Off to La Paz, but Oops, the plan changes again!

N 25*49.887 W 111*19.701 We got going early this morning, leaving Loreto at 8 AM to make the 200 mile drive to La Paz. About 18 miles south we drove past the small bay of Juncalito and saw a beach camping area that had been recommended by people we met back at Bahia Concepcion, and we’d also read about it in our Baja books. We had mentally identified it as a place we might stay on the way back north, going up the peninsula later in the month. We drove in to check it out and, well . . . . . let’s just say we really liked it. We’re now set up on the beach and plan to stay at least two nights, maybe longer. We’re about 60 feet back from the water, and the density of other campers is pretty low. We have folks about 50-60 feet away in both directions. To the east we have the Sea of Cortez, and only a mile or two to the west we have the Giganta Mountains (Gigantic Mountains, as you might guess, and aptly named). We’re told there are great hikes into the mountain canyons where we’ll find streams with pools for swimming. We’ll check it out tomorrow. There is not any infrastructure here other than pit toilets, but after Playa Santispac at Bahia Concepcion, we now know how to get along fine without, and our batteries, computer, etc are all charged up after last night’s hook-ups in Loreto. A couple of beach vendors came along right at lunch time, so we bought still-hot chile rellenos and chicken empanadas – yum! We didn’t know we were going to be dry camping, so we need to drive down the road a mile to pick up more water and a couple of supplies. We hope to post this message then. We’ll probably get to internet each day at the “yacht club” in Puerto Escondido (Hidden Port), but if we don’t, it’s because we’re having too much fun to make the trip, so for now hasta luego! We guess La Paz will have to wait.