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Dec. 7/11 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Day 128-132 – We stayed at the beach all week and drove into town for our Spanish class. The beach is free and it saves us some cash. Besides learning Spanish, our days were filled with watching the sunrise, drinking coffee with TJ and Vincent as we watched the waves roll in, going for swims, maybe some fishing, reading, cleaning the van, and eating.


our view from the van

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TJ surfing _____________________________a nameless surfer
It wasn’t cloudy or stormy – I just don’t have a super good zoom on my camera! That is why the pics above are grainy….

The town was having a turtle release celebration while we were there. They had a lot of activities that lead up to releasing the baby turtles, who are protected on the beach until they are ready to go out to the ocean. One of the activities was to come to Los Cerritos and make sand sculptures of sea turtles laying their eggs.


sand sculptures of sea turtles laying their eggs

We found out at the end of the week that Patty’s friend, who owns a lot in Todos Santos, said we could stay on her lot in exchange for a little bit of yard work and picking up some trash. It was really thoughtful for Patty to ask her, and it will let us walk to town for our lessons, which means we will spend more time around Spanish speaking people instead of at the beach, where it is so easy to speak only English. Though we’ll hang out on the beach on the weekends 😉


A German couple own this rig – it is a monster rv! They have had a lot of great travels in it, check out their website www.pibock.de but you have to know German to understand it.

Dec. 3/6 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 19th, 2005

Day 124-127 – This weekend was a put your feet up and chill weekend. We tried surfing for a day and the ocean gave us a few lessons of how powerful it can be. The excitement of surfing got us and we decided it would be worth looking for a cheap beginner’s board to share, since renting a board for the whole time we are here would cost more than buying one.

We also met some remarkable Oregonian surfers who became a temporary family camp with us. I think we will be meeting a lot people on our travels that we will camp or hang out with for some amount of time, creating short-term communities. It is a good way to get to know like minded people.


Making cowboy coffee; you have TJ on the left and Vincent on the right

We started our Spanish lessons on Tuesday, yay! We were very excited. We take them at the cultural center in town. Guillermo uses the Berlitz method of teaching, where you learn in conversational style and have a work book at home to do exercises in. We’ll see how it goes.


courtyard of the cultural center where we take our spanish lessons

The surf shop “Los Cerritos Surf Shop” has a great camping hostel right by the beach. This is where we have been staying when we camp at the beach. Daniel and Patty are very nice and helpful people, with great knowledge of the area. They rent out tents, sleeping bags, surf boards, give surfing lessons, and repair boards. Check out their website at www.todossantos.cc/ecosurfcamp.html


When is my owner coming back… He sat there the whole time, waiting for this master to come back to shore- what a caring dog!


gotta love playing in the water

Dec. 2 – Mexico, Baja

Monday, December 19th, 2005
Day 123 - After a nice morning stroll on the beach, we headed into Todos Santos to do some errands. This was our first of many visits to the town during our stay here. The roads in ... [Continue reading this entry]