Welcome to Canada Beach

20 km out of Santa Rosalia we started looking for little roads or paths headed toward the beach. As we turned off the highway to try out a road we saw a sign for a campground at Playa Dos Amigos. We figured at worst we could pay to camp and maybe get a shower out of the deal if it wasn't too pricey. After a tiny bit of haggling we rolled into the campground and were greeted by a bunch of Canadians who spend their winters down in the Baja. We set up the tent under an RV-sized palapa, showered and then were invited to happy hour followed by dinner by Irene and Paddy, a couple from Sundrie, Alberta. We swapped stories all evening, hearing about their jetboating adventures in northern Canada (including on the Keele and Eagle-Bell-Porcupine-Yukon Rivers) and truck and quad explorations into the lesser populated back roads and arroyos of the Baja. We also got to see the Model-T Ford they are restoring (with great effort!) as a winter project while in Mexico. We were really touched by their impromptu hospitality and glad to have gotten some great suggestions of places to visit while on the Baja. The next morning we headed back on the road toward Mulegé, again carried by a pleasantly strong tailwind.Read more