Everyone has their place where they are happiest. The place where they are totally at peace, can relax. That place for me is in Baja California about 13miles south of San Felipe in a camp called Rancho Laguna Percebu. i have been going down there since before I was born. No really, my mom went down when she was pregnant with me. So literally I have grown up my life making a trip once a year for a week down there.
I remember catching a scorpion and taking it back for my pre-school class. Or another trip where we stopped on the road because a tarantula was crossing, and I hop out to get a closer look... and to hold it! Mind you I was probably around 7 or younger. No fear as a little kid! I also remember the times when we came across rattlesnakes or a sidewinder! Super rare but always exciting.
Baja always holds some form of excitement, in small ways or big ways. This trip nothing super exciting happened... bit of a wind storm one night and I got covered in salt pine needles (hey its better than mosquitoes!!). And there was the several nights of lightning storms off the horizon. They were so awesome! Sometimes you just see the sky light up and if you are lucky you can catch a glimpse of actual lightning bolt! So i guess you can say an all night lightning show exciting!
I found something that we have never seen before.... a shark tooth!!! Crazy I know... well for us it was. We have found every kind of shell, and even the rare stingray tail barb... but NEVER a shark tooth. I'm guessing its a hammerhead because we have seen small ones on the beach in town that fishermen catch sometimes on accident and just toss them aside.
I want to get this off my chest... Honestly if I was the only person down at our house in Baja, with none of the neighbors around, I would spend the day in "the buff". No joke! Its soooooo hot down there that any small amount of clothes are just a burden. Now I know you think this is weird... but c'mon, if no one is around, why not? It was nice air drying at our neighbors house (they were not home dont worry!) after taking a shower... Im just being honest here!
Anyways, Baja is my second home. Granted it is just a step up from camping... Glorified camping really. No running water, you have to get it trucked in from ton, so limited water supply. No real electricity, all solar. So eco-friendly there. But no TV, no internet, no cell phone. Pure simplicity. And I love it! Life is so simple out there.
This year was a shorter trip, but worth every minute. No trip is ever the same. But every trip holds that same excitement and just pure Baja.
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