After making the turn at Cabo San Lucas it was basically north along the Baja peninsula all the way to the border over the coming days. We were on the road early with plans to stop in Ciudad Constitution for a mid morning taco. It was time to branch out from the pescado and try something different – and El Buen Sazon didn’t disappoint. The machaca tacos were wonderful, the tortillas were fresh and after a grand total of $4 for 4 tacos we were off to another wonderful day in Baja.
Picking up where we left off in Part 2, we reluctantly left Bahia Conception and headed south once again, towards Loreto. We were due for a grocery re-supply so that was the first stop. After picking up a few things we came out to see our truck in the final stages of being washed. This was a bit unexpected. The guy washing the truck named his price at $200. Eventually we ended up paying. That morning I was thinking we needed a wash, covered in mud from all the road puddles of the first few days. So, we had a clean truck, things could be worse. The next order of business was to finally get our hands on a fish taco. We were a week in to our trip and still hadn’t had one and we were feeling that was a bit pathetic. In our defense, we tried in a few spots, but most of the time we were camped remotely and in towns at sub optimal times. Anyhow, after a couple tries at some places that came highly recommended but were closed we wandered past El Zopilote Brewing and stopped in to find that taco. We could finally check that milestone off the list (though there were a lot more tacos in our future for this trip).
After crossing the border on New Year’s day we had the entire Baja peninsula in front of us. We were headed southbound for at least the next week. Our first night was a relatively quiet one, after a couple hours of rough road we found ourselves on the beach near La Calavera. We had thought there would be more there, but an old sign was all that was there to note that we had arrived. We found a spot overlooking the beach and watched the sunset.
