Dan’s Blog

Follow our intrepid Webmaster and his lovely wife Lisa as they travel through the Baja.

Baja Amigos & Discover Baja

July 31, 2010 – Commencing immediately BAJA AMIGOS RV Caravan Tours, www.BajaAmigos.net and DISCOVER BAJA Travel Club, www.DiscoverBaja.com,  have formed a Strategic Alliance providing first time RVers with the benefits of touring with a unique and superior RV Caravan supported by a Travel Club who is the leader in Baja travel. The synergy offered with [...]

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Heading Home

April 6th – Our final tour is now complete and everyone is heading off, some home, others to more adventure in the US and Canada.  We spent two (2) full days in Bahia de los Angeles and the weather was perfect, very warm and little wind, I nice way to end the beach camping. On [...]

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La Paz

March 28th – We are back in La Paz and it is really easy to tell Easter is just around the corner, the beaches are filling up and local folks are out enjoying the warm weather.  We also had a RAVE  play all night (still going at 6:39am) not far from the RV Park & [...]

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Winter Is Finally Over!

March 23rd – Winter is finally over! (Although hard to tell in Baja) We have returned to Cabo San Lucas for the final time this season and today we will start office with a stroll down the main tourist beach called the Office by many of the locals because of the constant sales pitches by [...]

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Happy St. Patricks Day on Baja!

March 17th- This morning we are off again to the Mission San Javier, the 2nd oldest Mission on Baja built by the Jesuits.  The scenery and vistas are stunning, everyone is looking forward to this excursion.  Yesterday was spent by many poking around the shops in town and walking the  beautiful Loreto malecon. The campers [...]

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San Diego is Chilly!

March 5th-We said goodbye to everyone this morning and are eager to pickup the new group on Monday and off to warmer weather again.  What crazy weather we are having, it is colder here now than when we first arrived for our January tour, last night was 0C, very chilly indeed.  The good news is [...]

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WOW! What an adventure!

Sat. Feb.27th-Hard to believe that we will be back in Potrero in 5 short days.  Everyone has had a great time and a couple of Rvers even dropped off again at Tecolote, we will pick them all up in March on the final run back.  One couple has never left the beach and are having [...]

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Happy Baja Valentine’s Day!

Feb.14th-Happy Valentine’s Day!  Well we had another great Mexican Fiesta Evening at our friends in Loreto, after our journey from the border to Catvina the group was ready to let loose. We are all becoming experts at driving through wet arroyos since all the bridge damage on Northern Mex 1 after the last storm at [...]

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January Tour was an adventure!

Feb.5th-Wow! What an exciting January tour.  Lots of beach time on Juncalito and Requeson, a very memorable encounter with grey whales in Scammon’s Lagoon and an excellent dinner at the Baja Fiesta Restaurant in Vicente Guerrero. The return to the US was also an adventure because a large storm north of Catavina knocked 6 bridges [...]

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Rancho Verde-A Nice Change of Pace!

Jan.21st-We are now in the serene and beautiful Rancho Verde located in the mountains only minutes from the hectic beach life and a nice change of pace for the Caravan after an exciting 4 days in Cabo San Lucas.  I am pleased to report that the Vagabundos RV Park Restaurant is under new management and [...]

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Loreto Fabulous Fiesta

Jan.14th-We partied hard at our fabulous Fiesta night dinner in Loreto, great authentic dishes and live Mariaches. After  day of visting the San Javier mission and visiting many local beaches everyone was ready to celebrate our stay in this great town on the Sea of  Cortez.  Shelley and Marvin deserve a round of applause for [...]

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2010 Tour Begins

Jan.5th – Our tour has begun and everyone really enjoyed the Wine & Cheese welcome event, particularly popular was Lisa’s stuffed olives wrapped in bacon. Day 1 was exciting as always, crossing the border into Mexico, introducing campers to the Tourist Application process then returning to the U.S. and pick up the RVs.  20 km [...]

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Feliz Navidad

Dec.29th- We have now returned to Ensenada after escorting a family south who were initially reluctant to leave the comforts of the big city and adventure southward.  We were heading south to finalize some arrangements for our tour and assured them they would not regret the decision to join us.  I am pleased to report [...]

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Ensenada

Dec.18th-We are now in Ensenada staying at Villarino RV Park.  This is a very affordable option for travellers with access to WiFi, a wonderful restaurant, a Post Office and a small grocery store.  The owner, Adolfo, is very accommodating and helpful , we certainly recommend  this park to all rigs. It is only a short [...]

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Arrival at Potrero County Park

Monday, December 14th – Well we made it safe and sound on Saturday to Potrero County Park just outside San Diego.  It was quite wet and foggy when we arrived, however the weather is much nicer now, sunny skies and warm.  On Sunday we did some sightseeing locally and won $20 at the slots at [...]

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Baja Bound at last!

We are just in the process of making some last minute arrangements prior to our departure on Monday, December 7th.  It would appear we are leaving right on cue as Metro Vancouver enters a deep freeze, yes winter is here for real!  We still have some space in all our tours and it we will [...]

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Gallery

Yard Donkey Guerrero Negro - Malarrimo RV Park Off-to-the-market Loreto Street Market San Ignacio Cabo-San-Lucas-Plate Peddlar Loreto-Market - Meat Department Lazaro  Cardenas La Paz during Carnival