30 Years in 52 Weeks – Week 38
Estado de Baja California, Mexico
During our sea cave surveys, Mexico became a highlight trip every time due to the rugged beauty, many caves, good cheap food and really nice people. We were able to then camp overnight without fear and wake up to incredible cliffs and crashing waves. La Bufadora reminds me of Mother Nature’s toilet. You can literally get soaking wet if you stand too close as the wave surges up and out with fierce vengeance. And since La Bufadora is right at the edge of the coast, it happens often to the unsuspecting.
The Sistema Punta Banda sea caves are abundant with numerous window rooms for gorgeous views. When we were surveying the caves, our friend Ernie Garza’s shoes sank into the ocean when his kayak overturned. Tragic. I’ll never forget how much we all laughed when Ernie found old shoes that looked like they washed ashore years ago, and they miracurasly fit him. With that we were able to complete our mission of surveying the sea caves of Baja.
It’s too bad there are travel warnings to Mexico these days. Some of my fondest memories are there in Baja. Like the trip Ernie lost his shoes. That was the time Don got barked out by loud harbor seals as he was swimming with survey tape while surveying in the largest of the sea caves. We appropriately named it Cueva de las Focas Puertos (Cave of the Harbor Seals) and it measures 88 meters long.
Let’s go!
