Day five of our Baja run kicked off with gloomy, foggy Pacific-coast vibes… and then Baja did its thing and flipped the switch to blue skies as soon as we got moving. We rolled past some stacked rock structures that honestly looked like old homes—windows, archways, even fire pits—so if you know what those are, drop your theories. We had a quick “Baja moment” when Chris’s spare tire decided to eject itself from under the truck, so we broke out the tools, hoisted it back up, and kept pushing. Then I finally clicked into 4-Low for the first time on this trip for a steep, loose, rocky climb—about 13–14 degrees of pitch—and it was a fun little taste of rock crawling out in the desert. The big highlight was finding the Mission of San Francisco Borja de Adac, completed in 1762. We took a full tour, learned how it was built near the Adac Spring, and got to hear from our guide whose family has lived on-site for eight generations—wild. From the roof you can see the bell, the choir area, and these super cool rain gutters with star patterns—legit 1700s engineering. After that, it was heat (triple digits) and miles of desert to Bay of LA for beach access camping (no beach camping allowed because of sea turtle nesting), tacos/margaritas, and the best coconut shrimp I’ve ever had. We wrapped the series heading north to San Felipe, cleared a check engine light code, did some tourist boardwalk cruising, camped at Pete’s Camp, and then crossed back into the U.S.—including a surprise earthquake while waiting in the border line.