Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 8

On Friday (October 7), we had lunch at Los Compadres. Just like last time, Eric ordered their signature lamb tacos. It was tender, shredded meat cooked in spices and served in tortillas. Christi and Keith ordered carne asada tacos, which was tender, shredded steak cooked with just salt and served in tortillas. The tacos were served with platters of accoutrements. Both the tacos and platters looked much the same as we had at La Huastica.

We’d found out that the museum was in a beautiful building that looked like an old plantation, which was on the street above the street that the grocery store was on.

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Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 7 (Continued)

(Thursday, October 6, continued) In the evening, we decided to continue exploring the area by heading south on Highway One. We’d only been south once, and hadn’t been paying attention as we walked. 

The black sand beach was covered in debris from the storm. Here is a before and after.

August 2022
September 2022

We haven’t mentioned this, but there is lots of debris floating around the harbor, too. We were pretty frustrated with ourselves when we realized that the very first building to the south of the marina had an auto parts store that sold oil (in the building pictured above).

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Second Trip to Santa Rosalia, Day 5

On Tuesday, October 4, it was only 73 degrees at 0800. We decided to take advantage of the cool weather to walk along the sea wall to the edge of the harbor. Looking at the old photos that we’ve seen around town, the sea wall looks much the same now as it did over 100 years ago, when it was built by the mining company.

The entrance to the sea wall is just beyond the end of the Malecon, past the dilapidated tower (the tower certainly looks a lot different than it did 100 years ago).

We’ve seen old pieces of equipment from the mining era on display all over town. There were a couple pieces at the entrance.

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