David K - 12-26-2004 at 10:15 PM
Pompano - 12-27-2004 at 06:44 AM
Hmmm....I don't know for sure, but I will guess up the arroyo near Playa Burros?
Good idea though. Love puzzlers. How about telling me where this photo is from?
Another 'Where is this in Baja?'...
Pompano - 12-27-2004 at 07:51 AM
Hint....it's near great yellowtail fishing!! But the sea lions and seals sometimes get your catch!
David K - 12-27-2004 at 08:27 AM
My goodness, three puzzles in one thread!
The first photo is in the northern half of Baja. I have not hiked to the petros near Concepcion Bay. There is a geocache by them, or used to be.
Your photos are great... I do not have a clue to their location!
TMW - 12-27-2004 at 08:39 AM
The rock with the seals looks like one I saw south of El Rosario between Punta San Antonio and Punta San Fernando.
David K - 12-27-2004 at 08:47 AM
No, but I would like to see that one Tom!
Taco de Baja - 12-27-2004 at 10:21 AM
David's Photo:
Is that near Rancho Santa Inez?
Possibly on the way to Mission Santa Maria? 
Seal rock:
Is that the rock way off the coast of San Felipe....
OK I'll throw my hat in the puzzle ring...
Ken Bondy - 12-27-2004 at 11:25 AM
Where's this?
Pompano - right on, it's the Pacific...
Ken Bondy - 12-27-2004 at 03:39 PM
...but it's WAY north of Jesus Maria. This, I think, will be a tough one.
++Ken++
Picture w/ seals
fdt - 12-27-2004 at 05:28 PM
Is el Morro
David K - 12-27-2004 at 05:52 PM
Good afternoon amigos... The weather in Southern Calif. is clouding up fast... a week of rain is predicted... I can't wait to get to Baja (and
sunshine in L.A. Bay, I hope!!!
Okay, since the first picture was mine, I will tell Taco de Baja he is much closer to the location than Pompano's guess, but not quite right.
I am going to take a stab at Ken Bondy's photo, because it looks a lot like the coast I saw with BajaCactus, west of El Rosario... the future site of
the exclussive Diamante Del Mar golf resort and luxery home estates.
That's close enough David
Ken Bondy - 12-27-2004 at 06:37 PM
It's just north of El Rosario, right about where Mex 1 turns north and follows the coast at its closest point to the ocean. The turnoff to this
actual beach is at K45. Doesn't have a name as far as I know, it is closest to a place called "El Consuelo" on Baja Almanac p. 15. There are some
strikingly beautiful black-gravel beaches with beautiful shale ledges in that area, this is just one of them.
++Ken++
David K - 12-27-2004 at 06:49 PM
Cool... El Consuelo was on the old Baja road, just a short distance south from where today's Mex. 1 turns away from the coast and heads up the canyon
toward El Rosario's mesa.
Antonio know's who owned El Consuelo, we talked about it... maybe a relative of his?
Pompano - 12-27-2004 at 07:23 PM
David...you stumped us on those petros...maybe you can guess where these are? The photo is from 1974. No worn paths to the petroglyphs then.
Still no guess on the osprey nest rock?
fishuntr - 12-27-2004 at 07:27 PM
OK David; I am pretty sure I recognize that rock you posted. I wont give it away, but I think I was with you. I remember backing down a steep grade
in my Toy to turn around. Correct?
David K - 12-27-2004 at 07:37 PM
Yes Jimmy... you and Linda, Chicago Ross and Rose, and Sarah and I were together that trip, last year!
Hint: we had 'Inky' the stray dog with us.
Now let's see how well the Nomads know my web site!
By the way, Graham Mackintosh (now editor of Discover Baja's newsletter) is probably going to publish my Inky story. You know how much Graham likes
dogs!
The Answer is...
David K - 12-29-2004 at 06:17 PM
At least for the original posted photo of the petroglyph covered rock...
2 miles east of Mision Santa Maria, at the end of the bulldozed attempt to build a road to Gonzaga from Santa Ynez. The last half mile must be walked
as errosion of the road is too deep to drive over.
In the background you can see the deep gorge of Santa Maria Canyon, the stream is heading down to Gonzaga Bay. From the end of the road building
attempt, an Indian trail (the first route of the Camino Real) continues down to the canyon floor.
Junipero Serra ordered a better route for El Camino Real which stays north of the canyon, high on the ridge. It joins the bulldozed road about where
you would park because driving become impossible.
The photo is among others from our trip here in April, 2003 at http://vivabaja.com/403
The El Camino Real Report and Canyon hike story (by Don Jorge) is at http://southcoastfarms.com/gonzaga_to_mission_santa_maria.ht...