We left home on 12-18 in a light rain and headed east through Palm Springs then south to the border town of Calexico. We knew the rain would end when we hit the desert and it did, but a high wind pushed us along at a good clip. 
Fueled up and crossed the border to get our tourist visas. We pulled into the very crowded parking we used last time only to find the office closed. A very helpful lady directed us to another building on the other side of the crossing lanes, so we walked across all the traffic not once but twice due to some of my lack of fluency in Spanish. Finally visas in hand we crossed the border into Mexicali and worked our way through town, first a stop at the Banamex ATM for a peso supply, then as if by magic a COSTCO store appeared and I ran in for our adult beverage supply (tequila!). Now in heavy traffic we work our way through town and into the desert headed for one our favorite towns, San Felipe. Before we reached SF and we ran out of daylight we discussed a place to camp for the night and decided on a spot just beyond Laguna Salada, 

First some ok pavement then we hit the real Baja, potholes and world class washboard. Old cars from the past dot the roadsides, evidence the roads were once a lot worse than now.

We stop at a favorite beach, break out the fishing poles and head for the water, 

After morning coffee and eggs w/hot tortillas we head south for Gonzaga Bay and eventually Bahia de Los Angeles.

Some essential supplies (tortillas and beer), a yummy hot pork torta (sandwich) and we headed south.