The morning started with some french toast. The griddle on my CampChef stove turned out to be very handy.

After we broke camp we drove back into the Pulmo Resort and stopped at a small restaurant called Nancys. In addition to food, they sold cold showers for 2 bucks. It was very cold, but very worth it to get the first couple of days of salt off of us.

We headed back north and then out on highway 1.  This takes you through the northern part of the Sierra La Laguna.  This was a really amazing looking mountain range and I will be planning future trips into this range for some backpacking.  My friend Charlie told me about an endemic skink in the range that has a bright red tail. I have to catch one of those someday.  The Grismer text calls the skink Eumeces lagunensis. 

As we left the windy roads in the mountains, we came across a gorgeous mission that we had to stop and check out at El Triunfo.  The mission was next door to an old silver mine. 

As we left I chased a large whipsnake off the road so it wouldn’t get hit.  They’re cool, but I don’t like catching them, they bite too hard.  So no pictures of the snake!  

Further down the road we ran across a cool shrine built into a large fig tree.  Pretty amazing. 

We made it back to La Paz, gassed up and then made our way north along the coast toward San Evaristo. 

The road north:

This was another gorgeous coast road, at times seemingly cut right into the mountain next to the water. 

Brian got some good bird pictures. I need to buy that 100-400 lens that he has! Osprey and red tailed hawk.

The geology in the area was interesting with long bands of green colored rock in this area.

Just like in the US, there is always an ass on the road. ;)

That is me up ahead.

The road got really steep in places and some of the steeper sections were paved with concrete. This poor truck drove off and was abandoned. There was just enough room to get around this truck.

We made camp south of Punta el Mechudo in a nice little cove that was often used as a fishcamp. 

On this night there were no fishermen though, just us.  After dark the place came alive with hermit crabs.  They were crawling around everywhere. 

The tide was out and we explored the exposed rock and pools. 

The bioluminescence was so amazing here, more than any other place I've been in the past.  Literally millions of little green lights in the water all around. It was like looking at the stars in the sky, but you are looking at the water. It was a real gift to watch.

This was a real magical place.  Unfortunately, we had planned on just the single night here.  In retrospect, I think a second day of exploration should have been accommodated.