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David K
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You're welcome Mochilero... Consider registering your handle and becoming a Nomad (Internet Baja nut) like us! What does El Mochilero mean, anyway?
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David, the last time I registered my name, I got drafted into the Army. Been leery of registering my name for anything ever since.
Mochila means backpack, so I assumed that mochilero would mean backpacker.
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Corky1
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Great posting David. This should help me find a way west to east. Looking forward to the pictures. Corky
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David K
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Mochilero, Corky, Don Jorge, and others... BajaMur has many aerial and canyon photos from when we were there in '99.
He has labled the photos to help you find that road that goes to the mouth of the Santa Maria Canyon (just west of the Las Palmitas side canyon),
south of Rancho Grande (7.4 mi.), then 4 miles west.
Some of Mur's photos I used in my web site, but there are more in Mur's site. Mur's Santa Maria URL is http://bajamur.homestead.com ...and to see the canyon pools and aerial pics, click on 'Gonzaga to Sta. Maria' at the top of the page. In that
first page (Santa Ynez to Sta. Maria), BajaMur has a wonderful 360? panorama taken at the mission (large and small scale). It will almost make you
think you are there!!!! You may notice a happy David K dancing for joy in the panorama, too!
Going to Santa Maria is NOT for everybody... it is a very difficult road. See my April trip with Chicagoross and Fishuntr. The place is very special,
almost magical. For those who love the exotic desert, geology, or history of Baja, then Baja Mur and my web sites can give you a little bit of what
you may never otherwise get to see in person.
I have wanted to go there since I was a kid. I was not disappointed. Last night at the Discover Baja party, Marv Patchen told me of some shallow mine
shafts he found near the mission... The place is just too wild.
[Edited on 12-7-2003 by David K]
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David K
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I recently posted some photos of this hike. Here's the original story from a year ago... at the top of this thread.
Don Jorge returned a couple weeks later and was successful! See http://www.southcoastfarms.com/gonzaga_to_mission_santa_mari...
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Mexray
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Thanks, David...
What a great presentation of the 'Hike'...and another fun read...had to print it out to save, along with the pic's.
...Just can't get enough of this good stuff...
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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