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San Quitin to Wine country between Ensenada and the U.S. boarder

3/25/2017

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Some of the landscape at the museum was made from broken wine bottles. This was the oldest vineyard in this wine area.  It was 80 years old. The rose bush planted at the end of the row was to check for pests.  If the roses have bugs they treat the grape vines
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Wine tasting for all and Freddie??? He says the bottles he bought are gifts.  Uh huh...
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Lunch at the vineyard was excellent.  American pricing...
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Almost at the U.S. boarder we find a lawn chair that we may need to stop for.  Not!
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Crossing back over the boarder with our last good-bye and ...Wayne...does it again...(lovingly said of coarse and sorry I couldn't resist showing this)

...stuck in the entrance booth...customs let him go right through...we think they wanted to get rid of them!
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Good-bye Freddie, we thank -you from the bottom of our hearts for your leadership and everything else you did for us.
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We ended our travels back in Potero, where we started. Very nice, this is a trip that goes down as one of the best ever.

"We are all brothers and sisters...just with another mother", Freddie

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Captaviña to El Pabeliõn Playa near San Quitin 

3/25/2017

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Leaving Cataviña in the afternoon meant we would arrive at the beach close to sunset..beautiful.
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Clam digging.
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Morning sunrise and coffee perch...afternoon cocktail hour.
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This beach was loaded with sea biscuits.
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Last night for Mike and Lori,(on right) Cork and Cathy, (above)  good-bye you will be missed.
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Mary and Bernie our  "Hobby Geologist"
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Trish, Lori, and Cathy...alias "the Baja bitches"... there is a salty story here.  Let's just just say you wouldn't want to feel our hair. 
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Below are Randy (& Gay) and his "sister wives". Gay on the left and Cheryl on the right.
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Wayne and Suzanne
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On the left...Freddie reading the card we made him...below are the words we sung to him, using the tune of Thank-you by Sam & Dave...he liked it...too bad that we performed better in practice!  
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...and the Gang was all here!

Fellow caravaners...do you have any pictures of Freddie's song or our farewell party? Please send them. 
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Cataviña in Parque del Desierto Central de Baja California

3/24/2017

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The central desert area that we drove through was in unprecedented,  full bloom as we drove through. Mike had been traveling the Baja for 40+ years and he had never seen the desert with this much of a bloom and green.  The Baja had a good amount of rain this year and this proceeded the bloom. My drive-by-shots do not do the flowers justice.  There were few places to park to photograph the beauty we saw.  These photos are the best I have to show.  In the camp that night I did manage to catch a few shots.  The litter on the side of the road was where some type of truck had caught fire.  
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This situation was Wayne's problem again. (love you Wayne) Pulled off the highway in this picture is deceiving. Earlier   we came to a dead stop on HWY 1 because a part of Wayne's trailer frame broke and was dragging. We got out the orange rags to make sure the upcoming traffic knew we were at a dead stop. A miracle that was a few miles ahead, was this pull out.  Second miracle, was the tire shop that had a welder, at the next set of two businesses!  The caravan traveled on to the next stop and Wayne and Randy stayed with the welding situation,

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It is advisable not to eat dinner here...I had no problem but others may have.  We had arrived near sunset.
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In San Ignacio Cathy and Cork tried to tell the store clerk that they needed a fly swatter.  She did not understand so they resolved to pantomimes.
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Who remembers the name of this tree?
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Close up view of the tall Cirio tree, nick named Bojums.  They are tall and skinny and the Spanish name means taper or candle.  Below the tall and skinny plants are these trees.  They flower on the top ends.
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Long but manageable drive from Los Barriles to Constitution

3/24/2017

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We arrived at a park we lovingly call the dust bowl/sewer RV park.  Some parts of the park were very nicely groomed but where they put us was in a newly graded dust bowl.  In the middle of the night we all woke up to the intense smell of sewer from the city sewer area. I will stress very intense smell. Yuck!  The park had a hot tub...or maybe not.
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The nice part of the park was pictured in the top two photos above.  Where they put us was in the bottom two photos. 
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The main town area had many topiary trees in the median.  This man was at the sidewalk taco shop.   
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Stopping in Loreto 

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One more visit to the weaver before we leave for Playa Santispas with Mike & Lori, and Cork & Cathy. We would be braking free of the caravan for one day.  The others wanted to go fishing in Loreto Bay.
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Playa Santispas, Baja Sur, Mexico

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Our views from our inside windows the first night.
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The first night was cold and windy but we laughed until we cried!  Turned Cork's Airstream sideways to block some of the wind.  Such a great time with great people.
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Art and relaxation on the beach.
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.I should have taken more pictures of these tiny shells on the beach. They were all different colors. We had super red sunsets.
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Gay turning the logs again!
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Table clothes-r-us!  We all bought multi numbers of table cloths.
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Cute Laurie!
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This standard poodle ran up an down the beach all day long.  His owner said he was chasing fish.  He stood still for a moment here. She said he could hardly walk at night.
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Shopping from our RVs and from our chairs.  This family was delightful.  Mother, father, son, daughter -in-law and grand daughter; from Mitla Oaxaca City.  Miguel Garcia and Isablel Sosa are holding the rugs we bought. They had a book that I took pictures of the process that they go through to spin the wool and dye it with natural plant dyes. 
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This process must take them weeks.
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Many good memories were made at this beach.
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Next stop Los Barriles passing through El Triunfo

3/24/2017

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This little mining city was an unexpected pleasure. Beautiful architecture in the newly redone buildings, little fun and a big lunch.
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Los Barriles

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We came into the city by way of the back roads because the city streets were skinny, skinny...lots of cows was a pretty normal sight. They think they own the road...
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We have arrived at wonderful...this was a fabulous place and we loved it.
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The little shelter was a good wind shield during our chicken dinner.  WiFi was here too. There was a nice laundry room here at Playa Norte RV.
​                          Happy Birthday to Mike!
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Our view from inside the rig was great from sunrise to sun set. This was our morning sunrise ritual each morning.  Freddie is still in his PJs! 
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                              Happy Birthday to You!

A bumpy ride through the washout was interesting.

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        Freddie, Freddie, Freddie!  

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​Freddie quote," We all are sisters and brothers. Just from a different mother".
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Near the East Cape

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Our departure this day was slightly delayed because of the incoming storm.  I missed pictures of the lightening show.  
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Lapaz

3/24/2017

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Carnival 2017 was happening in Lapaz the evening when we arrived.  The idea did not sound fun to us but we went to town anyway. Downtown on the waterfront turned out to be very fun.  They had 5 major entertainment stages set up and countless street venders.  The parade started soon after we arrived the first night and it was like nothing we have ever seen before.  The costumes were very elaborate.  The music and dancing was energetic. It was a true celebration.  

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Bob bought a hat...Mr. Suave!
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Palleta ice cream or ice bars are my favorite especially pistachio.
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The second night was super busy and not as much fun.  To get out of the crowds we found a little coffee shop to sit for 2 hours and wait for our taxi that we scheduled to come at 9:30. Two beers, homemade carrot cake, coffee and Kailua, and Baileysover ice was 200 pesos; which is $10.
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Swimming with the Whale Sharks

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Freddie quote, "You might not know the tune, so just hum along".

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Baja Expeditions presents Swimming with the Whale Sharks.
The above video needs to be up loaded in the future. Below I am waiting to drop backwards into the water...not my favorite thing to do. The sharks were extremely docile and let you swim right next to them.  They eat plankton not people! Yea!  Another amazing experience.  
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