Decision made. Research as far as it needs to go is done and we will head south and explore the Baja peninsula. Down the Pacific side and up the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez), maybe a few cross overs into the mountains. We are thinking the whole month of February and maybe some of March. The return to home by the end of March will be an unknown until be get there. The excitement of a whole new idea, one we had hoped to do one day, is sinking in. Getting all the right legal stuff done and making sure there aren’t any big surprises. We have been collecting map data for dispersed camping… beaches, fish tacos, water dispensers, low sulfur diesel, and interesting sights to see. No hurry though at all if we like where we are we stay and if not we roll on to somewhere else. Mostly we want quiet. Not the busy hot spots. The big variable is wild ass Lucy Rose. She went on our three week Newfoundland/Labrador trip and did very well but she was a pup then. This will require an adjustment. No freedom to run as there are coyotes, rattle snakes and other potential bad stuff to get into. Spoilt she is here with a few acres to her own and a dog door to come in and out all day. Now on leash but also in the truck and camper. I don’t find it cramped actually but it does take awhile to get into the rhythm of close quarters.
I am writing this 3 1/2 weeks before our departure because much of a trip is in the planning or just investigating: the regional foods to explore, I discovered Baja has a great wine region (Valley of Guadalupe) which we want to mosey through, old missions, hot springs, the list is long and, as a WTW friend named Frank told me before I made the jump to go to Alaska, "you'll enjoy the planning as much as the trip" and he was right. So it's 36 outside and raining... I'd rather think about fish tacos and cacti.
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