Baja - Day 9

The road leading out of Ciudad Constitucion was horrible – we were driving in a bumpy, dust fog for miles – but we finally came upon a nice, straight highway and were happy campers! Unfortunately, it didn’t last long. It has been a good news – bad news kind of day! The good news – when the roads were good, they were very good. The bad news – when the roads were bad, they were VERY bad! We will be glad to arrive at our “freedom time” park in Los Barrilles tonight.

The wagon master announces oncoming traffic on narrow roads - because most of us are taking our half out of the middle. This morning Becky said there was an oncoming truck with only one headlight. I responded “we used to call them pididdles – and when we were dating you got to kiss your boyfriend when you saw one!”

In the U.S. you often see crosses along the roadside to commemorate someone who died in an accident there. In Mexico they build shrines and sometimes small chapels decorated with Catholic statues and/or pictures and plastic flowers (even a beer bottle in one!) – many of them much nicer than the houses they live in!

The Mexican government recently raised the price of gas - actually, just lowered their subsidies – and we have seen a few trucker blockades at Pem Ex stations in protest. But, we have not had any problems purchasing gasoline or diesel fuel. It is just weird when they say “5,000 pesos!”

We arrived at Playa Del Norte and our RV site right on the Sea of Cortez beach around 4pm. There is restaurant next door, the El Geiko, so many of us went over for a margarita. We figured we not only wanted one but needed and deserved one! It was happy hour so the waiter brought us all two for one – OMG – I can’t do that again! We ended up eating dinner there – they made guacamole at our table and my coconut shrimp were as big as pork chops! Yum!