Mileage: 75,101

Loreto Shores RV Park Loreto BCS, Mexico

It is always difficult to leave a beautiful place. El Requeson with its glistening blue water, ragged coastline, protected inlet, and glittering starry nights, made this little sand spit a very special place…but we get restless and eager to discover what’s up and around the next bend…to find our next adventure.

We said hasta luego to our new friends Brian and Carol and Lucy. They are traveling on a different timeline and need to be in Los Barriles on February 1st.

Our destination today was Loreto. We needed a full-service campground. Loreto was founded in 1697 and it is the longest continuously occupied town in Baja. Here there are 3 big grocery stores, lots of shops and restaurants and even some resorts.

Our afternoon was spent doing laundry, working to catch up the blog, and going to the grocery. The Ley Store was the first real grocery we have been to in Mexico…even as we wandered up and down the aisles searching for our familiar stuff, we were reminded again how very spoiled we are. It was fun though to get some different things and I look forward to experimenting!

We went to find dinner in town. A woman in the RV Park told us about this new soul food restaurant called Alma Del Sur. She said that the food was delicious and the place had a funky, fun vibe. We went to try it out. The chef, John, is from Louisiana where he was a chef in New Orleans for 15 years. His wife is from Canada. She was a dive instructor in the Caribbean. They decided to open a restaurant here in Loreto and they have only been open for 2 weeks. The food was outstanding! I had the house special…the gumbo. The restaurant owner said that she married John because of his gumbo and that is completely believable!!! Tim had shrimp and grits. The corn was hand ground in the restaurant. It was by far the best meal we have had on this trip. I wanted to go back tomorrow but they are closed on Wednesdays! Make sure you stop and eat at this restaurant next time you are in town!!

After dinner we took a walk in the twilight along the malecon. It was a lovely evening. This is a resort town.