Our Ultimate Baja RV Trip (A Guide for Big Rigs)
Come along for nearly 3 months of Baja RV adventures with our big RV! Our Baja RV travel vlog is going to take you along the entire Baja California peninsula as we explore insanely beautiful places, boondock on the beach and share our Baja tips, tricks and lessons we learned while RVing Baja Mexico.
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Our map will include the exact gps coordinates of the big rig friendly beaches, boondocking spots and RV parks and campgrounds that we found in Baja.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Mexicali Border Crossing
7:57 San Felipe
18:25 Playa Santispac
34:01 Playa Tecolote
45:25 Playa Los Cerritos
55:25 Los Barriles
1:22:15 East Cape
1:28:29 La Ribera Beach
1:46:30 La Ventana
1:58:51 Campestre Maranatha in La Paz
2:15:33 Playa Santispac (again)
2:25:20 San Ignacio
2:31:08 Guerro Negro
2:45:12 Puertecitos
2:54:19 Rancho Mil
*Who are we?*
We’re Victoria & Craig! In 2021, we decided that we needed to make life a little more exciting, so we bought a used fifth wheel and completely renovated it. Then, we sold our house in Tallahassee, Florida and hit the road full time in our RV! We’ve traveled all around the United States (and Baja Mexico!) and fell in love with boondocking in our RV at the most beautiful places. In 2023, we upgraded to a brand new Brinkley RV Model Z 3100. You’ll always find us on some kind of outdoor adventure, whether it’s hiking the Grand Canyon, rock climbing in Yosemite or surfing the shores of Baja Mexico. Subscribe to our channel (bit.ly/3ssOjGT) to follow along on our full time RV living adventures!
We passed this border in January 2023 with our ford van! They inspected ours for at least 20-25 minutes while we were sitting there! I loved shopping for groceries in Mexico 🇲🇽. Thanks for the footage , it reminds me of our nice road trip in Baja
We just came across your videos with this one being our first viewing, very enjoyable. My wife and I are in our 60s and did camping when we were younger, I don’t really have any videos of our past camping events sadly, I wish I did. The videos we do have, my wife and I of 40 years truly enjoy looking back on them. You two are going to have a wonderful loving time reviewing these videos in your retirement age or even anytime. Even your stressful times you still seemed to enjoy yourselfs. later in life you will be feeling the same as we do watching them I’m sure. You two make a wonderful couple and in rough times I hope you look back on these videos like this for reconnecting. We wish you too the very best in your life. God bless.
Me too, and we are hoping to get our 1st RV later this year. So excited and scared. 😁
What a cool video! Most KZheadrs stress over staying under a certain length but you guys proved it’s more about keeping it interesting and not repetitive. I watched the whole 3 hours straight through and you guys did such a good job of keeping things moving and providing just the right amount of details as your journey moved along! For the record, that slide topper deserved it! I hate those things. Great job!
I really appreciate you taking the time and showing the whole experience you had of traveling down the Baja in one sitting.
Thank you so much for the appreciation. It did actually take much longer than we expected to compile it all into one video 😅
Your one doggo, sitting between you two while driving right before the fair,, the way she was looking at you smiling and lovingly, was so adorable ❤❤
OMG MY FIRST WILD RV LIFE MOVIE!!!! Baja is the first place on my list for hubby and I when we finally find our rig so iam def watching the whole thing!! Love it!
Excellent job on editing and videoing. A nice one stop video that talks about the area, great idea. Some will complain it is too long, but they will watch 3 hours of video right after they complain. Hope you guys are staying safe and healthy. Would have been nice to go along with you guys on the trip you found a lot of great places.
❤I could watch all day lots of great info, and for everyone 3hrs is not that long ❤
Aww thank you!!
Looking forward to finishing this behemoth of an episode. Keep ‘em coming! - C4YT
😄 thank you!! We started with 5 hours worth of footage so I’m honestly surprised we got it below 3 🤣
When I seen the watch time I thought, no way! But I can watch a few minutes. Yeah! That didnt work. You guys dragged me in and it was great. Thank you.
