WINTERING E IN BAJA
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A safe passage, a new level of enjoyment, and an incredible experience STORY & PHOTOS BY BRIAN FEARON
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yard. Snow caves, skiing, sledding and building crazy snowmen; these were the fond times of my childhood winters. It wasn’t too long into my young adult life that those same winters brought worry, work… and winter experiences took on new meaning; chains, shoveling, studded tires, shoveling, splitting wood, shoveling, slippery walkways… and shoveling. I believe it was the latter of the two experiences that shaped my drive for warmer winter adventures that didn’t involve shoveling. Relocating to a more moderate climate where needing a coat meant a medium windbreaker, I also knew that I wasn’t limited to experiences in California, Arizona or Texas. Please understand, I’ve lived and explored more geographic destinations that have favorable climates than not – now it’s my time in life to choose where I spend my summers, winters and time in-between… aſter all, I’m an RVer. It seems perfectly clear, we (my wife and I) should be exploring and experiencing climates that appeal to us, and we should take our home-on-wheels along for
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remember my younger years filled with the experiences, silly antics and poor choices of youth …the excitement of winter as the snowcapped peaks worked their way into my childhood front
the ride. Like a few of ‘my kind’ I am a bit frugal – not that I don’t want to spend money, but I sure do like to find good value. Finding an array of good values has been my mission these last few years and it turns out that good values are in abundance south of the border, in Mexico and beyond. My wife and I are no strangers to travel and adapt
pretty well to cultures that are different than ours – but there was some uncertainty in starting an adventure into Mexico, and I didn’t want to spend my autumn months researching all of the possibilities, activities, destinations and campgrounds – my idea of a winter vacation was quickly turning into work. Having traveled with an RV Caravan company to Alaska, we knew that we could trust the caravan company to show us around in Mexico and provide a complete program of activities, camping and experiences. Our first winter in Mexico was spent along the
length of Baja California. A 42 Day caravan that started in sunny San Diego, California and wound its way to the most southern tip of Baja in Cabo San Lucas was our introduction to Mexico. We met the caravan a couple days before ‘rendezvous’ where our vehicles were
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