27-28 January 2007
Santispac, Baha California Sur, Mexico
- population: 3 (?)
Playa Santispac
Dear Friends of Barbara and Charlie (B/C) ...
Humphrey again. This email covers the drive from Santa Rosalia down Mexico 1 along the Sea of Cortez to Playa Santispac, 48 miles. We stayed here two nights. This was our most favorite RV park. 
Playa Santispac is a remote cove just off Mexico 1 with a nice beach -- a place to kick back and relax as Barbara and Scout are doing.
This was Scout’s introduction to the ocean, in fact deep water at all. She took to it with some initial reticence -- she won’t be a water dog.
Yes we felt pretty insignificant; we were the shortest rig in the group and the only one with solar panels and no noisy generators.
We were only 12 miles south of Mulege (pronounced MUL-a-hey) so a trip to town with Teri and Al for lunch and a telephone report to Elizabeth was on the itinerary.
The bar restaurant was on the central square and caters to Americans and Canadians who winter here; in fact Jerry Barber, our Wagon Master, has a twin brother, Rick, who has lived here for a number of years. The TV was a US satellite CNN news show.
Gerry, or his identical twin brother, can’t tell which, picking over the remains of the buffet line which featured different types of clams, some deliciously baked with herbs and bacon in the shell. 
Desert was roasted slugs; here Barbara is roasting hers with, left to right, Marilyn Turner (Connecticut), Nila Bailey (Colorado), Barbara and Nancy Goerz (full timing out of Texas). Charlie attests that cooked right the slugs have a good crust and hold a lot of juicy stuff!
Here Barbara started her seashell collection now causing a list to the RV. She learned the trick of preserving them from Ethel Cinders. I think that this will only be a brief diversion from her primary interest in collecting of rocks.
Early morning of our reluctant departure -- sun rising from the East across the Sea of Cortez.
This may be the last year for dry camping on the Santispac beach because the entire Playa has been sold for several million dollars US to developers with rumored plans for a resort. The temporary structures on the beach around the point, built by people who have wintered here for years, were being torn down during our stay.
Next: Loreto
… Humphrey, for Charlie and Barbara