Yes, i save & use my old coffee. For 2 or 3 days. Heat it or as ice coffee. We lived 20 yrs in San Felipe. Still have a place to park there. Drove to Cabo, but with a truck & camper on the truck. In the late 90's. Mexico is always a blast! Enjoyed your video. Appreciated your outlook on the Baja. You come across as a refreshing, wholesome young couple. Thank you for the video. Sonja
Your husband needs to get out more often and explore Mexico. There’s so many beautiful places to see and experience. You could tell he was annoyed by challenges or uncertainty that come with adventure. Other than that, great content. I’ll watch you guys again.
It was actually the first time for both of us getting to explore Mexico and we spent nearly 3 months down there and thoroughly loved it. In fact, every time someone asks us our favorite place we've visited, Craig says Baja. Thanks for watching and if you do keep watching more of our videos, you'll find that we aren't about that "only share the highlights" life on KZhead. We share our challenges as well, and we try to share them as they happen, which means that sometimes we are a little stressed, and you get our very real and in the moment reactions, like reacting to having to back out a huge RV into oncoming traffic because we turned down the wrong road lol. Life isn't rainbows and butterflies all the time, but if we weren't both having fun with this lifestyle and all our crazy adventures, we sure as heck wouldn't still be doing it!
😂😂😂i love it Craig you are awesome keep it up…. I definitely would have reacted differently too. New place unknown everything and I have a hard time with unfamiliar situations…..🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾 coming from a Carolina girl. Great job you guy got to experience a new challenge togather…. And your is awesome for being brave too.🥰
Thanks…..another place on my bucket list. And by the way, we flush our black tank with every dump and never have trouble with our level gauges.
Definitely a bucket list trip! And that’s a good thing to hear! We do it a lot more with our new one 😄
I was only able to watch 2 hours today but I noticed you cut out all of Creigs donuts stops , was it to painful to relive LOL I remember he went on a diet when you got back to the states and he wouldn't say was his weight was LOL good times .
Just be safe young ones… May the Lord keep you both safe …
I loved your Baja Adventure movie, you two are an Amazing couple always kept it real!! Baja has been my home for many years. I’m glad you enjoyed ❤❤🙌🤩
What an amazing place to call home! ❤️
@@wildrvlife it truly is 🫶
I absolutely loved watching your adventure! You two are very cute and Craig is a sweetheart and so much patience! Unless of course you edited or bleeped the hard time…haha. Can’t wait to follow you on your adventures!
Haha he really is the best, definitely a “rock” in all situations 😊 thank you for watching!!
You guys are fun to watch, goofy, normal people, like the rest of us, who don’t take themselves to seriously. We have been on one camping trip in our Z3610 so far and looking forward to a lot more!
😄 thank you so much! And yay!! Hope you have many more amazing trips in the near future!
I found u guys and by accident and u guys are awesome!! Luvthe puppie and luv how u guys interact! I wait for sundays cause i know u guys are gonna post.. keepup thw adventures and maybe one day well cross paths in the wild !! Until nwxt sunday!❤
Great video. I have one suggestion and it would be if you inserted a photo from Google Maps with a pin to show your exact location that you visit after or before you arrive. Keep up the fun videos.
It's a good job I am retired spent a very enjoyable 3 hours watching your epic vlog thank you 😊
Even though I watched this Mexico series, I enjoyed watching this one again. Great job putting this video together!
Great video, love the longer length. When you were in Cerritos did you see the local dog rescue facility? Two very popular Canadian YTers go to Baja a lot and earlier this year they met a local who wanted to open a rescue to take in all of the local strays. The couple, avid dog lovers, said 'let's do it' and they helped him build the facility (Cerritos Beach Dogs) along with a not-for-profit cafe. Two of the first group of puppies that were taken in/vetted etc were adopted by families in Canada. Snakes, so now we know why it was a private beach with no one else around. Pickleball is becoming very popular in Canada too.
