On a gloriously sunny and clear Monday morning, with a cooler packed with soft drinks, cheese, crackers, apple slices, peanut butter and cake, off we go with three friends and our dog into the mountains on our quad runners. Nothing could be more perfect. The water is running in the river streams now—waterfalls and pools make for a refreshing and spiritual adventure. Nature at its finest!
Tanya rides her own Harley at home in Canada, so she is comfortable on her quad here in the mountains. She goes fast. Really fast. Her free spirit and willingness to make her own adventures? Inspirational! Good on ya, Tanya.
Her husband, Eric, is all for it too. Towering over all of us at around 6’4” (maybe more), he takes life in his hands and molds it into whatever he wants. Well, almost whatever he wants—he is mortal after all. But with their guidance, our neighbor, Blaze and Greg and Isabela and I had a day to remember. The mountains of Baja Sur are spectacular, especially this time of year.
Tanya and Eric
Our buddies are old hands at this, and provided us with a guided tour, complete with dust masks and goggles.
Nothing like a beautiful day in the mountains after the rain has poured there all summer long, not to mention the rain brought to us by Hurricane Odile. The roads are surprisingly good. Better, in fact, than the ones around town here, that’s for sure.
The first thing that happened to Tanya was a run-in (or should I say run-over?) with a rattlesnake. Yup. She didn’t see it in time and ran right over it. She and Eric put it in a bag to take home for skinning. Gee, I never would have thought of that.
If you ride in the lead, you don’t get that much dust. Anywhere else along the line is dusty, even when you leave lots of room between you and the one in front of you.
Tanya and Blaze stop to wait for us.
We’re not the only ones on the road.
First water crossing.
Blaze with his dust guard and goggles.
From a peak looking toward the ocean.
Isabela had her first taste (literally and figuratively) of fresh mountain water. Could a dog be more happy? I don’t think so. Jumping, splashing, swimming and barreling down the road in the back of our little Polaris side-by-side made her the happiest dog in Baja.
Greg with his dust mask and Isabela in the back of our Polaris side-by-side.
Tanya and me in one of the pools. So refreshing–nature’s Jacuzzi.
Just loving life!
We are so glad we followed our dreams to retire in Southern Baja. Life is sweet–one adventure after another.
Crystal Clear
Wonderful!
OK, I’ll add quad runners to the list of Toys Janet and I need 🙂
Oh gosh, this made me miss Baja so very much. Thank you Susie.for the photo’s and the motivation I needed to keep on working toward the dream. Gene has been working so hard on La Cuesta Farms clean-up. We lost 15-20 tree’s so there is a lot to do. Miss you guys!
I love the website Susie! What a great way to share.
I want to go do everything you and Greg have been discovering!!