First night - Winslow, AZ! We stayed at the same hotel we did last year and even ate at the same place! We had a great day driving with no mishaps which is a good thing!
Day 2 is always my favorite drive through AZ, around the area where we used to live! We stopped at Thanks Alatte for coffee and it was delicious as usual!
I waved at Sedona when we went by the turnoff road - someday we'll just have to take the time and stop there to see all the changes! There were lots of campers at the sand dunes in CA and it was wonderful to see that temperature go up and up and up!!
Calexico was our stop for the night before we crossed the border in the morning! After staying at the same hotel we decided we WILL find another one for the way home as this one was pricey! We headed down the street for a ways to find a money exchange - and discovered that if you want to change more than $1000 that they need your social security number! So we actually had to stop 3 different places to get the cash we needed as we certainly weren't giving out our socials!
There was a beautiful sunset as we walked home from dinner that night!
Border time - always a little un-nerving as you never know what to expect but this year was a piece of cake! They checked the VIN number of the ATV (which they always do) and then we were good to park the truck and go in to get our Mexico paperwork! Last year we had to walk to the bank to pay our fee - this year they took the money right where we did the paperwork so we were done in 20 minutes! WOW!
It was Valentine's Day and the Mexicans celebrate it just like we do! In the larger town of San Felipe, the elementary kids were having a Valentine's Day Parade! Lots of cute kids dressed in red and carrying hearts and bears and candy - so cute!! There were also many stands set up along the streets where you could buy flowers and candy and such!
We were driving along and saw a swarm of SOMETHING coming at us! It must have been bees because they hit the windshield and it sounded like popcorn popping! Pretty strange!
It always amazes me how many mountains are on the Baja that we drive through!
The BEST part of the day was reaching the 21 miles of gravel (they've been working on getting the highway built for years) and finding that the highway was DONE! Oh my gosh - instead of 1 1/2 hours of bumpy roads, we made it through that stretch in 15 minutes! What a joy to have that road complete!
Also, last year we had 9 detours because of the tropical storm and this year most of it was fixed, just 4 very short ones that should soon be done!
We found the road to turn on to head to Ascension Bay and luckily our GPS was working as we couldn't find the sign - we just HOPED we were on the correct road and we were! Outside the bay you go by the salt flats! It looks just like ice and snow out there and was really cool looking!
The town is very small - we had no trouble finding our inn and met our innkeeper Susanna who was helping out the owner who was over giving whale tours! We had the upper suite which had a beautiful view but the accommodations were not quite what I expected - oh well, we were spending the next 8 nights here so knew I just had to accept what it was and make the best out of it!
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So glad traveling is going well! Anxious to hear all about it. Enjoy!
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