Lazy Day in Loreto

We got off to a slow start today, drinking coffee, running, and reading the newspaper (for the first time in two weeks) on the internet. We were ready to head out for the day when a fellow named Jupiter who we met at Bahia de Los Angeles, but who owns a house and winters here in Loreto, dropped by our campsite with two young fellows from Ireland and England. The young guys had put a little over 15,000 miles on their motorcycles since they left home, traveling through Europe, Russia, Mongolia and the U.S. before arriving here in Loreto! We spent an hour and half hearing about their experiences. What a trip! We said goodbye after agreeing to meet Jupiter tomorrow night for dinner.

We then drove south 20 miles to a beach, Playa Juncalito, where we stayed last year for a week. We wanted to check out the access road to see how it had changed since last month’s hurricane, and to see if there were enough folks camping there to meet our security parameters. Good news on both accounts, so we’ll be moving there Sunday after going to the local farmers’ market here in Loreto. We currently hope to stay at Playa Juncalito for 6 days before moving on to La Paz for our Spanish language school. While at Juncalito, we met some folks (Tom and Cindy) camping there who told us about a restaurant run by his brother here in Loreto.

Here is a picture of Mike (Tom’s brother), the owner of Del Borracho, where we had lunch: terrific burgers for both of us, a milkshake for Cathryn and pink lemonade for Bob; some “American” comfort food.

After picking up some groceries, late this afternoon we sat by the campground pool reading our books and sipping a beer. A nice day.