DAY ONE:
Our four day trek started
at the Arizona border town of Lukeville, after driving the scenic
Hwy86 from Tucson. The border crossing into Sonoyta was without
incident, and soon we were traveling at a blazing 80 kph down MEX
2 towards San Luis. The scenery was fantastic, as the recent rains
brought wildflowers, and green grass to the Altar Desert. It was
interesting to see familiar land marks north of the border that
we had viewed during our El Camino Del Diablo trips the year before. |
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It was
a two hour drive to the city of San Luis Rio Colorado on MEX
2. We encountered two military check points on MEX 2. We were
treated kindly and fairly on both occasions. THese check points
are manned by very young men, who appreciated a smile, and "gracias".
Route finding is difficult in San Luis and waypoints were helpful
in
finding
SON
40 south.
We proceeded south
on SON 40, which had little traffic, and better cruising speeds
of 90 KPH. There was another military check point at El Doctor,
but we were waved through with a smile.
We arrived at El Golfo
De Santa Clara about 1.5 hours after leaving San Luis. We filled
our tanks at the Pemex station (does not offer Magna), and started
down the beach looking for a good campsite. The beach in this
area is quite popular, with the abandoned lighthouse, and the
sand hill it is built upon. It is the place to find a crowd. Since we
wanted to "get away", we drove into a remote canyon, about 1.5
miles from the beach. IT was a quiet, secluded area, with amazing
rill and gully erosion.
Camp
1, near El Golfo De Santa Clara
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