This caravan group was very prompt and lined up and ready to leave ahead of time! We have a total of 9 RV's in the group. The drive started out beautiful but became less beautiful as we approached Guerrero Negro. We expected this as we remembered it to be dry and flat on our way through in January.

We left the tourquoise waters of Bahia Concepcion, passed through Santa Rosalia on the Sea of Cortes, the steep and windy mountainous road passing by the Tres Virgenes Volcanos, then through the desert palm oasis of San Ignacio. We decended down into the flat Vizcaino Desert, with the vegetation becoming more sparse as we traveled. The desert runs down the Pacific side of the peninsula, nearly to the tip. There is high salt concentration which limits the growth of vegetation. In fact, Guerro Negro is home to a huge salt mining enterprise.

We had an unexpected surprise on our desert drive, and there were beautiful purple, orange and yellow wild flowers in bloom, scattered among the cacti.

We arrived at Mario's RV Park, a parking lot behind a palapa restaurant. Guerrero Negro wouldn't be our favorite place to stop unless we had time for whale watching. It is a fine stop-over if you're tired and need a break, or for whale watching, but otherwise I'd keep going in the future.