DAY 3: After another peaceful night at Loretto it was time to hit the road and we were up early and on our way shortly after dawn. Our van is quite full and so as to protect it and its precious cargo we travelled slowly... speed limit or slightly slower. The drive was quite interesting... at times, and particularly if you pretended the forests of cacti were olive trees... the scenery was very much like our drive through central Crete on our way to the southern coast. We really thought (my fault as I set this road trip up) that we were driving all the way to Laguna San Ignacio and were kind of worried about the reports we'd had regarding the road running from the highway out to the coast. But, we soldiered on as Vicky herself (owner of the van) had encouraged us to visit the San Ignacio Springs B&B on the lagoon. Shortly after stopping to eat our (home-made) sandwiches at the side of the road... and while we were watching for the turn-off to Laguna San Ign.... I just happened to spy a sign at the entrance to a driveway that said "San Ignacio Springs B& B". Sure glad I saw the sign...as, yes indeed, this was our destination... and here it was ... several hours early. Sure glad we didn't bounce and jounce our way all the way to Laguna San Ignacio and then have to turn around. So, several hours early, we found ourselves moving in to our 16' yurt to begin our stay here. Turns out their 'lagoon' is like a large slough... actually part of the river and there are chairs for resting by it, and kayaks (very old kayaks) for floating on it if you so wish. Anyway, our hosts Terry and Gary are very nice... and they're great cooks too. The yurt is kind of neat.. it's like camping but with the comforts of a real bed and running water. It's a great place for napping and walking and generally resting up.
DAY 4: Our second day at the yurt. Had a great sleep and visited the town square, mission and shops in the morning. Kathy and Sophie went for a long walk up into the hills behind us and I had another nap (seems I'm a little tired) in the afternoon. It's later now and dinner isn't until 1930 hrs. It's seafood linguini tonight. Last night we had a sweet and spicy chicken with red rice and a great salad... and breakfast this morning had the works. Tomorrow we have a long drive to Catavina where we'll stay for just one night before heading up to San Quintin.
So, that's it for now... please know we're well and all is 'rolling' as it should. Hope you're all staying warm and we don't lose our tans before you see them :-) Thanks to you who have kept in touch via e-mail... and left comments on the blog. We love to hear from you. ttfn... CJ
