Losing our ability to commit to Sonoma County

Greetings!

Having just come back from a trip to Baja and Central Mexico, and preparing for a 3-month trip this fall to Australia, New Zealand and the Southern Oceans, and another long one next spring to India, Nepal, and Bhutan, we find ourselves losing the ability to provide dependable focus on our Sonoma County causes.

In a few minutes, I'll be telling some friends that I'll no longer be able to participate in watershed education outings for middle school students in classroom and WillowCreek's Pomo Canyon campgrounds when the rains provide Chinook breeding opportunities.  I've been a part of Stewards of the Coast and Redwood's outdoor education programs for almost a decade, and ending my service on these teams will be heart-breaking.

But I have to learn to say no to responsibilities which depend on my being around the County.  We're going to be on the road to the world more than ever before.

 

Tuesday, May 31st, La Paz, Baja California South

Greetings!

La Paz is my favorite city in Baja on this tour.  Each of the other places we have stayed brought unique experiences, and all proved valuable.  But La Paz has all of it.  It's resources are new enough, and organized well enough, to make it a place worth recommending to other travelers.  

It doesn't have the direct flights from California, so you'll have to work some to get here. But it's a short hop from Cabo San Lucas, or Los Mochis on the Mainland.  

Jacques Cousteau called it the "World's Aquarium".  Isla Espiritu Santos, and the northern beaches of La Paz,  containing adventures at opportune times of the year (when the whales are passing, when the whale sharks are feeding, when the manta rays are jumping, when the waters are warm, etc.)

But even without any of that (now), we enjoyed the atmosphere of perfect weather, great seafood, one of the longest beachfront promenades we've seen, (full of every form of self-transportation by all ages), and plenty of water sports all around you.

We'll be doing more of it tomorrow, and then flying home on Thursday (through Cabo San Lucas), but if you want more photos of the history of the first people (12,000 years ago), click on Tuesday, May 31st, La Paz.