Welcome to our family adventures! We are Zac, Tracy, Gabriel, and Mikayla. We live in the beautiful village of Bahia Asuncion, Baja California Sur, Mexico. We look forward to sharing what it's like to live in a small Mexican village full time.
Bienvenidos a Familia Bajaboy! Follow our videos here https://www.youtube.com/@bajaboy29
Our field trip to La Bocana (written by all the Johnstons!)
Yesterday was one of those great days, though we have found ourselves saying that a lot lately. Zac, Gabriel, Zeus and I started the day with an early morning hike in San Roque. We caught the sunrise and enjoyed the cool temps along the coast. We were treated at the end of our hike to some smoked fish, from Fernando, who was keeping watch of the fishing village. It was also nice running into some friends who were camped on the beach.
We had breakfast and decided to take a day trip to La Bocana. According to Gabriel’s calculations, La Bocana is 49.4 miles from our house. 3.7 of those miles were on pavement, the rest was dirt roads. Up to Punta Prieta (20.5 miles) the road was in great shape, though the same can’t be said for the remainder of the trip. From our door to La Bocana it took us about 2 hours, and Zac drives very conservatively.
Rancho San Rafael
Zeus enjoys anytime he gets to ride inside the truck!
This is a dry lake bed. If conditions are dry, it's a great road to travel!
The road is covered with broken clam shells.
Beautiful cemetary in the entrance to La Bocana
We always enjoy the restaurant in La Bocana. We find the view to be incredible and the food equally amazing. We ordered 3 margaritas, (1 for Mommy and 2 for Daddy, as Mika wanted to point out), 2 lemonadas mineral and 2 lemonadas natural, fish ceviche, campechana, aquachile, and 3 fish tacos. The food was delicious! Gabriel and Mika took Zeus to the water, which was incredibly warm. We were delighted to talk to our waiter, Hector, and later Joaquin, who we found were both relatives of Chemo, a friend from this town. We are amazed constantly at how small the world is. We wanted to get a 6 pack of beer for the trip back, but found that beer was not being sold until Monday morning at 9 am.
We enjoyed the drive back, and instead drove through San Hipolito and Punta Prieta, and found those roads were in much better condition.
Back in Asuncion, we bought beer and drinks for the kids, and went out to our go-to beach here in town.
We were distanced in between 2 different groups, and at first noticed 3 dogs down the beach a way. We still tend to be extremely cautious with Zeus, since we’re never quite sure how he will do with other dogs. At first we leashed him, then decided to trust him. Moments later he happily trotted down the beach where 2 of the dogs and 5 kids were playing near the water’s edge. I briskly walked toward them to find all the kids happily petting Zeus, and Zeus happily playing with the 2 dogs. He was so proud of himself, but I think I was a bit more proud.
“My boys all growns up!”
We ended the day swimming and floating in the warm water.
Mika insisted on a kiss cam shot!
As we made our way home, Zac decided to let Gabriel practice driving. He did an incredible job! Another ending to a great day…...
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Sandy Owen said…
It Looks and sounds like you all had a great day!! Keep making these beautiful family memories. They are priceless👍🏼❤️
Anonymous said…
So many wonderful, great, amazing days!!
Lynda said…
I’m enjoying very much your blog and watching the progress being made on your Casa. Beautiful!
Sorry for the suspense! The power went out yesterday around 1:30 pm just as the main brunt of the storm was subsiding. We decided to take a drive around town and see the. damage. As I thought, we were spared major damage although we had sustained winds of at least 50 mph and hard, steady rain. We lost some of the lamina (tin) roof on the chicken coop and a few plants were blown silly but otherwise we were spared. We did lose a phone pole on our property, too. Last night was one my favorite in a long time. The kids played charades in candle light while I tried to sing kareoke from my phone. We laughed so hard. It was a very fun evening. We spent most of the day drying out, putting things away, and pulling weeds. The chickens are super happy, the dogs and cat are good, and the garden is super happy now. We appreciate everyone following along and sending positive thoughts. We heard the road out of town to Vizcaino is not passable yet. I also heard from a friend in San Juanico w
The wind is still blowing hard out of the east. I am sensing we won't get hit as bad as expected. But with that said, the brunt of the storm is coming. I know there will be extensive damage around town and to the roads. From what I can see from our place, the erosion of the roads is not too bad yet but the bulk of the rain is still to come. We have moderate leaking in our house but not too bad. Having Starlink has been great. The kids are watching videos and building Lego while Tracy is busy creating lesson plans. As long as the power stays on, we are in good shape. I wanted to point out a few things that have really helped us weather this storm. First off, I created a few makeshift rain gutters. I did this to collect water from fog and drizzle. But it's really helped us out as I empty the rain collection containers and this has minimized water building up from saturation. I also bought some rain barrier bags. They expand when wet and then channel the water to a rec
The storm is starting to kick up a bit. Everyone slept well and is ready for what's to come. We have a few minor leaks in the house but we are prepared. The rain is starting to come down and I think is supposed to last until tomorrow. The brunt of the strom should start around 9 and last until mid afternoon. I walked out to check on our rooster, hen, and baby chicks. Our rooster, Reyna, was drenched and not happy. It appears he was stubborn and slept on his perch. I put come cinder blocks on the tin roof of the coop and made some more shelter inside. They will survive but they don't too happy. The light just flickered a bit so I hope our electricity stays on. If so, I'll post again in a few hours.
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