Day 36- Guerrero Negro

Today our 90 mile drive has taken us to the Pacific and within a mile of the border between Baja California and Baja California Sur (South). We will be here at Mario's RV Park until day after tomorrow to go on a whale watching tour in the Laguna Ojo de Liebre where hundreds of gray whales migrate from Alaska to mate and give birth each winter. One of the interesting local landmarks is a cemetery just behind the park that really reflects the differences in how Mexicans treat the deceased. As you can see from the photos the cemetery appears to be a small town as you approach. Many families constructs elaborate homes to shelter their departed's remains that reflect the life of their loved ones. Another large landmark are the salt evaporation mines that are a joint project of Mitsubishi and a Mexican organization. These are one of the largest in the world and ship most of the salt overseas. In addition to our usual bantering we had a briefing during happy hour on the plans for tomorrow. Our group will split into two groups who will each go out to the inlet of the lagoon in two 10 passenger boats to see the whales and their calves. It is late in the season and the water table is low so we will travel out to the edge of the inlet in search of whales. We finished the evening with dinner at Mario's and somehow ended watching another chicken dance which seems to becoming a trademark of this group! Tomorrow it is out to the whales!