Month: February 2015

There are only certain types of folks who find great pleasure in driving long washboard roads in Mexico that end at barren crowd-free beaches. Fortunately, a few of them are my friends and we happen to be raising kids around the same ages. Earlier this year we made a trek down through ol’ Mexico that was originally going to a whole week of kayaking, camping, grilling fresh fish on a remote beach right on the Sea of Cortez. But you know how it goes, little snags in the calendar got in the way here and there, trimming it down to a three-day trip that jived with all five families. It ain’t easy. As luck goes, this wicked storm brought 40-mph winds and a pounding rain on our second day, effectively blowing us out of there and two hours up the road to find a hotel to regroup. It killed the trip. We folded and went home the next morning. Continue reading