We have arrived in La Paz!!
Yesterday afternoon, Monday the 2nd, we arrived in La Paz after driving a little over 900 miles down Baja from Tecate. The road down Baja is primarily a narrow two lane road, in good shape, with NO shoulders. Often there is a 6 – 18 inch drop at the edge of the pavement. Even with our little '89 Toyota pickup, the road seemed mighty narrow when there was a large 18-wheeler coming the other way.
The road twists and turns through some truly spectacular country. If you like small twisty roads, this is one of the best – steep ups and downs, lots of quick turns and some long straights to make up speed. We could have spent months or lifetimes exploring the country on the way down, but chose to hurry on down to our new home.
Our pickup RZH (pronounced Riz haaa – named after the license plates we got), which we bought from Dan’s sister Gretchen, ran exceptionally, and held all our stuff, with room left over.
We are now settling into the small and very comfortable apartment – duplex where Burke, Kacey and Quinn have been for the past four months. They are nearing the time when they will live primarily on their boat Isis, but for now are living here with us.
A few statistics from the drive:
There were 7 military checkpoints, three with smiley guys to talk with – the last of which tried to crack some jokes that our poor Spanish comprehension failed to let us understand – two of the guards were very serious, and one of them had us a bit nervous – and one guard was kinda just middling between friendly and serious.
Oh, and one more thing. It's already hot here! In the 30s Celsius or high 80s/low 90s fahrenheit.
Yesterday afternoon, Monday the 2nd, we arrived in La Paz after driving a little over 900 miles down Baja from Tecate. The road down Baja is primarily a narrow two lane road, in good shape, with NO shoulders. Often there is a 6 – 18 inch drop at the edge of the pavement. Even with our little '89 Toyota pickup, the road seemed mighty narrow when there was a large 18-wheeler coming the other way.
The road twists and turns through some truly spectacular country. If you like small twisty roads, this is one of the best – steep ups and downs, lots of quick turns and some long straights to make up speed. We could have spent months or lifetimes exploring the country on the way down, but chose to hurry on down to our new home.
Our pickup RZH (pronounced Riz haaa – named after the license plates we got), which we bought from Dan’s sister Gretchen, ran exceptionally, and held all our stuff, with room left over.
We are now settling into the small and very comfortable apartment – duplex where Burke, Kacey and Quinn have been for the past four months. They are nearing the time when they will live primarily on their boat Isis, but for now are living here with us.
A few statistics from the drive:
- Reno to the border – 814 miles
- Border to La Paz – 926 miles (odometer reading at border 126270, at La Paz 127206).
There were 7 military checkpoints, three with smiley guys to talk with – the last of which tried to crack some jokes that our poor Spanish comprehension failed to let us understand – two of the guards were very serious, and one of them had us a bit nervous – and one guard was kinda just middling between friendly and serious.Oh, and one more thing. It's already hot here! In the 30s Celsius or high 80s/low 90s fahrenheit.
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