Life on El Coyote

The lifestyle on El Coyote is any one story of the people that you might meet. We have met some very interesting people....from British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, California as well as other states...each unique in the telling of course, all searching for Sun and fun. Not all retirees either....families from CA & Oregon....on winter holiday vacations.

Water is brought here by vendors, as is veggies, tamales, fresh fish, fruit, fresh bakery goods...."almost free" is a favorite selling point.

 

Almost everyone who comes has a kayak, inflatable Kodiaks, or small sailboats (they fold up)... hiking, fishing, daily 4pm happy hours and weekly craft classes are just some of the activities. We've already had 2 potlucks and one is scheduled for New Years...sitting in the sun and reading has been a favorite pasttime of mine so far...that and collecting seashells by the seashore (sorry, couldn't resist )

My new obession: Kayaking....this in a borrowed, but much appreciated, boat.

RV parking on the beach....

We also went to a local art show earlier in the month....this amazing German woman creates these cut glass and shell (Slabs of concrete) pieces that can be used as benches, tables, headboards or whatever one can think of...the slabs are 3 inches thick...I spoke with her for quite a while to discover how she creates them...once designed the work is place upside down on a glass table, reinforced with rebar and then concrete is poured......6 months to make them. She had quite a few for sell...this is just one of the slabs that she was showing.

Ciao~

Yuma to Baja

We picked up 10 days ago to travel with friends in a convoy to their winter home on El Coyote Beach - Baia Conception - Baja Sur, Mexico. The road is long, narrow and not for the faint of heart...afterall it is a foreign country; I say this with a smile.


From Yuma we gathered at the Golden Acorn Casino in Campo CA located about 20 miles from the border...given we were the "newbies" at the casino we were given a card loaded with $5 for the slots....and that and patience got me $26 from this winner which brought our dinner.

We departed Campo early the next day so as to get through customs @ Tecate before the rush hour of US employees crossing over to "sew" the clothes we buy at Target/WalMart/Sears. The following 8 hours got us about 200 miles to San Quentin where we stayed at El Papellon RV park for $10 US - on this lovely beach.

 






From San Quentin we drove another 220 miles plus 4 military checkpoints. As intimidating as the checkpoints are, the young men who man them are very friendly, courteous and "doing their jobs". When we indicated that we had "gatos - cats" they were very careful and concerned about 'claws'...which was really sweet.

Stopping at Mario's RV park - another beach front park which boasted a sand floor restaurant - the seafood soup was delicious!

Mario's RV park

 

Sunset @ Guerero Negro

Christmas Palm tree in the restaurant...



Our final leg was approximately 120 miles (still took about 7 hours) - the roads were being "improved" in stretches and we had several more military inspections, plus the crossing into Baja Sur (South) asking us for citrus.....citrus? us....finito! :-)

Our beach is in the background, center of photo....

Our flock of pelicans increases depending on the schools of fish each day, but they are a source of entertainment, along with the turkey vultures, egrets, sandpipers and the odd dolphin or two...

We are having a grand time....always something going on during the day. We will not be bored what with the kayaking, potlucks, hikes, art shows in Mulege, the vendors who arrive all day long to sell us shrimp, sole or scallops, fresh fruit and veggies and the tinkets that only vendors can hawk from the shore here....loving our life right now.

Ciao~