San Felipe felt in a lot of ways like Puerto Penasco where we had visited for a week last year in Mexico. It had a similar feel with a small town and a Malecon (boardwalk) with locals selling trinkets, blankets, sandals, pottery and whatnot.
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Our revised plans were to stay in Mexico for two weeks rather than two months. We knew the first week we would stay at Victor’s RV Park (in San Felipe) on the Sea of Cortez, however, we weren’t sure where we would stay the second week of our trip. We toyed with the idea of cutting west to check out Ensenada then going back out through Tecate (to avoid going through Tijuana as we heard this not only is a very busy border crossing but not the safest area either). In the end we decided to stay in the same place for 2 weeks because of the great location, walkability, having kids for the girls to play with there and to decrease driving.
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We were hoping to meet some more of the Fulltime Families a couple days before the rally since we figured it might be a little overwhelming to meet up with 23 other families at the same time. Therefore, we headed to Yuma to camp on BLM land at Mittry Lake outside of Yuma AZ (near where the rally was due to start in a few days). It worked out nicely that there were two families there when we arrived and another two arrived for the last two days of boon docking.
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We decided to stick with our original plan and meet up with some of the Fulltime Families before the planned rally. We thought it might be helpful to start off in a smaller more intimate setting so we could get to know people a little better. All of us were also adjusting to our oldest having a broken leg.
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After having left Tucson to visit Bisbee and Tombstone, we returned once again to our trusty BLM spot at Snyder Hill– a favorite spot for our kids due to a great climbing tree.
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Justin and I had previously visited Tombstone before we were married or even engaged actually and we had such fond memories of it! Well, we realized that those fond memories were in part because we didn’t have kids. 😛 Tombstone is definitely better to visit as an older kid or for adults. Still, we managed to recover ourselves and have a pretty good time by the second day.
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The weather forecast for while we were in Bisbee for the Thanksgiving holiday was bleak and it stuck to its planned course. It was cold, rainy and windy most of the time. Despite the weather we could see that this was a really cute town!
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Old Tucson was a short but bumpy drive away from our BLM camping spot. It is a replica of an old western town which has been used and still is being used in numerous films, which the town proudly displays.
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Last year we didn’t get to really explore the city of Tucson, due to a laundry mishap that sent Justin back to Phoenix. So this year we were excited to check out the city. There’s definitely a lot to like about Tucson– from the convenient BLM camping near the city, the hip vibe near the University, and the influence of Mexican culture.
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This was a very interesting stay. First of all, our GPS took us on “the shortest route” there which turned out to be down a 27 mile dirt road in the back country. Interesting choice Google that we blindly followed. I was driving and suddenly saw a sign that said “payment ends.” What?! Why was the pavement ending? We checked the map but it would have been quite a ways to backtrack onto an alternative route so we decided to continue.
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