Road Trip (SC to Loreto)
+ Grand Canyon Photos

When it rains it pours...both in my unpredictable life and in the deserts of Baja California! I'm back in Loreto, and I was welcomed by the greenest scenery I've seen in these parts in years (one of the few benefits of a summer full of hurricanes and rain).

In early November, my friend Ester from Barcelona came to visit--she flew into South Carolina and was flying back out of Loreto 3 weeks later...and joining me for a road trip adventure in the middle. Because a last-minute offer for photography job in Loreto in mid-November, Ester and I shifted our plans into high gear and hit the road on November 1^st:

Charleston, SC to Loreto, BCS--3,580 miles in 7 days...a bit like "The Amazing Race!"

Day 2 of the Road Trip
Jackson's Home, Horseshoe, NC
November 2

Getting the Bees out of the Car!
Somewhere near Ensenada
November 9

Ester Heads back to Spain
Loreto Airport, BCS
November 17

The highlight of the trip was taking a day out to visit the Grand Canyon, where we ended up taking a helicopter ride. I had done this a few years ago with friends, but it was just as amazing this time around. When you fly low over the forest approaching the rim and suddenly the ground drops out from below you...it's literally breathtaking.

Coming soon: Up in the Loreto Mission Belltower, a Wedding in the Loreto Mission and the San Javier Festival
(I walked from Loreto to San Javier and still have the blisters to prove it!).