San Basilio holds a special place in our hearts. We stayed here on both of our trips before this one and met some of the coolest people here. San Basilio is a beautiful bay north of Loreto that is off the beaten path. There is no signage to get here and you have to go through a few gates, including crossing private property. At a locked gate the rancher will come open it for you if he’s around. We love this spot and decided it would be a great place to spend Christmas.
When we arrived at the beach we got out to check out camp spots and there was Whit “the mayor” and Jan in their usual spot. We chatted for a minute and they told us all the usual suspects from times past were also there. Over the next few days we were able to catch up with Tim from Tennesse, Lance and Natalia from California, and Matt and Shannon from Colorado/Alaska. We also met some new friends, James and his wife (name?) and mother-n-law, Nuria (who had just flown in from Barcelona) as well as Larry and AnneMarie. At one point we were sitting around the fire and I realized that we were in the middle of nowhere in Mexico chatting with people from Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, Canada and the US. Travel is so fantastic that way!
James had caught a big red snapper that day and everyone pitched in to create a feast. We had eaten some fish Lance caught a little earlier since the kids were hungry so we just sampled the feast. But everything was delicious.
CHRISTMAS DAY!!!
Luckily, Santa found us on Christmas and left stockings for the kids. We are pretty sure we saw sleigh tracks and reindeer footprints in the sand!
We stayed at Basilio for three nights and enjoyed every minute of it. Miles took the SUP out fishing quite a bit. Ollie and I snorkeled off the SUP and saw so many cool fish. I took the SUP out at sunrise every morning for some early meditation time. Fin devoured the Divergent series. We played lots of bocce and learned that we can’t beat Dave because he’s too good. And we finally eased into Baja time.
