Trod Bogs Sadly – Oddstray's Blog

A little frustrating. We set off north to visit La Purisima Mission. We got a little north of Villa Ignazio Zaragoza, and the road – officially having promised to be paved – turned to very poorly graded and washboarded rock. I kept going for a while but it seemed like it was never going to end, so turned around and headed south again. There’s always that judgement thing, do you really want to drive through this all over again when coming back?

So, instead, we headed for a different location. Puerto San Carlos, which is on the coast, south of the place we visited in Episode 6. We had no idea what to expect, so adventure.

The road there was uneventful, except to discover a power generation plant in the middle of the desert. I noticed a pipeline by the side of the road, which should have been a clue. When we got to the end of the road, at the port, a security gate and guard blocked entry any further.

So we parked to take a look around, and what did we see?

A liquid natural gas pipeline terminal. Clearly feeding the power generation plant.

Looking west from here is near the southern end of the approximately 80 mile long barrier island complex.

Back in Ciudad Constitucion, we gassed up and got a $6 deal on 2 shrimp and 2 marlin tacos, salad and a coke. Yum.

Back at the internet, B discovered that rocky road north on the way to La Purisima was the result of bridge building activity. Google maps shows that the disruption is at most, a couple of miles long. Try again tomorrow 🙂