Husband/wife off-gridding in Mexico. Very adventurous couple.

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I had mentioned a few weeks ago that we were reviving a bungalow in Baja. We managed to acquire a parcel with nothing more than a surf shack, an outdoor kitchen, and a fire pit on it, and had spent most of December fixing up our flat. It’s still very much a work in progress, especially since we’re aiming to reuse and repurpose as much as possible, but I thought it would be fun to bring you along on our off-grid journey as we begin to make a home in Mexico.

Last March, we started driving down to a little surf spot about four hours south of the California border. Within a couple hours of the border are tourist towns like Rosarito and Ensenada with highrise hotels and gated gringo communities, but drive another couple hours south and suddenly you’re in The Real Mexico. A place where English is scarce, where pesos are more common than dollars, and where most Americans are afraid to travel through.

Down at the Ranch, there’s no Internet. No television. No phone service. Not even a source of power (until we eventually rig up a solar panel, anyway). It’s basically just glorified camping, but when we’re at the Ranch, we feel at home. It doesn’t matter that our home is miles from a major road, or that the town on that major road is only a mile wide.

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