Last time, with nothing to do, I had talked Steve into giving me a ride outside of San Felipe a few miles. We visited some of the American and Canadian enclaves just north of town, where they would let us in, and scoped out (from a distance) those that wouldn’t. The largest enclave was one where they wouldn’t let us inside the main gate.
And on the way back to the RV park, Steve invited me to accompany him the following Saturday to the flea market they have on one of the private developed properties. The whole place is fenced and there’s a gate with two guards. They just sort of waved us in after asking if we were going to the flea market. This particular property is across the highway from all the oceanside ‘resort’ developments we’d visited a couple days before. Unlike some of the others, this one has a clubhouse, tennis courts, swimming pool, etc. There’s scant few actual homes built here though. Looks like they got caught by the ’08 downturn.
Anyway, here’s a few pictures of the flea market. Did find that the produce here was better than at either store in town where I’d been shopping.
And here’s some of the neat sculptures pottery, and misc. you can find here. Well, all over Mexico in fact. All at very reasonable prices too.
I’ve always liked the traditional Mexican bold colors of their pottery.
Ahh, yes, oil and acrylic paintings too.
There’s the tennis courts. Notice that it’s lighted for night play. Doubt they’ll turn the lights on unless they have several players.
Here’s one of the unique patio tables available. They’re cement with glazed ceramic tops so should last quite a while without maintenance. There’s a showplace on the main road downtown San Felipe with these.
I didn’t see the typical ‘no lead’ stickers on these.
And some colorful textiles too…
After wandering around a couple hours, and after a break for lunch, we headed back towards San Felipe. On the way out of this gated community, the gate guards stopped us again to make sure we had visited the flea market.
A mile or two down the road, we stopped at a rental and storage place. He wanted to find out how much they would charge to store something of his.
I spotted these dune buggies just out front at the storage facility…most of them are not for sale. They’re just stored here. Dune buggying is what this area is famous for. You’ve heard of the the Baja 500 & Baja 1,000, well, San Felipe has it’s own 250 race. Not all of these vehicles are for racing, most are recreational with the owners NOTB (North of the Border) coming down here periodically for a few days to ride.
This one was pretty great. Looks like it would be tons of fun.
So, that was a fun day. After this we headed back to the RV park and it’s terrible WiFi. But at least the weather is warm, the ocean inviting, and the sand fine.
You’re right. A dune buggy would be fun and useful.
Didn’t those look like they’d be fun to zip around in? I’d love to take one onto the beach at medium tide. What a ride!
I have enjoyed reading your post and brings back memories of going there to fish and watch them race down main road while having a few brews. When we went down was still a wild town about 35 years ago.
Glad you enjoyed the post, Paul. I have not seen the ‘wild’ side of San Felipe yet, but you can see there was a time the downtown was a rockin’ place. There are several bars closed, but those might just be closed until there’s a race or something. The San Felipe 250 might be an interesting time to visit.
I have really enjoyed reading about your adventures traveling in your RV to and around Mexico. I especially loved reading about the flea market. Whenever I have been to Mexico, I have really enjoyed visiting “los mercados”. However, I never saw any ceramic patio tables, but I definitely would have loved to get one of those. Did you end up buying the table and taking it home with you?
No, Faylinn, I don’t have a sticks & bricks, I’m a full timer with no home base so the patio tables are out of the question for me. I did think they were very nice though. I can imagine them in my garden of years ago.
BTW, I looked up your Autotruckservices.com link in RVServiceReviews.com and see you have 3 ‘Excellent’ ratings. Good for you folks for providing good service for us RV’ers. It’s especially important for us full timers to find honest and reliable service. I might be visiting your shop one of these days soon. Need to get the idler pulley greased on my ’02 Cat engine. Apparently, most shops don’t bother to grease it during regular maintenance and it’s very costly when they go bad.