Hike in the Hills

Today we went on a hike in the hills above Mex 1 with Park and Martha, our visitors from the U.S. this week.  The hike is one we did last year, twice actually, (see link HERE) and HERE) and enjoyed immensely.  We drove to El Triunfo, a tiny town 45 minutes north of Los Barriles where we’re camped, left our truck, and piled into Park and Martha’s rental car to head back down to San Antonio where we parked their car. By 10:30 a.m. we headed up the old cobblestone road which subsequently became a dirt road, climbed 800 feet of elevation in the first 2 miles, then continued another 3 miles through the hills, trees, a ranch with laconic cows lying in the road, and finally past the abandoned gold and silver mine leading into El Triunfo.

It was a beautiful sunny, but hot day (83 eventually), and we didn’t have quite enough water, so arrived at “Café El Triunfo” a bit parched, hungry and tired, though happy from the beautiful scenery and pleasant hike. 

Two beers (each, except for Martha who was more restrained) and a fabulous lunch later (pizza for Bob and Park, puttanesca for Cathryn), and sitting at a well-shaded table, we felt recovered enough to drive back to Los Barriles to catch a nap and read our books to recover – ha!

As is common, 5:00 found us gathered outside our trailer for heavy hors d’oeuvres and margaritas with Park and Martha, Doug and Jill (our Canadian travel buddies, celebrating Jill’s birthday today) and our campground next-door neighbors Don, Patty and their son Pete.  The next 2 hours we told stories on each other, laughed, enjoyed the moonbeams on the water from the almost-full moon, and ate so much that none of us felt the need for dinner after.  Another great day in Baja!