SunMan
King Taco
We scheduled some vacation during Labor Day week and decided we were Long overdue for a Baja run. We left at O-Dark-hundred on Saturday Morning, made the border by day break, got our FMT's and headed south.
That afternoon around Catavina some very nasty weather moved in and I
experienced more rain than I've ever seen in all my years of Baja travel, unfortunately it happened in a very short period of time which I knew would be trouble. The vados and arroyos started filling with water fast, we made a few interesting crossings but nothing too crazy and finally made our way through the cells.
After the rains I was pretty tired and frazzled after about 13 hours behind trhe wheel. We kept looking for a nice lonely road heading off into the desert and finally found one somewhere between Laguna Chapala and the Bay of L.A. turn off in the Valle de los Cirios. We drove about 6 miles off the highway and found a nice little spot on high ground to make camp.
After settling in for cocktail hour and dinner prep, new rain clouds developed off in the distance but I felt relatively sure their path would not cross ours...not quite. Things looked a bit sketchy at first but only some light showers fell, just enough to cool things off and bring on that wonderful smell of desert rain... so nice. We had a spectacular first night stargazing and watching lightening flashes out over the Sea of Cortez.
That afternoon around Catavina some very nasty weather moved in and I
experienced more rain than I've ever seen in all my years of Baja travel, unfortunately it happened in a very short period of time which I knew would be trouble. The vados and arroyos started filling with water fast, we made a few interesting crossings but nothing too crazy and finally made our way through the cells.
After the rains I was pretty tired and frazzled after about 13 hours behind trhe wheel. We kept looking for a nice lonely road heading off into the desert and finally found one somewhere between Laguna Chapala and the Bay of L.A. turn off in the Valle de los Cirios. We drove about 6 miles off the highway and found a nice little spot on high ground to make camp.
After settling in for cocktail hour and dinner prep, new rain clouds developed off in the distance but I felt relatively sure their path would not cross ours...not quite. Things looked a bit sketchy at first but only some light showers fell, just enough to cool things off and bring on that wonderful smell of desert rain... so nice. We had a spectacular first night stargazing and watching lightening flashes out over the Sea of Cortez.
