A caravan is created

Our caravan companions: tan customized Toyota Landcruiser is Anna & Willie's; the orange vintage VW Westfalia is Elke & Christian's (pictured below)

We left Ensanada with four traveling companions. The night before our last night there a number of travelers arrived at La Jolla Beach camp: a seasoned traveling couple from northern Germany, a young couple from southern Germany, and two young goof balls from Alaska. Then an American Chris arrived on a BMW motorcycle, fresh out of Iraq. He and Nate and Jake the Alaskan boys (from Wasilla of all places!!) made their way off roading together down the Baja. We ran into them later down the road at a nice restaurant/RV place in Ciudad Constitucion. They went their separate ways. Happy Trails guys!

Anna & Willie are a German couple dancing around their 60 year mark. They custom designed their Toyota Landcruiser, they're set up with solar panels and 4 wheel drive of course; it's already tasted the terrain of the African landscape. We got to witness a slideshow of their TWO YEAR TREK across AFRICA. We can't begin to tell you how thrilled we were to meet people who've actually done what we have yet only dreamed of doing. These are true wanderers indeed. It's been great getting to know them. Learning what can make people laugh on the other side of the ocean has been a fun endeavor. Annie & Willie headed off on their own near Mulege, after we all stopped at Scammon's Lagoon for a whale watching excursion (more of that in another posting).

Chris & Elke are a fun-loving, sweet couple in their early twenties. Elke is a carpenter officiando who has a love of the country. She has three sheep and a horse back home; we're totally envious of course, as well as Gracie who would do Dharma and Karma a HUGE favor if she had sheep instead of them to chase around all day. Chris is a saavy entreprenuir dealing in vintage vespas and Westfalias. They both have master's degrees, he in economics and she in fine woodworking. What's funny is Elke and Christian have been together twice as long as Tony and I yet we are twice their age. Regardless, we are enjoying their company very much. We've made a peanut butter fan out of Chris and Elke-- the lone vegetarian-- has been seduced to the dark side a couple of times with Tony's ridiculously delicious grilled creole shrimp, cooked right over th camp fire! Yum Yum. We've heard at least as much German as Spanish on our journey through Mexico! We are still traveling with them and are currently at the very southern tip of the Baja, yes, the ultra touristy Cabos San Lucas.