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The Secret Lagoon

While in Utah, we found our secret canyon. On the Bay of Cortez, we found our secret lagoon.

We were looking for a spot to pull in for the night, when we saw a couple of faint tracks in the sand leading off into the bush near a small rock cairn.

As usual, we turned in…

Shortly, the tracks dumped us in the front yard of a tiny cinder block house. In front of the house, a woman was hanging up her wash as a little boy played peekaboo through the slat fence. We hopped out, said hello and pantomined falling asleep while pointing toward the beach. She noded that it was ok to sleep futher down the track…and that is where we found our Secret Lagoon with our own little tiki bar right out of Robinson Crusoe!

We ended up spending 5 days walking the beach, looking for hermit crabs and collecting sea shells. Beach life isn’t too bad.

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Spring Cleaning?

Since we are preparing to head into Mexico we took the day to clean, consolidate, and clear out our gear after a year and a half on the road. We are going to ship another box of unused items home. Spare pants, long johns, heavy wool jackets, and the fry bakes are heading to Vermont. We need to make some room for masks, snorkels, and a new teeny, tiny, speedo for Darrin!

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12:1 to Yuma!

The cold has finally forced us to cry uncle! We looked back at our log and it has been almost 8 weeks with the nights in the teens and twenties. We are far enough south in Arizona that the days are getting nice enough, but the nights are still cold and long, and the snow keeps chasing us! I think the Universe is trying to tell us something?

So after consulting with the Wee Rover, we have decided to cross from Yuma, Arizona into Baja for a few months of beaches and snorkeling!

We have sent in our paperwork for our visas (FMMs), and bought Mexican car insurance and World Nomads travel health insurance. We are starting to go over our maps, guides and iOverlander.

Exciting, scary, and we are really looking forward to it.