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eetdrt88
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now i know...
where i have to go in baja next...thanx for the photos guys,hey is the road to san fransquito tougher than gonzaga bay to san felipe???also i've heard
the water there is much cooler than the rest of the sea,is that true??
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Ken Bondy
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eetdrt88 the road to PFQ through El Arco is IMHO about the same as Gonzaga to San Felipe. It's more washboard, less potholes, but both roads are ok.
That might be true about the water temps, they tend to be kinda chilly until late June or July, then they warm up nicely and stay civilized through
November.
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capt. mike
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good pics Ken!
Now EVERYONE will want to go there!
but, yeah....it's a magical place, nite time the stars and sounds off into the desert are eerily wondrous. a full moon on that beach with Venus is a
visual feast for the eyes. Genaro does have a lot of moxie to resist developing that area, and he has told me of some serious $$ he turned down!
Imagine what his Dad and uncle went thru to get the equipment and supplies down there to PAVE the original strip!!?? And just so they ncould build a
private playground for their families initially.
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Ken Bondy
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Mike it is really an amazing place, isn't it? Sorry about the photos, I should have thought of that. I have solved many weighty problems of our times lying on that beach at night almost blinded by the stationary
stars and dodging the shooting ones. But I always forgot the solutions (and the problems) in the morning! Damn. Were you there when Leonard and
Rudy were building the houses? My first trip was in 1978, Leonard's house (south end) was just getting completed. In fact he invited us to the house
one night to check out his TV right after the dish was installed. We watched Rudy's house getting built. The turqouse fireplace was (is) awesome.
After they "paved" the long strip I landed on it a few times but mostly I used the short strip. Were you there when that Lodestar replaced an engine?
That was pretty amazing. Interesting idea about the ashes, gotta think about that one. Hope your shoulder is healing well and you get back into
that left seat.
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eetdrt88
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to be honest...
i'm probably not the one to worry about,as far as exposing secret spots to....i'm quite happy returning to the few off-the-beaten-path places that i
visit every so often...i happen to really like alfonsinas and have met some great people down there,but i can also see why others might see the area
as spoiled,compared to what it once was.......over the years i hope to see as many of the great jewels of Baja as possible,San Fransquito is
definitely high on the list
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jrbaja
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I would hurry
ifn I wuz you !!
Hey you guys, I have posted bunches of pictures on here of some pretty incredible places. And the good part was, nobody knew where they were
taken.
And without my posting locations, they are still pretty natural. Unfortunately, just because of numbers of people moving to Baja, there will be
very few places that continue to retain their natural, 200 year old lifestyles and there is no stopping it.
But, it may still be wise to not share all locations on the internet just in the hopes of prolonging the uniqueness of these rapidly disappearing
areas.
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John M
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Driving time Bay of Los Angeles to San Francisquito?
Mileage, or driving time estimates? For a slow movin' raggedy old jeep. Thanks, John
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David K
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It's a pretty good road John... and a visit with Pancho at San Rafael is worth it, half way there... Allow 3 hours driving time for the nearly 90 mile
trip.
This is the road south of Las Flores & Camp Gecko, looking northward, last summer.
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Ken,
This one is for you. This is Charlie resting at his favorite cabana in some un-named place we all know and love. Sorry about your Rosie. Charlie is
getting up there now and has to be pampered on his baja treks as of late. He's a tough baja bully!
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David K
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About where Sharksbaja put an arrow in the top photo is where I camped at San Francisquito... It was incredible... white sand, whales singing at
night, mantas jumping... This was back over 20 years ago. That's my 4WD Subaru, screen-house, umbrella...
[Edited on 4-29-2005 by David K]
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Ken Bondy
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paulina
Thanks. Charlie is adorable. Sorry I called him a her. Don't tell him. Seeing him brought a tear to my eye thinking about Rosie. Regards,
++Ken++
[Edited on 4-29-2005 by Ken Bondy]
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capt. mike
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that dog reminds me of Ron White's dog
Sluggo!
Great pics of both ends of the beach. I have shlepped a dive tank and gear from the cantina to both ends to shore dive and shoot Sheeps head fish.
That's a suck way to go, walking in that sand with a load. but no car...so.....
i have watched nite divers with an inflateable bring in a load of bugs, big ones, off those rocks!
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