Puerto San Carlos, Baja California Sur
After a full night’s rest, we spent the next day driving to Puerto San Carlos, near the Bahia Magdelena, in Central Baja. It took about 4 hours to get there. We had reservations at the Hotel Brennan. The presumable owner was very nice, and spoke excellent English (much to my disappointment–it’s so hard to speak bad Spanish with someone who knows English so well). The hotel Brennan was occupied by a group of bikers. These weren’t the hell-raising bikers of yore, but hard-working folks who work to ride and ride to work. There were several vets and at least one military subcontractor (who had done a stint in Iraq) in the group. To save money and enjoy other people’s company, we agreed to join their group for whale watching the next day. Wolfgang, aka. “Wolf” (a South African expat) was the straight-acting ambassador of the group and a helpful guy who has been all over the world, he helped coordinate the trip.