BajaNomad

Not a trip report, but a warning for Nomads with dogs!

AKgringo - 3-14-2024 at 11:54 AM

I like to check out new areas on my trips to Baja, and have checked out Colorado river access several times. It has been discovered that a parasite new to California has been infecting dogs that swim in the river near Blyth on the CA/AZ border.

Here is the link; https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/presence-of-parasit...

Maderita - 3-14-2024 at 02:31 PM

Thanks for posting, AKgringo.
I will forward that article to my group of river buddies. Many of them bring dogs on our float and boating trips to that section of the Colorado.

AKgringo - 3-14-2024 at 04:14 PM

It sounds like the parasites are treatable is someone is aware that their dog may have been exposed to them. This is meant as a heads up, not a plague warning.

I intend to be passing through that area in the next week or so, but I don't have a definite route in mind. It will be determined by occasional maps searches, or letting my Garmin surprise me.