We made the most of our morning at the Estero Beach Resort, taking a walk, photographing the birds in the estuary, topping up the water tanks and dumping. Thereafter was a short stop at Costco, Walmart, and Starbucks for a touch of Americana and a few provisions. Then onto Mex 1 headed for San Quintin about 200km away.

South of Ensenada Mex 1 initially travels through dry hilly country. The road is mostly two lane, all paved though sometimes rough. Some sections of newer road have a wide paved edge (verge or apron) where slower vehicles like ours are expected to move over to allow faster vehicles to pass. The older sections of road are bumpy and narrow, the lanes are only 9 ft wide (our truck is 8 ft not counting mirrors, awnings and other additions) have no verge and hence require considerable concentration. Through this hilly area there were occasional modest farms some actually cultivating prickly-pear (a cactus like plant well know to Australians as a flora equivalent of rabbits).

After about 100 kms we entered the Llano Colorado a very wide flat valley. Recent heavy rains were evidenced by large pools of standing water. This area is heavily cultivated on an industrial scale with some of the crop areas sporting very large covered gardens. As best we could tell the crops included strawberries, tomatoes, and cabbages.

During the course of the days drive we passed through many smaller towns or villages. In seemed to be a feature of these communities that a wide unpaved area was provided on each side of the paved main road and that the shops and business establishments were set back behind this area. This unpaved area served as a parking lot for shoppers as well as an alternative roadway. Passing through on the paved area of the main road required considerable concentration as vehicles travelled on and darted out from the side area without warning.

Once south of San Quintin we started looking for the sign to Fidel's El Pabellon a beachside camping area selected from the Church guide. The large blue sign was easily spotted but the turn off the highway was a little more challenging - really nothing more that a pile of packed dirt stacked up against the side of the raised highway. Thereafter we followed a dirt road that also was showing signs of the recent heavy rains. The Church guide suggest that this road was suitable for RV's of all sizes. In its current condition we would not agree with that assessment.

More signs led us to our destination and after a little scouting around Fidel appeared to show us the ropes and collect the $10 fee. The place has toilets, showers, water and electricity (if you want it).

We spent only a few minutes exploring the place before retiring to our camper to escape the strong cold wind.