Here is a sampling of the obligatory scenery surrounding our Campo. Life in Baja is fine, especially under the veranda. You can see Cathy's new trailer to the rear and right of the main trailer.
Looking to the north, the Enchanted Islands line up. It's Cholludo, Lobos and El Muerto, going right to left.
A Magnificent Frigatebird takes advantage of the updraft off the sea cliff and soars near camp.
And last but not least...here's Cathy's new trailer. Safe and (almost) sound. The trip down was the hardest of any on the trailer (except for Ed, Chuck and Terry's that is). When we opened the door, after first arriving, the trailer looked like it had been ransacked by a hoard of vandals. The mirror on the bathroom door came off, fell on the floor and broke into a hundred pieces. It didn't much matter though, the bathroom door shook loose and fell off too. The mirror in the bathroom fell out of the medicine cabinet frame and broke in the sink. It was in good company. The 110 volt light had a globe that shook out of its fixture and broke in the sink too. The globe over the kitchen sink did likewise. Similarly, the globe in the middle of the living area fell on the floor and broke. To add to the jumble of junk strewn about, one kitchenette seat disattached itself from the wall and was lying askew in the middle of the rubble field. One drawer came out and broke into 3 pieces. The refrigerator tried to escape from the wall. The cover on the heater decided that it wanted to flee its mounting. The bottom of the door fell off and the floor seemed to have been loosened by the constant banging. Other than that, everything made it intact. I wished I'd had taken a picture, but I didn't figure Cathy was in good enough humor to deal with the press.
Realistically, it looked much worse than it was. Cathy didn't want the door on the bathroom anyway, The 110 volt fixtures are useless in Baja. The errant seat made a clean break and reattachment with a few screws and glue should be relatively easy. Some wood glue should fix the drawer. The glass all cleaned up. The biggest problem will be the floor. I haven't figured out what's wrong with it yet...exactly, so I can't fix it. The bottom of the door should be fixable using the bottom of the ladrone-modified door that we removed from the Aljo. I'm really glad that I removed the air conditioner the last days we were in San Diego. They cost about $700 new, so we ought to be able to get a few hundred for it. I'm sure that the thing, which weighs about 110 pounds, would have been sitting on the floor if it were still on the roof on the way down. We'd have had a BIG skylight!
In this picture, the new trailer basks in the morning light with the Sierras in the distance.
Here's a panorama of Islote La Poma from out near the Seamount.
A big panorama of all the Islas on a calm day...the kind we dream about.
Well, that's it for the latest Baja foray. Check back after Memorial Day for more. For now, you can go back to:
