There was even an area that reminded us of a “mini-Catavina”boulder field! It only lasted about 5 miles, but was interesting to see.
Further along we enter a valley where there were some vineyards, as well as cheese production. Another thing we noticed was there are some creative “rock artists” in the area! This rock was turned into a frog, another further down the road looked like a crocodile!
Descending the eastern side of the mountains barrel cacti covered the hills then gave way to miles and miles of ocotillo, many of them in bloom.
We stopped in San Felipe for a fish taco lunch then continued south to Puertocitos. The highway is paved, but it is pretty rough. There are also LOTS AND LOTS OF VADOS! We had been warned by two different people today to watch out for them because they aren’t all marked and you could might get airborne if you are going too fast. They were right! It was a two person job navigating the 50 mile drive.
While the road doesn’t look too bad in this section, other parts were pretty dicey.
We arrived in Puertecitos about 4pm and found the campground. Puertecitos is a strange little place where most of the houses appear to be abandoned or boarded up. There are sulfur hot springs in the ocean that can only be accessed through the gates of the town and RV park. We wanted to use the hot springs, so you either pay $15 USD for just the hot springs, or $20 USD to camp and use the hot springs. We are camping!
The hot pools run parallel to the Sea of Cortez with the hottest pools at the south end. As the tide comes in, it cools the water. The north end of the pool has more openings to the sea, so we started there. Like Goldilocks, when it got “too cold”, we moved over to the middle pool, however, like Goldilocks, it was “too hot.” We had to wait about 30 minutes before enough sea water entered to get in without boiling our skin off!
Just south, beyond the pool area there were several rocks where the pelicans were gathered for their afternoon socializing!
We were also treated to a blue heron flying by.
Back at the camping area we had a nice view of the small bay just in time for sundown.
GPS: 30.34979N, 114.64060W
RV CAMPING – BAJA CALIFORNIA
While the road doesn’t look too bad in this section, other parts were pretty dicey.
We arrived in Puertecitos about 4pm and found the campground. Puertecitos is a strange little place where most of the houses appear to be abandoned or boarded up. There are sulfur hot springs in the ocean that can only be accessed through the gates of the town and RV park. We wanted to use the hot springs, so you either pay $15 USD for just the hot springs, or $20 USD to camp and use the hot springs. We are camping!
The hot pools run parallel to the Sea of Cortez with the hottest pools at the south end. As the tide comes in, it cools the water. The north end of the pool has more openings to the sea, so we started there. Like Goldilocks, when it got “too cold”, we moved over to the middle pool, however, like Goldilocks, it was “too hot.” We had to wait about 30 minutes before enough sea water entered to get in without boiling our skin off!
Just south, beyond the pool area there were several rocks where the pelicans were gathered for their afternoon socializing!
We were also treated to a blue heron flying by.
Back at the camping area we had a nice view of the small bay just in time for sundown.
GPS: 30.34979N, 114.64060WRV CAMPING – BAJA CALIFORNIA
2 comments:
Just catching up with your blog. When I went down that way 6 years ago the pavement ended at Puertecitos. I didn't have a proper bike for non-pavement so we turned around and went North again
Yes - the road has been "improved"!!! We talked to some folks and the road is now paved south of Gonzaga and there are only 25 miles unpaved between Gonzaga and where it connects back to Hwy. 1. We even met a young woman traveling on a Vespa 250cc scooter who drove the unpaved part north. She said it was rough, but not horrible! Brave girl. Are you ready to go again???
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