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Adolfo Lopez Mateos -> La Paz \/\/<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We leisurely pack up camp and get on the road around 9:30am.  Our first stop is in the town of Ciudad Insurgentes.  The side by side purified water station and tortilleria are too good to pass up.  (It only costs us $2 US for 28 gallons of fresh water). Additionally we pick up a few groceries and get rid of our trash and then it\u2019s southbound for La Paz.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After an easy two hour drive we arrive at Campestre Maranatha, a favorite campground of ours in southern Baja.  The well-manicured grounds, clean restrooms, hot showers, and best of all\u2026laundry facilities, keep us coming back any time we\u2019re in this area.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While a hot shower sounds amazing, the six of us were primarily drawn to spend a night here so that we could do laundry.  It\u2019s been 3 weeks since our last laundry stop and over a month for Heather & Adam.  With sand starting to make it\u2019s way in to our sheets, it was due time.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most of the rest of the afternoon and evening was spent working our way through and around the high demand and low supply of working washers and dryers, this being a popular spot for many travelers who show up, just like us, for one night with every washable item in their camper in need of being cleaned.  I caught myself getting frustrated by the poorly working machines and overbearing people claiming them, until I was walking back to our spot and remembered where I am (in a Mexican paradise) and who I\u2019m with (friends that I adore).  Seeing our three rigs parked side by side brought a smile to my face every time I walked back from the laundry room.  And as I sit here and write this my heart swells at the background noise of those friends chatting, laughing, and all collectively loving the lives we live.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This nomadic way of living has a way of reminding you what matters and what doesn\u2019t.  It causes you to appreciate the simplest of things.  Tonight I get to put on clean pajamas, go to bed in clean sheets, and tomorrow I\u2019ll wake up next door to dear friends who will be as excited for a new day on the road as I am.  I couldn\u2019t ask for much more.<\/p>\n\n\n