Day 38 - A Hard Day's Drive North

The caravan pulled out of Guerrero Negro at 7:00AM this morning for a 270 miles run up the backbone of the peninsula to the Pacific and then up the west coast to Vincente Guerrero for the night. Four rigs including us decided to leave late and catch up with the group as they approached Vincente Guerrero this afternoon. Leaving Guerrero Negro we were stopped for inspections of our tourist visas and then at several Army checkpoints as we headed north. There military stops are primarily looking for drugs and illegal immigrants headed north.

The first part of the day was up across the central desert of Baja that is rocks and cacti! In fact Sue kept shooting photos of a few cactus that got monotonous. The pile of rocks is the only attraction for miles until we came to a curio shop at the entrance to a onyx mine where we had lunch and the girls did a little shopping. The roads in Baja are very narrow with no shoulders and the high winds and heavy truck traffic made it a hard day's drive. A little excitement got added to the day when the awning on Geno and Isabel's coach unfurled in the high winds on top of the hills this afternoon. As the photos show we got it rewound with a lot of effort by Bob Bietler on the windy roof. We finally arrived at Posado Don Diego RV Park late this afternoon and helped celebrate Jack Bunting's 72 birthday with a cake and good wishes. We finished the day with dinner at the restaurant here in the Park and called it a night. Tomorrow we have a relatively short 99 miles to Ensenada for the next three days.