While accommodations won't exactly be plush, life will be far from the primitive conditions you may have experienced if you have gone on other Baja California mission trips sponsored by less comfort-oriented organizations.
LODGING: The
Aqua Viva bunkhouse will sleep 16 to 18. The ladies occupied it last year.
The gents occupied the tree house (It's a long story.) Bathrooms with shower facilities are available.
Aqua Viva has accommodated groups of 20 without too much strain. We will have to have an idea of the gender distribution before we can figure who
will sleep where. There is room to set up tents also if anyone prefers.
The Remnant Center is larger and delivers a higher comfort level with dormitories with
beds for all and some separate accommodations for families.
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FOOD: We are required to act
like good Presbyterians when it comes to food. Look it up; it's in the Book of
Order. You can plan on eating like a pig. The
Webmaster is also the jefe de food at
Aqua Viva and
will make sure
the food alone is worth the trip.
The Remnant Center
has two excellent Mexican Christian women who will whip you up some of the best
home cooked Mexican meals you will ever have. There will be a mix of that
and American food.
WEATHER: Maneadero, being close to the coast, has weather that is cooler than California's central valley
in summer time. You just have to live without air conditioning which, for
a week, which has not been too much of a sacrifice. Temperatures will probably be in the mid to high 80's during the day
and will cool off
with light breezes in the evening. San Vicente is in an inland valley and
has temperatures similar to Modesto.
If you want something that is up to the minute, click here for the current weather forecast for Ensenada and here for the current weather forecast for San Vicente. These will be close enough to what we will encounter. You will have to use your back button to return here.