brother and I slept great, but apparently there was a cold breeze all night coming down the canyon which kept the boys awake most of the evening.
The next day we visited Coco's corner. It's a somewhat famous place in Baja. We stopped in and had a soda/beer.
Here is a good example of bathrooms in rural Baja. Believe it or not some of us were very happy to have a facility like this to use.
Hope you enjoy.
My mother spends most of the winter down in Los Barriles Baja. I try to travel with her in Mexico when possible. This year my brother, nephews, and their friend came along for a spring break trip.
Final loading for the trip south. 5 "grownups" in one sportsmobile. Should be interesting.
First night was spent near Yuma in the dunes. I'm always amazed how well airing down works. Here I started to dig in. Air down to 25psi and all 13000 pounds just drives right out.
We had enough day light left to goof off in the dunes. We played some touch football, flew some 2 string kites, and the boys launched off the dunes.
We don't need no stinking forty foot land yacht. Here we are watching a movie that first night. Yep, a little bit crowded, but was a lot of fun. No we didn't all try to sleep in the smb. The boys had tent cots they set up each night.
We crossed at Mexicali. This was a new one for me. Being from AZ it made sense. We wanted to see what the East side of the peninsula was all about. Crossing was easy, although larger than I thought we got through Mexicali quickly. This is hwy 5 on the way to San Felipe.
Camping just past San Felipe. I always try to camp far from others and where it's free. We wanted to go farther this day, but stopped early to try and get our tourist visas the next day in San Felipe.
Had a nice campfire this night. Had a lot of fun playing with cameras and exposures. At one point we were all dancing around the fire in circles like Indians for a good shot.
Onto the dirt road and South. Not much out here which is great. The road had also just been paved and was relatively smooth.
Our first view of the ocean. One point of the trip was to explore the beaches more on the way down. Seems like every time we got even a little bit of access there were houses.
Looking for Scatter. Had to drop in and say hi. Wow he really lives out there. We did find him and got some good advice on camping south. Only stayed for an hour or so though because it was getting late.
More dirt road after Scatter's house. The dirt was about 60 miles total and an average speed of 10mph.
We camped again in the middle of nowhere. That's what I love about the sportsmobile. The ability to explore a sand wash or rough road to find solo camping. Brother and I slept great, but apparently there was a cold breeze all night coming down the canyon which kept the boys awake most of the evening.
The next day we visited Coco's corner. It's a somewhat famous place in Baja. We stopped in and had a soda/beer.
Here is a good example of bathrooms in rural Baja. Believe it or not some of us were very happy to have a facility like this to use.
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