Driving Mexico’s Baja Peninsula from San Quintin to San Ignacio

This article may contain affiliate links. If you make a purchase through these links, I will earn a commission at no extra cost to you. Thanks!Following our three week house sit in the San Pedro Martir mountains, we set out once again heading south down the Baja Peninsula, more than 1,000 miles of awesome, winding roads. San Quintin Our first …

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House Sitting in Mexico, Well Off the Grid in Baja California

If you’ve been following our adventures recently, you know that we just wrapped up a couple month tour of the American Southwest in my pickup truck camping setup. We visited a ton of National Parks, went to the Overland Expo, had fun in Vegas and LA, and recently just drove down into Baja California to take on an amazing house …

Welcome to Baja California, Mexico – First Nights on the Road

The Baja Peninsula is the 775 mile long tail that extends out below the State of California and is separated from Mainland Mexico by the Colorado River and the Gulf of California. It is generally considered to be a backwater of Mexico by the Mainlanders. A dusty, undeveloped, and isolated part of the country. It is popular among the gringo …

Driving in Mexico: Tijuana Border Crossing and Mexican Auto Insurance

After two months of exploring the American West with Andrea and showing her the beauty of America’s National Parks from Mount Rainier, to the Grand Canyon, to Yosemite Valley, we decided to take a turn south for Mexico. First stop: driving to Tijuana! Andrea’s tourist visa for the USA was coming up upon its sixth month limit for the year …