Tuesday morning found Jim and Phebe busy getting ready to pack head north to the U.S., so we packed a lunch and some drinks in a cooler and drove south about 30 minutes to the palm oasis town of Santiago, about 5 miles off of Mex 1. From there we drove 20 minutes west up one of the nicest dirt roads we’ve encountered into the biosphere preserve. Once at a small parking lot, we paid our $6/person entrance fee and proceeded on a short walk to the waterfall and pools. It was about 3/10 of a mile and a drop of about 150 feet from the parking lot to the base of the waterfall. The pictures tell the story best, so we’ll let them speak for themselves. We sat at the pools for about an hour and a half, eating our lunch, talking to some other visitors and grabbing a short nap, warming ourselves in the sun while lying on the large granite boulders. Next time we’ll bring our books and stay longer!
After we left the waterfall we returned to the truck and drove 20 minutes back to Santiago. We’ve included a link to some pictures if you’d like to see more of the falls and the town. Santiago is probably the least influenced by gringos of any we’ve seen in Baja, and well worth a visit, very lush and beautiful as it’s set adjacent to a lagoon filled with date palm trees. We plan to spend some time in a local restaurant next time we come this way.
We returned to Los Barriles around 4PM and found Jim and Phebe were finished with everything except last minute items that could only be attended to just before leaving tomorrow morning. So we spent the evening having cocktail hour and another delicious dinner, which included Russett, our next door neighbor and local landlady and friend. In bed shortly after 10, a little past what’s referred to as “Baja Midnight”.
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