We loved our stay in San Quintin at Fidel’s campground. It is not often that you get a beach all to yourself. For most of the time the beach was deserted….no hotels, restaurants or people. The two RVs that appeared late Sunday were gone very early. I find it so strange that so many people use San Quintin as a one night stopover. It is such a shame they do not take time to enjoy the beauty and solitude of this wonderful place but instead rush on to their next destination.
We continued north for a two night stay in Estero Beach at the same campground where we had the Mexican Connection 8 rally. The trip from San Quintin was fairly uneventful. The four detours onto dirt roads were still there and the trip over the mountain was still unnerving. We came to our first military checkpoint where they asked us where we were going and if we were on vacation. When we said yes they waved us on. Our second military checkpoint was not as easy since one of the solders came inside and did a lengthy check of the bedroom and bathroom area. This was the most extensive search done in all the military checkpoints and rather annoying but after a few minutes we were again on our way.
We arrived at the same campground and quickly settled in. It felt somewhat like arriving home since we had spent a week there earlier, but also felt so strange to pull into the campground and not see it full of our friends and their RVs. It was nice to have internet once again to check email and work on the blogs. Bill had planned on getting a cell phone in Mexico to use while we are here but it just wasn’t feasible or cost effective since the cell phone coverage where we were going was very sporadic. It has been interesting spending a month in Mexico with no cell phone service and very limited internet. In fact, it has been great!
Tuesday was spent doing laundry, catching up on a ton of emails, and working on the blog. We had planned to go to San Felipe on Wednesday which would be our final stop before heading to the USA. I emailed our friends Bob and Sharon to see if they were still in San Felipe since they had headed there when we went to south to Guerrero Negro. She emailed me that they were still there and that all the campgrounds were full because the Baja 250 international race and annual carnival being held there this week. She then generously offered to let us park our RV next to theirs since there was plenty of room. We gratefully accepted. We are really looking forward to seeing Bob and Sharon again and exploring San Felipe!