{"id":11457,"date":"2022-12-14T18:54:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T02:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/?p=11457"},"modified":"2022-12-14T18:54:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T02:54:17","slug":"la-gringa-at-bahia-de-los-angeles-baja-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/14\/la-gringa-at-bahia-de-los-angeles-baja-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"La Gringa at Bahia De Los Angeles, Baja, Mexico."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Bahia De Los Angeles in Baja California, Mexico!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547476429\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547476429_2f994aa9aa_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We ended up wild camping at La Gringa for a couple of nights. Everyone is so nicely spaced out here.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547487474\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547487474_0813b5c7aa_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We met up with our new traveling friends here, <a href=\"https:\/\/tsavotouring.com\/\">Andrew and Courtney of @tsavo_touring<\/a>. They are making their way down the PanAm to Ushuaia in their Jeep with a little kid in tow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547512934\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547512934_20ede0ba50_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The wind really picked up while we were here which I don&#8217;t think is unusual. The last time we were here in the Bay of LA in 2017, the winds had us stuck indoors at a campground so we really didn&#8217;t get to enjoy the place. Thankfully, this time is a little different thanks to a break in the wind. And our spot is much more scenic.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546728912\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546728912_3721d8c3b8_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sunsets here were such a treat.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546782302\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546782302_999d493584_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546939642\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546939642_ddf4c19e6f_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547237916\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547237916_3f31965d7d_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While we were here, four different sailing vessels anchored in the bay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546713082\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546713082_e0ee9b1667_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Luka has his backpack on, ready to share his toys with his new little friend. While he waits, he reads <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3uPX3XR\">Diary of a Wimpy Kid.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546720267\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546720267_be79839deb_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>According to the sign, there are turtles and whales here. We saw neither, unfortunately.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547500809\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547500809_58da03a719_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But we did see so many porpoises and\/or dolphins. This is probably the endemic Vaquita, but I&#8217;m not 100% sure.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546737667\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546737667_d2a3e67d99_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547241546\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547241546_4e21e8bb5e_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also watched brown pelicans and cormorants dive bomb for fish too.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546937032\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546937032_15b0e9894c_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547404661\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547404661_5ebd6414f8_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547484004\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547484004_421084aa77_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before the sun sets, we tend to take family walks or I send the kids out for a walk on their own.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547392021\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547392021_885a09b727_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today I chose the latter. They walked to the point and back.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52546756307\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52546756307_e1f1f7c999_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Dan and I stayed back near the van to walk the cats. There are reported incidents with coyotes here on the iOverlander app so we decided it&#8217;s safest to keep them near us.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547181766\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547181766_148801ce86_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I usually get Toby while the other walker gets Twin. She gets scared more easily so her walks are shorter.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547738388\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547738388_dedcf79336_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547480584\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547480584_02242740e7_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Forgot to take photos of Luka swimming but he can&#8217;t resist a quick dip in the sea, even when it&#8217;s not super warm.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547174551\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547174551_e2e91e5034_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I tend to forget to take photos of our meals. Here is a quick one. We make broth and then add veggies like bok choy and frozen pot stickers. Easy, fast and we all love it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547239791\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547239791_0168981ab9_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Time to pack it up and head to the next spot. While Dan and I start organizing with the van doors open, the kids are on cat duty.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547481204\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547481204_49f12346c5_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547648845\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547648845_18b6c0ff2a_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The drive to Bahia de Los Angeles is one-way in, one-way out. Unless you opt for the dirt road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547662610\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547662610_8254774b4d_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547698939\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547698939_ee43b942bf_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The road is was pretty good but we did pass by workers on the road repairing hurricane damage.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"52547944018\" alt=\"Bahia de Los Angeles, Baja California, Mexico\" src=\"https:\/\/farm66.static.flickr.com\/65535\/52547944018_4aa479940e_c.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a little video I made from my Instagram stories:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08fYRWcDFyA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for following along,<br \/>\nMarlene<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello from Bahia De Los Angeles in Baja California, Mexico! We ended up wild camping at La Gringa for a couple of nights. Everyone is so nicely spaced out here. We met up with our new traveling friends here, Andrew and Courtney of @tsavo_touring. They are making their way down [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":11459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[393],"tags":[395,256,378,385,384,236,392],"class_list":["post-11457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pan-american-highway","tag-baja","tag-mexico","tag-overlanding-family","tag-pan-american-highway","tag-panam","tag-vanlife","tag-world-travel"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/52547211041_07ebe7719c_k.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkBzA-2YN","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11457"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11460,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11457\/revisions\/11460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/malimish.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}