Boy oh Boy! I'm getting worse and worse at posting frequent messages and updates on our trip. It must be this retired thing! I can't seem to find the time. Actually its mostly that while in Mexico our internet connection was just too slow for doing much other than checking email.
Well, we arrived back in the land of plenty on May 7th. We crossed out of Mexico at the Tecate border crossing after two great months in the Baja. We had a great time and excellent adventures that I will elaborate on (including pictures) in future posts. We had no problems, breakdowns, banditos, swine flu, traffic accidents or anything of that nature. Just a challenging drive on Mex 1 down to Puerto Escondito. Man, that highway is narrow. Only 9 ft lanes in many places with no shoulder. Meander is 8ft 8 inches wide fender to fender. We spent two months at Puerto Escondito in a RV park and on Meander on the water. We traveled about 100 nm in each direction from the port. As far south as Lapaz and north to the Bahia Conception. Its a great cruising area with islands to visit, beaches and bays. The anchorages are less protected than what I'm used to in the Gulf or San Juan islands but the weather sure makes up for that. We kept hearing about snow fall in the Northwest while we were sitting on the restaurant deck, sipping a cerveza and watching the boats at anchor in the bay.
As the weather in the Baja started to get a bit warm for me we packed up and headed north. It was two long days drive from Puerto Escondito to Yuma AZ. And it was much hotter in Yuma. Over 100 degrees. Much too hot for me. We had to run for the hills around Prescott to find weather I can handle. From Prescott we travelled to Sedona for Anne to get another dose of the "red rocks" and hikes in this area. This morning we are packing up the camper, hooking up Meander and should be at Lake Powell by this evening. We are looking forward to 2- 3 weeks on Lake Powell depending on the weather and water conditions.
I'll try and get the pictures posted when we get in another RV park or marina with a good wireless signal.
Cheers
Ron & Anne