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shari
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Holy Smokes Geoff...you saw more of baja in 10 days than most people...including mexicans...see in a lifetime!!!
About those tracks around san roque, san pablo etc...these are vigilancia roads that are patrolled 24/7 by trucks & quads from the fishing coops
to reduce poaching of mostly abalone. This makes it very very safe to camp in this remote area because it discourages the bad guys and if anything
happens to you...a vehicle will come by at some point....they will check you out to make sure you arent poaching too.
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David K
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Geoff, I tip my sombrero to you amigo! Your web site is great and speciallyn the how to use maps on your lap top, notebook, etc. I would like to put
the EL CAMINO REAL mission roads on such a format... You can see them on Google Earth for a majority of the distance between Loreto and San Borja, and
I have hand drwan the route onto copies of the Baja Almanac (2003 edition) maps... I have posted them all here on Nomad, as well.
Again, mil gracias for your sharing!
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geoffff
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Thanks for solving that mystery for me, Shari!
Yes, those trails did seem more suited for ATVs than my big van. They were a bit ... exciting.
-- Geoff
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bacquito
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| Quote: | Originally posted by geoffff
| Quote: | Originally posted by bacquito
Great report-thanks!
Were you traveling alone? What navigation equipment do you carry? Is much of your trip planned in advance via sat. photos? |
Yes, this trip was done alone. While I do often travel with family or friends, the introvert in me sometimes craves the total freedom of time
adventuring by myself. I frequently hear how it's considered foolish to get yourself far from civilization without a backup vehicle -- but it's a
risk I take with my eyes open. I bring a mountain bike (disassembled inside the van), oodles of water, a satellite phone (rented), a cheap Mexican cell phone, a Spot device -- and, in general I'm pretty crafty field-repairing things. Even on the most remote parts of my trip, I was never more than a few
miles from ranchos, fishing villages, or recent-looking tire tracks.
In my car, have maps of Mexico showing on a little touchscreen notebook computer (Asus Eee PC T91MT) mounted on my dashboard connected to a GPS.
I spent much of my free time before this trip studying books, maps, and the internet (especially this forum, and including Google Earth). If you are
exploring a new regions in Google Earth, look for the subtle little “photo” icons to pop up. A well-placed photo can indicate an adventure treasure.
-- Geoff
[Edited on 6-28-2012 by geoffff] |
Thanks for the information-really interesting.
bacquito
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El Vergel
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Yes!
Wow!
What a great Trip Report!
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geoffff
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Thanks! It really is fun for me to share all this after these trips. I've fleshed out my trip report here a bit more and added it to my personal
website:
http://octopup.org/baja2012
-- Geoff
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David K
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Great Geoff...
If I could just help with locations on you map: The mission was San Jose de Comondu (the town removes the 'de' in its name). Downstream is the next
town of San Miguel Comondu, but there was no mission by that name. A visita called 'San Miguel' was there, and some historians say that San Jose de
Comondu mission was located at San Miguel for a year while the final site was being prepared.
There are petroglyphs called San Fernando, just a mile from the mission of San Fernando http://vivabaja.com/105 The petro site you went to is 'Las Pintas'...
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geoffff
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by David KIf I could just help with locations on you map: |
Yes, thanks so much for the corrections. I'll make fixes...
-- Geoff
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David K
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My pleasure! In the name of history and adding to all of our knowledge of the California Peninsula, I hope that everyone considers it as always
friendly and in good intentions that we help each other in learning more about the place we love... and to spell the places we go to correctly. That
only can help when doing Internet searches for more information on a place.
Thank you so much for your sharing of your Baja adventure!
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geoffff
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Agree completely!
-- Geoff
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Marc
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Awsome
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rhintransit
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thanks for the great report...loved the photos and how you were able to publish them
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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Ribbonslinger
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Hi Geoffff
What was the road like into bahia de las Animas? Was it worth it when you got there?
Thanks
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Skipjack Joe
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That panorama at Delgadito has got to be my favorite. Did you stitch a series of images for that one?
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TacoFeliz
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Really tremendous trip report and a most excellent photo gallery. Thanks!
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Kgryfon
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Very nice trip report and great photos! Thanks for sharing!
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wilderone
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Now that's a Baja trip! Great report - great photos - great destinations. Absolutely inspiring!! Thanks for the armchair tour.
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Bob H
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Finally sat down and looked at this amazing trip report! WOW!! Loved every minute of it. THANK YOU!!
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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Nice we have these trip reports to enjoy!
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geoffff
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ribbonslinger
What was the road like into bahia de las Animas? Was it worth it when you got there? |
The road was an easy dirt track. Much nicer to drive on than the washboard "main road" from BOLA to San Francisquito. I enjoyed my camping spot on
the west side. Pretty location next to the tide flats. I perhaps should have done some more exploring, following that further road north out to
towards Punta el Pescador. In any case, the main reason I was in there near Bahia de las Animas was to check DavidK's "lost mission site" at that location. I'm into old ruins, even if there's not much there. Here are my pics.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
That panorama at Delgadito has got to be my favorite. Did you stitch a series of images for that one? |
Yes! I like playing with panoramas.
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