We first visited Mulege in January 2009 LINK when we camped on the beach 10 miles south of town at Playa Santispac on Bahia Concepcion LINK for a week. Mulege is in a date palm oasis a mile off the Sea of Cortez on what, as far as we know, is the biggest river on the peninsula. We quite enjoyed this pretty little town that provides a clear Mexican feeling despite a strong gringo presence.
In October 2009 we visited again. Unfortunately a hurricane had hit the town the month before. Many of the date palms had been knocked down, and the heavy rains turned the peaceful river into a raging flood. Many of the buildings along the river had water over their one story roofs and destroyed them.
Today we were pleased to see that most of the town is back up and running, and the people look prosperous again. We were a little surprised to see some of the riverfront homes, most owned by gringos, are being reconstructed! People seem to think three hurricanes in five years was a fluke. Maybe it was, as the last one before that was 59 years ago.
While we shook our heads, we were not really surprised to find a brand new section of what looks like a future malecon (waterfront boardwalk) under construction. This 1000-foot section is well outside town toward the mouth of the river and quite substantially constructed. We hope it doesn’t end up like many major developments we’ve seen in Baja: half finished and abandoned some time in the past. It seems like every time there’s a change in administration, the last government’s bright idea is canceled to pursue the new government’s bright idea.
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