ChrisJenTravel.com – Honeymoon Trek

So far we found some good waves and camped at a few nice spots but we hadn’t found any towns that we wanted to spend more than a day in.  So we decided to try to cover some more ground and get further down the coast. (we were only ¼ of the way down Baja after 4 days)  The surfer’s guide we had been trusting so far mentioned some cool bay towns just South of the North/South Baja border so we decided to sacrifice a day driving.  BAD IDEA.  We drove for something like 13 hours….the drive was supposed to be 5-6 hours.  We drove through nothing and then more nothing, then into the real nothing.  The desert has some pretty spots at sunset, but never seemed to end.  After a while the paved road ended and we were driving on a washboard dirt road for hours, sometimes slowing to a crawl because of the condition of the road.  [read on]

Jenny: We drove south and ended up at a surf spot called “freighters” with a huge sunken ship – north of San Quentin.  Again, we met a ton of nice people from California and Mexico….such a strange landscape, ocean and desert right next to each other (which means lots of wind and thus dirt ending up in every single crevice of the car).  We paddled out together and eventually I caught a wave after the typical, snobby California guy cut me off a few times.  I headed in because the wind had picked up and I was freezing….Chris’ XL wetsuit top doesn’t exactly keep me warm and it slows me down a lot (every guy had a full suit on).  I was really happy for Chris, he said they were the best longboard rides of his life.  Before going in, a sea lion swam right next to us and his head came out of the water….it was awesome and reminded us of swimming with our very missed Morgan…..definitely worth the paddle out there! 

Chris: this spot had some amazing waist high waves just peeling around a bend for more than 100 yards.  Plus the beached 200 ft ship right next to the takeoff point made it a cool place overall.  The wave broke pretty gently so I wanted to take Jenny out to try a few but the water was the coldest we’ve felt so far – probably 52 – 55 degrees.  [read on]