Playa Santispac, Bahia Concepcion, BCS(Baja California Sur)

N26*45.945 W111*53.182

Tonight we’re staying at a campground with fewer amenities, but it’s supposed to have flush toilets and hot showers (for 30 pesos extra) although we haven’t seen them yet (you’ll no doubt receive Cathryn’s assessment in a future post). The price for the night is 70 pesos, or about $5.50. The location, however, is the most spectacular on the entire trip so far. The Chalet is parked on hard-packed sand about 40 feet from the high tide line on an exquisite beach, as shown in the photos. It’s a wide beach, and we’re told normally this time of year there are about 150 RVs parked cheek-by-jowl along the beach, with 2 more rows of RVs each behind! Tonight, there are perhaps a dozen RVs on the entire beach, with 50-100 feet between each one. In fact, everywhere we go, we hear the number of U.S. travelers is WAY down from past years, and no one knows why but attributes it to the current economic situation keeping people home. Instead, almost all the travelers we meet are from Canada. Our next-door neighbors tonight are Jim and Jan Morris from Penticton, B.C. who we first met in Catavina 3 days ago – an unplanned but welcome reunion. We took a walk down the beach to the next cove over and discovered a pretty lagoon and mangroves. Afterwards we met Frank and Lynn from Alberta, Canada who have already been here for 2 weeks and plan to stay “another month or two”. Then Jim and Jan joined us for a beer (or two) on the beach and brought chips and salsa to share. Their life-time travels make our adventures look tame, and it’s interesting to hear their stories. We plan to slow down here, and stay somewhere between 3 and 7 days, making only short trips into Mulege for laundry (tomorrow), groceries and possibly one or two dinners at restaurants. Meanwhile, we’ll have to learn how to camp without electricity or water hook-ups. We’re told vendors arrive almost daily offering 45-gallon barrels of water, fish and shellfish, vegetables and fruits for sale. No one offers propane or battery re-charges, unfortunately!