It wasn’t officially open when we were there yet, but it was in progress and we actually went to a fundraiser for it…it was very cool!!
@@wildrvlife That's fantastic!!
LMAO.. I have never seen anyone have such an adventure with just the rv trailer they were towing. You both were very patient I will say and just went with the flow. You handled it much better than I think I would have. Oh and just a little advise I think I would e looking for a better place to store that spare tire rather than on the back of the trailer hanging low as it is. Overall fun adventures Id say. Well done.
Love your eyes
love all your adventures and videos , keep it up and have fun.
Thank you so much!!
I watched, paused to go run errands, watched, laughed, fell asleep, woke up, and went back to watch where I left off 😂🤣 Great video! I think yall are cute and I think you both handle challenges very well. You seem to try to be more optimistic so your husband doesn't stress as much...him saying "this sucks" every now and then is hilarious 🤣 and makes it even better when I see him smiling other times in the video. I doubt I'll take my RV on an adventure like this but I'm glad you shared your experiences!
Hi guys! Love the movie, but tbh I skipped parts of it since we had binge watched all your videos recently. We are traveling through Texas but it’s so cold. Today we are leaving this RV park in Groesbeck, Tx and heading south of Huston. Hopefully it’s a bit warmer. You didn’t respond to my last comment on last week’s video and I can’t blame you, it was pretty gross. I was just wondering if this had happened to anyone else or am I the only idiot out there that didn’t remove the cap lol. Thnx for sharing again, looking forward to meeting you next month in Tampa. Keep the videos coming, we LOVE LOVE LOVE them, you guys are awesome! Enjoy your holiday in North Carolina and stay safe!! 🤍 Freddy and Bryan.
I'm so glad I was eating through this video or I would have been hungary. Apparently Craig and I love the same pizza. Thanks for the info about Baja.
I watched every minute of it and greatly enjoy the ride you took us all on
thank you so much!! so glad you enjoyed it!
Great video
Thanks!
Loved the video and the adventure I was happy too see..😎😎
Thank you so much for watching! I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I've been watching the entire series and at no point did I hear you guys call each other by name! I congratulate both of you for having a pair of balls in place. Very good adventures. Y Arriba México 🇲🇽
I really enjoyed your vacation and the editing is top notched!
Great video, thanks for sharing. 🇨🇦
I LIKE this long video! Great trip, great coverage too :) Thanks for sharing your trip with us.
Glad you enjoyed it! And thank you for watching!
Oh what fun looking and shopping at the Quartzsite tent shops! You two prudent shoppers invest in the best quality merchandise which only helps viewers. David's white zip-necked jumper is really snazzy and sharp on him. I continue enjoying watching all your travelogue videos. I never tire of and continue watching. I follow you both plus Russ V. from RVERTV. Great and fantastic entertainment!!!! The Lord be with you on all your travels! 🙏 💯‼️👏.......🚙
So thats why our boarder is still open!!! You guys forgot to shut the door on your way back in... 🤣🤣 Good vids guys! What an adventure you guys have had!
Haha! We had such an amazing time! We always say that Baja is probably our favorite place we’ve been ❤️
No friend, they left it open so you can go through! And you don't need a visa to enter.
Releasing air from the tires doesn’t create a high flotation tire. After years of driving on soft sand beaches I can tell you I pulled out so many vehicles who deflated their tires and wound up still stuck with low air pressure which then had to be reinflated before driving. You need bigger tires or to stay off soft sand.😊 Good idea to get roll up emergency traction mats also to go with your traction boards.
I love this community so much!
the absolute best!!
You guys seem so organized and fun to watch
Loved it! Thanks for all your work on this.
I'm really enjoying traveling vicariously through your videos! I feel for you getting stuck in the sand. That's a horrible feeling.
That was an AWSOME video guys!!! Thank you so much :)
I enjoy watching your channel. stay safe and drive careful out there. Love you content.👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👌
Thank you , that was a great ride really enjoyed it. Thanks for the effort it took to film it all, be safe!
