Photo taken at The Racetrack Playa - Death Valley National Park, February 3, 2021

Our home on the road is an Ford F150 Raptor. Our license plate reads “WNDRRIG.” As the name implies this is the rig we use to wander! \240We have outfitted it to suite our needs on the road and can comfortably stay out for weeks at a time with sophistaced water, referigratiin and electrical systems

We entered Mexico at the Mexicali border crossing. We had our papers in order, had purchased car insurance for the rig (pro tip- your USA auto insurance will not cover your vehicle in Mexico) and had purchased our FFM form (federal immigration form) ahead of time. Mi amor (my love) served a 2 year mission for our church in Spain and is fluent is Spanish. That being said, my plan was to just sit and smile and let him do all the talking! There was no line and we pulled right in. \240The boarder patrol agent waved us over to park. My plan now in full swing I sat smiling as Steve rolled down the window and began conversing. The agent then asked Steve to get out and open the back for inspection then looked at me and asked me to come with him with our passports and other paperwork. My smile fell and my anxiety rose! I followed him in to the office and he was so nice and so helpful! He checked our passports, stamped our FFM card and passport and sent me on my way! Could not have been easier :)

Before we began our journey Steve posted some general questions for traveling in Baja on a Facebook page titled “Talk Baja.” After reading all the amazing responses and advice one of the biggest warnings was to never travel at night! Animals are common on roads in Mexico. At night they are attracted by the warm road surface and are very difficult to see! In order to arrive before nightfall we chose a campground in San Felipe right on the Sea of Cortez!

The first campground we tried had so many people in that there was maybe 3 steps between campsites. Too many people for us! We tried a second campground about a mile away and there were only two other campers there and it was right in the Sea of Cortez!

The campsite was “Campi Turistico.”

We paid for a space and headed in to town for some food! Steve went to Yelp, our trusty food advisor and found a restaurant a few miles down the road. I ordered seafood soup and it was DELICIOUS!

La Vaquita Reataurant, San Felipe Mexico

We headed back to our campsite and quickly set up the tent and crawled in! We got a decent night sleep despite the dogs barking until all hours! There are stray dogs everywhere here :/

Day 1 in the books and we are greatful.