Day 33

What a road

We traveled west along the coast on Highway Mex 1 then cross country back to La Paz. We experienced a mixed bag of road conditions: everything from new 4 lane divided highway to tooth rattling dirt and rock trails through construction zones. Some Mexican drivers will pass you anywhere they can squeeze through if you are going too slowly for them (40Km over the speed limit in a construction zone is too slow). Traffic control devices like stop signs and speed limits are only “suggestions” down here.  The Government is rebuilding the entire highway from Cabo to La Paz but there are quite a few sections where you have to do an off road detour. It will be great when it’s finished but until then.....  I’m sure they plan on eventually building a fast highway from California all the way down.

There's more?

We had a scheduled side trip  into the town of Todos Santos for optional shopping and lunch but most of us elected to just wait at a pull-out on the highway after getting fuel and then to eat lunch there.

It was a good thing we were all together going through La Paz because the route through town wasn’t all that clear because the expected sign was not there.  There was more road construction at one point where we had to turn. We all arrived at Campestre Maranatha early in the afternoon. This is probably the best kept RV park we have seen in Mexico, very neat and tidy. At happy hour Paul L and Mike were comparing stories of how they CENSORED / CENSORED. This got everyone going because they are both retired police officers.

Deb & Peter