Catavina to the Sea of Cortez

This morning I awoke at dawn and took my chair out into the desert to meditate, then took a short walk with my binoculars to spy on the birds as they chattered their welcome to the new day. We all love the beauty of this area and decided to stop on the way back to hike into the boulder fields. Today we're anxious to hit the road and get to Bahia de Los Angeles where we will hang for awhile. We heard that a hurricane was originally supposed to hit, but that it broke up and got reclassified to the status of tropical storm.

When we arrived at Bahia de L.A. we first checked out the campgrounds to the north and agreed that we would return to Daggett's c.g. if we didn't find something we liked better. On the south end of town we followed a rough dirt road for about 4 miles and found Camp Gecko, a place suitable for our small rigs. http://www.campgecko.com
We decided to be decadent and rented a primitive open-air 'cabin' with a palm-thatched roof. Although we will still sleep in our vans, we have our own toilet and shower in the hut, and use the kitchen for food prep and clean up. Our covered patio provides shade from the afternoon sun.Camp Gecko is owned by Abraham Vasquez, who is also referred to as Doc. He is a medical doctor who fell in love with the area when he came to do social service while getting his medical degree. He decided to stay on and moved down here 15 years ago and started building the camp. He used to have an office in the tiny town, but now folks just come to his house when they need care. Most of them are poor and pay him about $3 a visit.