Iguana Inn Loreto

Ok, here I go... This is the blog page for my trip to South America. For those of you bored enough to log on, I will try my best to keep my blogs and pictures up to date. I'll also try to keep the material interesting. Tomorrow is the big day and I am quite excited, why ...

My kids just love the Balboa Park. December Nights in Balboa Park is one annual family event we try to enjoy every year. So this time we are going to San Diego to check out the festivities in Balboa Park on December 4th and 5th. Balboa Park is delightfully lit up with sparkling lights. The best part is a chance to savor lip smacking delicacies from different countries ranging from ...

... remember the Seaport Village and the Marriott Hotel we stayed in.

From there we drove to the Gaslamp Quarter. We had pizza and watched football in a tiny corner shop for Thanksgiving dinner, then went to the Ghirardelli Soda Fountain & Chocolate Shop. Logan had a regular ice cream sundae and I had a peanut butter and dark chocolate sundae. A good food day and a lot to be thankful for.

April 21, 2009 Loreto, Baja California Sur Overnight we crossed to the opposite side of the Sea of Cortez from Topo to the small town of Loreto, a delightful town full of history that had languished for decades in obscurity after it was all but blown away by a nasty hurricane in the late 1800's. But since the 1970's the Mexican government has been investing money in Loreto as more and more folks are recognizing it as a great vacation destination. For years it ...

... We criss-crossed the peninsula back and forth passing the ocean, deserts, mountains and all different types and sizes of towns. The roads were in really good shape but pretty narrow, which wasn't a problem for us, but I can imagine things got a little tight for the RVs when they were passing trucks and buses. It's easy to picture a retired accountant from BC hunched white-knuckled over the wheel of his giant motor home, teeth gritted ...

... Aviation Museum. Alex's aunt lives with them too, purely Spanish speaking we were able to communicate in individual words and gestures, and eventually got to exchangingcooking ideas - swapping AFrican Piri Piri chicken for Mexican style chicken. That afternoon we drove into the mounians of the interior to visit a ranch owned by a froend of Mikes. Don is an expatriate Brit, grew up in South America worked as an engineer in East Africa and came to the states ...

... s up on stage for pictures and a shot. I was in quite a predicament, I wanted to laugh so hard, but when I would my back would hurt. It was great fun! We all slept in Sunday morning before Adrienne, Larissa and I headed back to the beach, where we had breakfast before walking along the boardwalk. This beach was really nice and had a bunch of people riding their bikes, running, rollerblading, or just strolling along the boardwalk. While ...