Category: Mexico

  • Chapala, BC to Punta Prieta, BC

    Chapala, BC to Punta Prieta, BC

    Wild camping isn’t Rett’s favorite thing to do, mostly due to the difficulties of cleaning things (including herself) without access to running water. So I’m incredibly grateful for her willingness to do it again, so soon after her first time. Because for me, it was one of the best nights of camping I’ve ever had.…

  • Cataviña, BC to Chapala, BC

    Cataviña, BC to Chapala, BC

    A horrible sulfur-smell started wafting through our tent just as we were putting our heads down, and kept me awake for a long time. I’m not sure if it was just due to a shift in the winds, or if the hotel does some kind of water-processing overnight that causes the smell, but at least…

  • El Descanso, BC to Cataviña, BC

    El Descanso, BC to Cataviña, BC

    I heard a few coyotes wailing in the middle of the night in our wild camp, but otherwise slept pretty well. The occasional truck going down the highway a quarter mile away didn’t do much to disturb the quiet. Rett didn’t sleep quite as well, which is understandable since it was her first night ever…

  • El Rosario, BC to El Descanso, BC

    El Rosario, BC to El Descanso, BC

    One more breakfast at…Mama Espinoza’s. For the second morning in a row, a tour bus dropped a load of Americans into the restaurant, presumably to look at the memorabilia and buy some of the various stuff for sale. They kind of wander around for 10 or 15 minutes and then leave. On the one hand,…

  • Lazaro Cárdenas, BC to El Rosario, BC

    Lazaro Cárdenas, BC to El Rosario, BC

    Our garden hotel was so fancy that they had coffee in the office in the morning, a first in Mexico. However, the restaurant was not open for breakfast, and since it was far (by bicycle) from town, we made do with some vending-machine snacks to get us going (and it seemed the vending machine stock…