Wife and I just finished watching your adventure, were hooked.
You guys always welcome
You guys are so much fun to watch!
glad you think so!! thanks for watching!
Great video!
First time watching and enjoyed it. You’re living my dream. Unfortunately I am homebound disabled and only leave home for dr appts. I dream of traveling and trying different foods and meeting friends I have made online but I have to just enjoy what you’re doing. Thanks for sharing
Well, thank you so much for watching!! It really is nice to hear we bring joy to people's lives!
Out at burning Man, I have had plenty of problems with wind and my slide topper. My solution has been to put big heavy objects on top of it. Sometimes I would put a tarp on it first to protect it sometimes I would have a 6 x 6 wrong piece of wood that worked the best. Other times I had to use totes full of heavy items like firewood, but it keeps it from flapping up and down. The worst is the dust storms out there blowing in the slide seals. Good luck!! 🍀
This is a great video. Loved it. Very real. Stay safe and enjoy guys!
thank you so much!!
Nice video guys
Took me three days to watch, but enjoyed…great video…love those green eyes.
We are staying for the winter in La Ventana at the main campground. We have a big wooden structure with a swing, silk in the back of the campground
A ebike would be handy to scout ahead on those tricky roads
Come to Vancouver Canada ,, love ur videos
Very good video! Itt really gives an accurate picture of traveling. No matter where you are and how you are traveling facing the unknown is both exciting and challenging. One of the best videos I have seen. Thank you!
thank you so much!! That feedback means a lot to us and we are so glad you enjoyed it!
No way!!!! What’re the odds?!?! I have a 2019 Cummins with a 2022 Durango 383rlq. (She’s not happy) sold our home and now we’re full time rving & it’s honestly been a stressful/learning experience, but at the same time a great experience!!!
❤ love this video makes me want to try camping over the border 😆 thanks for sharing
You should! Thank you for watching!
The cream for the coffe you could buy "Carnation Clavel" can, or Coffemate liquid or dehydrated...
Yes!! We ended up finding the boxes of the carnation creamer I believe it was
Great video.😍
Thank you! 🤗
Trade that mammoth beast of a fifth wheel in and get a nice truck camper if you plan to move around alot..So much more enjoyable...I cant image how stressful that is taking that down there.
I really enjoyed your video, thanks, I don't need to go there now.Seen enough.
Thank you for watching!!
I really enjoyed watching your videos
So glad you like them, thank you for watching!
hey, when are ya making more videos?@@wildrvlife 😶😶😶
@@nicholaserimie4998 we release a new video every Sunday! Check out our channel for all our recent uploads
Just subscribed recently and my wife and I enjoy your videos. You own a Brinkley and we are looking to purchase one. Hopefully this year.
old coffee = ice coffee 😍
True Toppers for slide outs are the only way to go! Coburg, Oregon is where I had mine done, but they have different places all over the country now
Those GREEN EYES!!! WOW!!!
Smittybuilt air compressor is very reliable and can do those 80psi ones fast. I have had two for 5 years and they Are still working.
Hi just found your channel. And love you guys. Hopefully heading to Baja next winter. Anyways wanted to give you a tip Viva paper towels won’t unravel ( as easy ) try them.
Awesome thank you! And yayyyy about going to Baja! We can’t wait to go back!
Love watching you guys. I have already watched them separatley, now watching this one!! I do have a question, what do you do with the pups when you go hiking or site seeing?
Really enjoy your channel. Any plans on going back to Mexico? Those adventures were my favorite to watch.
We definitely plan on going back, we aren't sure exactly when (it won't be this winter), but I am kind of hoping for the next one!
We got walkie-talkies 😅 it’s helping a lot, specially when we don’t have phone. 😊
He says I wonder what kind of meat that this is as he takes a bite!! lol do we really wanna know? good video! New subscriber
I loved your video. I hate to ask this question if you mentioned it or covered it elsewhere but what do you use for power when boondocking!
