January 11 Ciudad Constitution
We have had a wonderful time so far. We are currently in Ciudad Constitution, about a 4 hour drive north of La Paz. We are here for the night in a lovely RV park that has a swimming pool, fruit trees and lots of tropical plants. It’s run by a delightful Mexican couple, Patty and Jaime. We stay here when we pass through coming and going and they have become friends. Their daughter Aimie wants to attend the College of the Pacific in Metchosin. I wrote all about them in my blog last year.
There was a terrible hurricaine in Baja last summer that did a lot of damage in this city, fortunately the RV park survived well. The city has been cleaned up for the most part but you can still see the twisted remnants of metal roofs and walls around. I just can’t imagine how frightening it would be. Eight hours of howling wind in a little Mexican home with roofs flying off, windows breaking and trees falling. They were without power for several days and without water for over a week – then when water was trucked in it was very expensive to buy. The hurricane didn’t bring rain to them, only wind.
Mulege was severely damaged and many people lost their houses. They got a lot of rain causing lots of flooding. The river is much wider now… This is the third time they have been hit by a hurricane in 5 years with this year by far the worst. Dawne's friends in Mulege had lots of damage to their home. However, it is still standing, unlike a lot of others.
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