We walked the main street then up the hill to see the Shrine of the Virgin of Guadelupe and the lighthouse, then back the malecon before lunch.
The shrine is in the large white building one the right at the top of the hill.When you get to the top it is behind a huge, mesh, wire door and the shrine itself is actually pretty small – not exactly what we expected, but interesting to see.
From the Shrine, we looked to the north and could see the lighthouse.
Looking behind us in the picture below, you can see San Felipe’s malecon. We rounded out the trip with fish tacos and shrimp burritos for lunch, then hit the road for the U.S.
We had a military checkpoint where Hwy. 3 and 5 meet on our way north. This was one of the most thorough stops we experienced on this trip. I think they opened almost every cabinet, as well as looking in the bathroom, and under our bed!
North of San Felipe along Hwy 5 was a mining operation, but there was no identifying sign. I have found information that said it may be a copper mine, and other that said gold. If you know what it is, please let me know!!
Close to Rio Colorado and Rio Hardy we passed by the mudflats, but it looked a lot like salt to us. It was interesting that on one side of the road it was totally flat, and on the other side of the road were mountains.
The real bonus of the drive today was the road was wide and had shoulders, so we made it to Mexicali by 4 pm. We made a couple of last minute shopping stops then worked our way through the afternoon traffic to the U.S. border crossing. The line seemed to take forever, but it was really only an hour.
I had our list of our purchases ready to present and we had finished all of our fruits and vegetables, so it was smooth sailing. It is interesting because you drive through an x-ray type machine and they process the picture of your vehicle and if everything looks okay, you are free to go – and we were.
Back in the USA, we continued on to Yuma, Arizona where we stopped for gas - $2.29 per gallon – much cheaper than what we had been paying in Mexico! We also grabbed some Chinese food for dinner then drove on to Scottsdale. We arrived about 11:30 and spent the night in the RV so we didn’t wake our Moms.
MARCH 18, 2015 - SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA
We got up early this morning and went with our moms to walk our Penny dog. Penny seemed pretty happy to see us – although she was thoroughly spoiled while we were gone. She is one lucky dog to have such good “grandmas”!!! (And we are lucky to have such great moms to watch her for us!!!)
After our walk, I spent the rest of the day cleaning the RV and doing laundry! It’s getting there. Tobey will have the tires rotated before we head back to Colorado next week and he is thinking of selling our scooter before we go. We’ll see where that goes and let you know!
RV CAMPING – BAJA CALIFORNIA
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