ChrisJenTravel.com – Honeymoon Trek

Jenny: We drove around Todos Santos – sort of an artsy town – for a while, looking for hotels and inquiring about their rates.  When we do this, we always end up finding the best places.  We knocked on what looked like a quaint B&B, Casa Bentley, and were welcomed by 5 dogs, a Swiss lady, Beatrice and an American geologist, Bob.  We walked into their kitchen and immediately thought that we would not be able to afford staying here.  They had one vacancy and luckily it was the off-season, so we got the room for $50 a night.  We were eating our own breakfast and lunch and the $1 taco stands were extremely cheap for dinner, so we were thrilled that it was in our budget. 

Beatrice and the dogs gave us a tour.  Bob had taken 20 years to build the house/hotel (only 5 guest rooms) on 2 acres.  The entire place was made of stone…the walls, the floors…and incredibly beautiful.  We found paradise…an oasis after days of driving through the desert.  [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]