Baja Continued by Dan

Here are some more photos from the rest of our trip down post-hurricane Baja.  Highlights:

- REALLY using the snorkel, when we drove past a line of cars and through a river which brought the water up over the hood.  (No photos of that, unfortunately!)  Cheers from the onlooking crowd of villagers as we drove on.

- Driving along a precarious washed out remnant of an elevated paved road, which I posted on Facebook a couple of days ago.

 - Seeing powerline towers toppled and crumpled 1/2 way up due to the high winds.

- Arriving in La Paz, at the southern end of our Baja jaunt, just after dark.  Half the city still without power, water on a roads, wires dangling from poles, and all hotels full.  Spent the night in the Walmart parking lot, following dinner at a generator-powered restaurant.

- Spending a full day waiting in line at various offices and banks to process all the paperwork in a very particular order to get on the ferry to the mainland.  Sam's birthday!

- Sleeping in a cabin on the overnight ferry, which tilted back and forth to a very surprising degree.  When the sun rose, we saw from the moderate swells that this was probably quite normal, and that the ship was not in danger of sinking in a 2nd hurricane.

Approaching one of many wash-overs.

The truck driver was staying in the back, and appeared upset.  I got from my limited Spanish that he had been there for 2 days.

Balancing on the thing strip of remaining elevated pavement, after seeing many vehicles stuck in the sandy ditch.

Waiting 1-1/2 hours for road construction, with a nice view of the Sean of Cortes.

A crumpled hydro tower near La Paz.

Waiting to board the ferry at ~11:00 pm.

Sign on ferry: "Mr. Passenger, care for your children, don't throw garbage in the sea".  Very good general advice.