The look on his face looking at a tamale for the first time.
Les recomiendo el ejido Eréndira punta cabrás para campar saludos y bendiciones en el camino a baja sur.❤
If you are ever back in the Baja area you should check out this place called punta Baja. I remember going there with my mom and dad and we ate 4 ft lobster. And there was a bunch of 2/3 ft lobsters as well but I got a picture with the lobster the size of the kitchen table
I just came upon your KZhead site, I've always wanted to take my trailer to Baja so I thoroughly enjoyed your adventure. PS I don't think you'll find "skinny road" on any map, but you might find "narrow roads" mentioned
The most important thing to have hook up make sure RV is well hook up. We don’t want accidents.
pushing your luck road tripping in Mexikidnap
3 hours!!! This will take a little while to watch but I appreciate the info. More comments later...
If you’re planning to or are interested in RVing Baja, it’ll definitely be a good one! Thank you so much!
Great video if I can make a recommendation though get some better tires for your truck lol like ko2s or good year dura tracs or something along those lines
I agree Love Hate Relationships
Open your water up ad let it run to to clean out the dirt and flush out yu sewer lines have fun and stay safe
Awesome video! The Benedict Cumberbatch resemblence is strong 😅 Saludos desde Texas 👋🏻
haha that isn't the first time I've heard that! and thank you so much for coming along with us on this adventure!
Thanks!
thank you so much!!
I feel like I’ve watched this video months ago. Maybe it’s reused footage? I get it you put several vids together. Thx
Yes, this is all from our time in Baja last winter! We wanted to compile it all into one “movie” because we know a lot of people are thinking of doing Baja this winter, but we will be back to releasing new vlogs next Sunday! (That aren’t almost 3 hours long 😆)
He got so high after flushing the black tank that he crossed off the wrong thing on the list. Look at his eyes at 1:12:14. My man is enjoying himself 😂
OK, a little late on the uptake, but WoW, y'all are so funny in your own way and bring us into your RV life and/or journey. Thanks! Very well done. I almost feel like I have just visited Mexico.😂 I'm dreaming of getting a b+ van type and going for it. I really appreciate y'all sharing the trials, challenges, and struggles that come up. That's kinda what kept me watching. BTW, on a Totally unrelated note,.. do both of y'all have green eyes?🤔
Next time for creamer get condensed milk in a can I think it's Nestle, great video! Aww I could hear Luis Miguel singing as you ate your pineapple pizza :D
Thank you, we can't wait to go back!
Hello just started watching your channel so far big fan!!! Fun fact about Mexico’s currency. The reason the bills are different sizes and colors is to help people who are blind or hard of sight to be able to distinguish the different amounts, they also have ridges near the value that serves as a form of braille.
Oh nice, thank you for that info and also, I love that!! I bet it makes it much easier to differentiate the currency.
Bang for the buck its more cost effective to live out of a car and decent hotel rooms .you can pull a car in any lot,garage,wherever. RVing isnt cheap by a long shot. If you quit, selling an RV to try and recoup your investment can be a serious challenge.Youd be better off in an older station wagon thats in great shape if you can find one (which can be done).Break downs on the road in RVs are expensive and you have to find someone who will service it.
So beautiful ❤,🙏
Coffee creamer is called media Leche
I bought a 2023 springdale, Keystone 22 feet didn't want sliders but first trip from muncie, indiana to everrett, Washington I discovered drivers side 2nd panel from the top opened up spread around 4 feet 1 and half gap in between now I need it repaired 1 tech in sumner center said there are not enough staples holding that side on plus the front was pushing in as I would drive other everything inside the camper works great
Over 2200 mile trip over good roads
Hey I just found this Channel I love it also I work on campers for a living so if you have any questions feel free
Awesome first video to watch 🥰 We also have a fifth wheel. I can’t believe Snakes 🐍 then roaches 🪳 🫣 Great trip. Thanks for sharing ❤