Baja - Day 3

Today’s travels have been up and down the mountains. Scary driving but beautiful country. We are amazed at how green everything is – we anticipated Arizona like desert. There are several plants that are indigenous to the Baja.

We passed through our second military check point with no problems. Guess a bunch of white hairs in motorhomes doesn’t fit their “profile!”

We hiked up to a small cave, this afternoon, to see pictographs and learn about the varied plant life. Interesting – unfortunately, my camera battery died!

We are “dry” camped at Ranchero Santa Inez, a private two thousand acre cattle ranch, near Catavina, where we are parked near two huge mesquite trees. The long drive to the ranch house used to function as a private airstrip used by medical teams from the U.S. that staffed a medical/surgical/dental clinic for local residents. It is no longer open – not sure why. They have a small bunk house kitchen that served us dinner -two tacos, an enchilada, beans and rice for $6.00. Good food in a very rustic setting – no power, limited water and far away from any sizable town! Cows and horses roam freely through our area. The night sky is gorgeous!

We are towing the Buick and had about a half tank of gas in it yesterday but, when Roger checked it this afternoon when we parked it was empty! We think someone stole it last night while we slept!