RIP Camping
We gave it a real honest shot, but we aren't campers. Maybe it was the sand at Santispec, the tough sleeps and the long evenings. Or maybe, it was that the hotels and apartments were working out so well...
Finding a New Path
I suppose I knew I was pushing our comfort too far, that I was deliberately setting us up for discomfort, choosing the more difficult route. I knew this and went ahead and did it anyway...
Travel Summary: Baja California
With the Baja Peninsula is in the rearview, here are some thoughts about our experience travelling down Highway 1, approximately 1400 kilometers from the border to La Paz...
Mew-ledge doesn’t rhyme with Mulegé
Mulegé isn't the best small town on the Baja, but it has a certain charm for anyone who takes the time...
Water on the Wrong Side
The road from Mexicali towards San Felipe is mostly straight and flat. Fast. The start of our adventure coming at us fast...
Baja Mexico: Mistakes were made
Our introduction to Mexico was to grossly overpay for a so-so camping experience in San Felipe, the first stop south of the border on Highway 5...
Klymit Double-V Air Mattress
We were determined to make it work. We were going to camp in style. And If we were determined to camp, we would not be sleeping on hard, backpacker-style pads...
Yeti Tundra 35 Hard Cooler
The Yeti Cooler was a tough choice to make. It’s just so damn expensive - how good could it be...?
Eureka Kahuna 4 Tent
Once I decided that we could travel comfortably in our little car - that I wouldn’t buy a van or a truck and try and convert it into some kind of camping machine - the way forward became simpler...
Get ‘stoked
It was tough to move on from Christina Lake. We had stumbled on a gem of a campsite and it's always hard to uproot and take a chance on the unknown...
