We decided to head to the beach again to hang out for a couple of days. We headed to El Rosarito on Highway 1. This is a very narrow and bumpy road that crosses into some non forested mountains and followed the coast about 6 miles inland to a point where Highway 1 turns east and inland. We stopped for some diesel along the way and Kathy found a bunch of puppies that were loving the attention.
At el Rosarito, the map guidance took us to the church below town. Apparently that was the El Rosarito that I had mapped to. We checked iOverlander and Kathy found a nice camp at the lighthouse at the point of a small bay. We turned southwest and drove about 10 miles on a pretty good dirt road to the point. We easily found a place to camp on the small bluff and took a tour of the beach.
We camped here for two nights and I got a few things done with the house back home. We have some renters now and are working through the paperwork. We love our home, but since it is not 100% paid off, letting it sit is not a good fiscal choice. God has been good to us so we are trusting things will all work out for the best. I had a heck of a time getting the mail to work on my computer today. I had not completed setting it up after I got it, and it would not pull from the exchange server. And in the process the browsers decided to enjoy Mexico as well and flipped to Spanish, which complicated things a bit more. Eventually I figured it all out through brute force and was able to organize things a bit more. I love the iPhone and iPad but doing blogs on them and managing files and mail is not as easy as it is on a computer. I am still working out kinks with the VPN but things are better now.
I was planning on working on my app a bit more, but with all the computer troubles this morning, my patience and concentration are off. So I walked the beach, listened and watched the waves, and relaxed during the afternoon. It is about 75 degrees here and in the sun it feels hot, yet in the shade feels cold. Terrible predicament, LOL. We collected some mussels here and cooked them after watching some locals and doing a bit of research on how to collect, clean, and cook them. They cooked well, but both of us did not really like the texture. It probably needed more butter and garlic in the broth. But the puppies felt they hit the jackpot. I also cooked the last bit of salmon we had and gave that to the pups. Zuzu is getting a bit thin, although she seems to eat several times a day and is regular on the other parts. Maybe a little rice and fish will fatten her up a bit.
The nights here are beautiful. No light pollution at all and the stars are so bright and abundant. It is so different, we have a hard time finding the Big and Little Dippers. It makes me think of the millenia before us that humans gazed up at the stars and memorized and visualized space, being so bright back then. We all miss this when living in the big cities. Yeah, terrible thing, LOL
We will be heading out early and moving south. I had planned to go to Bahia de Los Angeles, but after looking at the local campgrounds and hotels and reviews in the area, we decided to just head to Guerrero Negro. We found a nice hotel for the next two nights for about $60 per night. Time for some deep cleaning, showers, laundry, etc. I am coming up on 80K in the truck, so I need to look for an oil filter and oil. I forgot to get those before I left, so I am hoping the Autozone there will have what I need.
