Cities are mainly for eating and the occasional museum for our family. Luckily there are few museums to choose from in Baja. So we eat! Fish tacos, the occasional bakery, a pizza place. These are the establishments our family can handle. No fine dining for us at this time in our lives!! We went out […]
Author: Alex
Playa Jimi
As we drive north there are still some spots we had time to visit. We spent 4 peaceful nights at a campsite on the Pacific Coast- Playa Jimi. Probably our favorite Pacific coast campsite of Baja. We took a day to settle in. We setup all the sunshades, table, and toys. Cooked some queso birria […]
Imminence, Again.
We are now heading north, coming back home, regresamos. And I am feeling sad about it. We have just over a month to do it, but there is a lot of distance to cover and 2 small girls to placate. I’ve tried to document the views, the new food, the experiences of the girls being […]
Beauty and Heat Extremes
As a Brooklyn girl, I know suffocating humidity, but I have gotten used to wonderfully pleasant mild Portland summer weather, so now Baja California is proving to be extreme. I love these cloudless skies and sunshine, but living outside every day (when we’re wild camping) in 85F weather is not easy. We’ve found that staying […]
Ah Cabo.
It’s a gorgeously “set” place. The first place we saw where a river valley had a stream feeding into the Pacific. Palm tree groves and GREEN GRASS lining entrances into resort complexes. There are so many beautiful places in the world. I’m not quite sure how to classify this one. I had the strange feeling […]
Day to Day-What’s it Like?
We figured out we have a mouse. Yesterday I woke up at 1am and lay in bed reading my book. Then I started to hear the slightest rustling. You should know I’ve become a very light sleeper because I’m anticipating the girls waking up at least once a night (needing to pee or be covered […]
First Baja Shopping Trip
For me, stepping into a grocery store reflects a lot about the culture of the area. For our first shopping trip, about a month ago, we stopped at a large Calimex store in San Felipe because we needed to get a lot of basics (rice, beans, pasta), and produce. Well, it was a very easy […]
Los Barriles Luxury
After our windshield cracked and fan busted, we made it to our destination- Los Barriles. We rented a spacious house with a view of the Sea of Cortez and spent a beautiful week with family. We were very lucky to stay at this large house that had a great variety of birds visiting all the […]
A Day of Double Failures
Welll, we weren’t planning for this. But we are always expecting something to break. Yesterday was a double whammy. As soon as we pulled out onto the main road from our restorative 2 nights at the insanely beautiful El Coyote campsite… …I noticed that a small existing crack in our windshield has advanced- LIKE 6”’!!! […]
Changing Vistas
There’s something to “overlanding.” Defined as traveling by driving over land, it also refers to the culture of living out of a vehicle. I’m figuring out why it’s so enjoyable for us. Wikipedia: self-reliant overland travel to remote destinations where the journey is the principal goal. Typically, but not exclusively, it is accomplished with mechanized off-road capable […]