After cuatro Casas, we made our way out into the deserts of baja and camped for the night. Saguaro cactuses, Joshua trees and these really funky trees that came right from the Dr. Seuss books grow there among granite boulders. The boulders are similar to J Tree granite boulders and make awesome evening first ascents.
Early the next morning we made our way to the wall surf camp. You drive for an hour into the desert and find a gringo truck and small rv camp full of surfers who reside there for up to 6 months during the good surf season. There are two separate breaks at the wall; the bay, which is a mellow right beginner break, and the point break, which boasts a much more aggressive and larger right wave.
We camped for Four nights and met a few of the annual residents at the thanksgiving potluck (the party of the year!) and surfed every day till sunset. There are super cool rock walls, sculptures, and dutch ovens built by one of the surfers that make the desert campsites pretty awesome. Wish we had more time here but we are on a crunch to get Craig to La Paz so it's off to the Sea of Cortez!
What a beautiful place -- I love the wall!
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