Baja 5-day trip:whales, cowboys & horses

[Waltzing Matilda]

Did a quick Baja trip last week. Weather was mostly nice, with some rain at the end.

Why drive 1000 miles, round trip, into Baja for 5 days? Basically: to hang out with living dinosaurs, AKA gray whales, both adults and calves like this one, resting on mom's back.



And this one, doing its best to keep up with mom who was going really, really fast during "swimming school."


And several of these, curious about the people, who are curious about them:


I also like to visit places like Bahia Asuncion on the Pacific coast, about 500 miles south, and watch the local cowboys do their thing. (Lots of nice trucks in this little fishing town, population 3000- and good looking horses.)


(I passed on the rooster fights after the horseraces.)

All in all= a fun trip to start the year! Looking forward to going back end of March with friends.

 

[underdog]

Looks like fun. My wife and I did a similar trip from Jan 10 - 18. We hung out for a few days of whale watching at the laguna and spent 3 days at the La Bufadora Inn in Assuncion. Then a couple of nights camped at San Ignacio before heading back home. We just love Baja. Never saw any of the vaqueros though.

 

[Willman]

Wow...That is cool! My kids would sure love that. Baja sounds nice right now with all this Seattle rain.....

 

[1leglance]

Great pics...
We love Baja and I so wish I could get more of my friends to go and see that Mexico is NOT what we see in the Media.

Amazing people, great food, killer 4wd fun and good times every time

 

[VDBAZFJ]

Great pics...
We love Baja and I so wish I could get more of my friends to go and see that Mexico is NOT what we see in the Media.

Amazing people, great food, killer 4wd fun and good times every time

You need some new friends!

 

[Big50]

Looks like an amazing time. I agree, people are missing out on such a wonderful land and people. But, I won't complain since Baja would likely be ruined if people really new how great it was. I just made my first trip about 2 weeks ago and I'm hooked. If it wasn't for our 3 year old son back home, my wife and I might have never came back haha.