January 17 2019 Ride to Todos Santos

tomcycle

Past President DSBC 2004 -2018
Staff member
This will be our final night at La Pastura, this is a great place and I would have liked to stay but we need a place where we can leave Jake alone.

Seems there are no longer any RV Parks in Cabo San Lucas, they have either been destroyed by the last storm, closed, or being converted into posh residential properties, Even development continues forward in Baja. So instead of fumbling our way around cabo, Lars found us a place in Pescadero.

Wanna see where we will be spending the next week? Addresses are non existent here so the what3words addressing app works great to find anything. Be sure to turn on the satellite view.
https://w3w.co/amend.turkeys.nipped

We would have never found this place without Lars and was sporting to get the RV in on the back roads. Lars Hacienda is only a few blocks away. the place is a bit pricey but that is probably because we have spent the last few weeks camping for free on the beaches
Beach FREE no services
Campground 130 USD per week...........included, Water, 220 Volt power, Sewer, secured yard, onside caretaker, dog friendly
We think it is worth is as Jake will be spending a few days by himself.

But before we leave we have a dinner date with Lars and Michele

We finally had a few Dual Sport riders from Quebec stay the night, I knew I should have written down their names, but I didn't. Nice young couple on their way to the end of Argentina. DR650s loaded to the max


39828006073_2590a814fd_z.jpg


Even the new model sucks in the soft sand

46740740162_cb0d33ec65_z.jpg


Dinner with Lars, he only eats at the best places as you all know already
Decor was original and the food was even better

The wash up station
39828006893_e2a0dd8984_z.jpg



39828007263_c7c7c3a68f_z.jpg


Note the size of John's Hamburger. Another place we would never found if we tried to look. Was a good call

46068340094_0c9b0b1d39_b.jpg



We had a few dinner cocktails and watched the sunset from Lars Hacienda I only thought about pictures after the sun went down

46740740822_ec2f74311c_z.jpg


Picture sucks but this is looking from his patio to the house
Lars likes his mood lighting
39828007963_f38b5a019f_z.jpg



39828009023_5d7301650f_z.jpg



39828009653_608c24f11d_z.jpg


Lars favourite part of the house is not even in the house, its the outdoor shower

46068342134_d80ef993ba_z.jpg


Wonderful property and a great way to spend 4 months of the year.



Now just to back up a bit, during the day I rode the Voltbike to Todos Santos from La pastura about 10 kms
I took a bunch of pictures of some really nice properties, that were not here the last time I came thru

All these structures are really well build and details are very nice, this picture is for Mr John VL
No prebuilt trusses here.

45845307765_13c2d5bf79_z.jpg


45845306355_028ffc184c_z.jpg



46035411434_037f19eda8_z.jpg


32885048148_28a5e629e4_z.jpg


46035452974_3d490da33a_z.jpg



Here is the Hotel we had stayed in the past, its across from the Hotel California
and yes thats were we had our laundry done

46760471131_7cdce891cf_h.jpg



Finally the HOTEL CALIFORNIA

On our first Baja Trip we stayed in the Hotel California and the Emporium that is here with the big doors was just a storage building that the owner let us put our bikes in for safe storage
In those days there was so much old stuff in there I am sure they just had to dust it off and put a price tag on it

46760476821_c299294a0d_z.jpg


46760492101_04db89480a_z.jpg
 

JavaJude

Super Moderator
Great photos Tom. John says thanks for showing him how they build trusses down there. He says standing prebuilt trusses are way easier.
 

tomcycle

Past President DSBC 2004 -2018
Staff member
Buying lumber down here is like going to a high end boutique store. So seeing something made of wood is always interesting.

Its like the Palapas in Santispac
The posts are made from Palm Trees, no knots and seems strong, then wrapped in plastic and buried in the ground, no cement? Not sure how long that will last
The Trusses (if you can call them that) are from trees brought in from mainland Mexico. Sounds expensive
Then the stringers are local cactus and are skinned on site.
The whole thing is nailed
And the roof (not yet installed in the picture)
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7886/31763719617_a849392eff_z.jpg
 
Top