Friday, March 23, 2007

Day 34 - St Ignacio

If you drive up Route 1 on the Baja one of the more unlikely spots to pick for a couple of days stay might well be St Ignacio. Located halfway across the peninsula it is a desert town that is the only real stop after leaving Santa Rosalia on the Sea of Cortes until reaching Guerrero Negro on the Pacific.
We did stop in Santa Rosalia for a late brunch and a walk around the pretty little town. As we left Santa Rosalina we saw our last view of the Sea of Cortes and began climbing a winding road to the high desert. After setting up in the Rice and Beans RV Park in St Ignacio it was time for a surprise from our Wagon Masters Pat and Alice; to celebrate the wedding anniversary of one of the couples and have a lot of fun! Bob and Trish Close celebrated their 17th anniversary today and if you go back a day you will see a photo of Bob conducting his rooster wake up call early in the morning.

So Pat, under his authority as Wagon Master issued by Governor Felix Manuel Loopy Loco Lopes of La Paz, conducted a remarriage ceremony using a rooster and chicken as props! Special music was written by Ted (Processional: Here comes the bride, a chicken by her side.......) The party got wilder when all the wedding groomsmen and attendants appeared in drag! We are sharing the RV park with a hotel that had 12 off road bikers from the Denver area who watched this unfold in disbelief. When Gina (Geno) approached them with a margarita she ended up on a wild bike ride through the parking lot. Everyone laughed until it hurt!We will sleep late in the morning and have a quiet pot luck tomorrow evening to recover.