Loni suggested we take one of the Dorados to Domingo’s Steakhouse in town for dinner. This is one of the beauties of a fishing village, you can bring your own fish.

In the end, for those who were able to weather the storm of buying a home in a risky project such as the Villages of Loreto Bay, the dividends were significant, if not financial.

Living in the Baja, we fully expect to have periods devoid of phones, Internet, or electricity. For the 3 million inhabitants spread over this skinny half-a-million-square mile peninsula, there are few modern conveniences.

Surprisingly, in the villages of Loreto Bay in Baja California Sur, Mexico, word-of-mouth is almost as fast as email, Twitter and Facebook.

HGTV was last here about four years ago, when they shot “Baja Bound,” featuring the Brown family from Carlsbad who were looking for a home by the bay. The exposure on the show House Hunters International is helpful for generating interest in the area, and driving tourism.

From what I’ve read, orca prey typically on salmon, herring and tuna. They’re also known to hunt in packs and have earned the nicknamed “wolves of the sea.”

We’re Baja bound. Six years and one builder bankruptcy later, the Loreto Bay resort is finally taking flight. Team Stark heads to Baja California Sur to film the first ever Loreto Food and Wine Festival.

While visiting their second home in Loreto Bay, Guy and Fauna Tomlinson and their college-age children signed up for an overnight sea turtle monitoring expedition to Isla Coronado.