Deeper into Baja

After laying up at Pancho's place I continued on the track south to San Francisquito where I again ran into the group camped on the beach. It was here that I met Wayne and we decided to join forces and travel together for a while as we both wanted to get off the beaten path.  Wayne and I left the following morning and headed east to pop out back on pavement just south of Guerro Negro.  

 Sunset at Puerto San Francisquito

 Beach at San Francisquito

Road heading back out towards Guerro Negro.

On our way out we decided to take a a little detour into the small fishing village of El Barril.  Not much here but we did go down to the docks and check out the mission.  Not really sure it's worth the drive in here as the road is pretty bad and overgrown in places.  After spending maybe an hour in town we backtracked and kept heading towards Guerro Negro.

 Docks at El Barril.

 Little village of El Barril with the mission along the ridge.

 Needs just a little work and it will be fine!

 Petey getting his prayers in at the Mission before moving on.

Mission had a weight room.

 Finally popped back out on pavement after a little over 70 miles of  some beautiful scenery albeit with some bad road in places.  Headed into Guerro Negro for supplies and gas.  We got in kind of late so opted to stay at a little campground behind a motel in town.  Certainly nothing like where I'd been camping for the past week but......hot showers, cold beer and a sit down resturant with wi-fi.  After enjoying the civilized life for a night we took off the following morning en-route to Laguna Ojo de Liebre. Our destination after a planned re-supplying in Guerro Negro was Laguna Ojo de Liebre.  A major breeding/calving  lagoon for the gray whales that migrate here every year to give birth.  Wayne had planned to go out on the lagoon to whale watch but the weather moved in along with some high winds so the trip was cancelled and we moved on the following morning.  I was camped here last year for about 4 nights and had the chance to go out and it was a memorable experience.  Well worth the trip to Baja just for this experience alone. If in Baja when the whales have come into the Lagoon (Jan-Mar) I would highly recommend it.

Picture from last years trip.

While tooling around Guerro Negro ran into this guy.  Would have loved to sat around and visited with this character.  Had patches all over his outfit, a cape sewn on the back and a neck scarf.  God only knows what his story is! He was really friendly and I so wanted to hang out awhile but we needed to move on.

Camp at the Lagoon.

To access the Lagoon area you drive through miles of salt flats which are mined. You have to drive through a guarded checkpoint and they have some salt deposits on display next to the guard shack.

A nest about a quarter mile from camp.

Sunset from camp.

More to come..............