chnlisle
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We're Baaaaaaaaaaaack!
We had a great trip. All of our fears about Baja were pretty stupid in hind sight. We stayed in Gonzaga the first 2 (Friday & Saturday) nights and met up with Pam's brother and his friends. The place was virtually deserted. Beautiful sunny days and windy nights. We headed to San Ignacio on Sunday and went out into the lagoon Monday. There were literally dozens of whales. Lots of mamas and calves. One pair stayed at our Panga for over 15 minutes. The baby had her head on the panga gunwale for 5 minutes at a time. The boats are only in the lagoon for a couple of hours at a time. Not like 20 years ago but so worth doing. Absolutely a life changing event. No amount of video can describe what it's like being there.
Monday we headed down to Playa Santispac for a couple of days. Again windy nights but gorgeous days. Dick (Camelracer) from Goleta and his buddy John spotted our trio of ATC's on the beach and stopped in for a short visit. It was nice to connect with fellow WTW friends so far from home. Pam and Gene's son Michael had to be back by Monday so we decided to go north west and make a stop at 7 Sisters so Michael could catch a few waves. Again great days but cold windy nights.
Friday we were back in Gonzaga. The Palapa area was still empty. The afternoon weather was spectacular and not as windy at night. Gene and Phil left at 6AM.....Barbarians! Pam and I had coffee and packed up. The trip back through San Felipe and into Mexicali was great. We stopped for breakfast at El Colorado. This a really great restaurant just north of the town of San Felipe. Terrific food and really nice people. It took about 3 hours to cross the border. Next time I'm going to try crossing at Mexicali East.
I didn't take a lot of pix but I will post them once I get them sorted out. Gene and Phil took lots and videos too so they will be forth coming as well.
Sun Man and TT should be back soon and I know they will have pix too.
"SHAMELESS COMMERCIAL STATEMENT!"
My ATC Cougar hybrid was perfect. Pam loves camping but she really enjoys it much more in this new Cougar. The Engel preformed flawlessly.
We had a great trip. All of our fears about Baja were pretty stupid in hind sight. We stayed in Gonzaga the first 2 (Friday & Saturday) nights and met up with Pam's brother and his friends. The place was virtually deserted. Beautiful sunny days and windy nights. We headed to San Ignacio on Sunday and went out into the lagoon Monday. There were literally dozens of whales. Lots of mamas and calves. One pair stayed at our Panga for over 15 minutes. The baby had her head on the panga gunwale for 5 minutes at a time. The boats are only in the lagoon for a couple of hours at a time. Not like 20 years ago but so worth doing. Absolutely a life changing event. No amount of video can describe what it's like being there.
Monday we headed down to Playa Santispac for a couple of days. Again windy nights but gorgeous days. Dick (Camelracer) from Goleta and his buddy John spotted our trio of ATC's on the beach and stopped in for a short visit. It was nice to connect with fellow WTW friends so far from home. Pam and Gene's son Michael had to be back by Monday so we decided to go north west and make a stop at 7 Sisters so Michael could catch a few waves. Again great days but cold windy nights.
Friday we were back in Gonzaga. The Palapa area was still empty. The afternoon weather was spectacular and not as windy at night. Gene and Phil left at 6AM.....Barbarians! Pam and I had coffee and packed up. The trip back through San Felipe and into Mexicali was great. We stopped for breakfast at El Colorado. This a really great restaurant just north of the town of San Felipe. Terrific food and really nice people. It took about 3 hours to cross the border. Next time I'm going to try crossing at Mexicali East.
I didn't take a lot of pix but I will post them once I get them sorted out. Gene and Phil took lots and videos too so they will be forth coming as well.
Sun Man and TT should be back soon and I know they will have pix too.
"SHAMELESS COMMERCIAL STATEMENT!"
My ATC Cougar hybrid was perfect. Pam loves camping but she really enjoys it much more in this new Cougar. The Engel preformed flawlessly.
