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ArvadaGeorge
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Puertecitous mine
The trucks coming north on the Puertecitous Road
Are from a mine
Where is the mine?
What are they mining?
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mcgyver
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Puertocitos Mine
It is a vermiculite/Pumice material that is used as a cement addtive. The company Santos/Santos ?. Has 13 trucks that run in pairs from there to the
cement plant in TJ. It takes 18 hours loaded and 12 empty to make the trips, some of them carry co-drivers, some family. I have seen 10 on board. This
brown or gray rock can be found all along the northern Gulf beaches, it floats. It is soft and used by the local craftsmen to carve items for the
tourist market. The Mountain at 12.2 miles S of puertocitos, 1/2 mile off the highway is solidly made of this material. The trucks are carrying about
60,000 LBs and have destroyed the road and caved in the culverts all the way to KM 54 S. The new thin sheet of pavement from KM 8S to KM 54 S will not
last a year before the potholes are back, some people are cheering!
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Oso
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Congratulations Max! You've finally found someone who spells Puertecitos even worse than you!
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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ArvadaGeorge
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sorry about the u
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Oso
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Pas de problem... that must be the French spelling.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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David K
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I nominate Oso to be the new Baja Spell Checker!  
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ArvadaGeorge
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I know why i'm still a junior nomad
You guys are to critical of my typing and spelling
I need a Baja Spell check
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David K
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Naw, you just need a Baja Fix! Get packed George...!! We may see you there... Viva Baja!!!
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woody with a view
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don't worry george. if we get confused we can always ask bruce to decode your message....
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ArvadaGeorge
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Your right there.
I'm laying out gps rt's to night.
and I want to ride them now! now! now!!!!!!!!!
We pack bikes Tuesday night
Leave Colorado Wednesday after work
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David K
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If you haven't ridden out to Valle Chico via Canada el Parral (Azufre Wash), then I recommenr that! Go to Berrendo canyon... Parral and Agua Caliente
too... oh, don't forget Matomi! Who could forget Matomi!!!
See http://vivabaja.com/404 'Exotic Canyons of Baja'
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David K
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Here's the view as you enter Valle Chico coming from the sulfur mine... at the end of this long straight fence line road is the N-S Valle Chico road.
Left for Matomi, right for all the other canyons...
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ArvadaGeorge
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I have ridden most of those washes.
On this trip I hope to link some together.
Like Hidden Valley to Rams head
sand canyon west to Parral
canyons west of Apache mine north to pumpkin
some stuff south of Matomi east to the coast
More than I'll get done
But I do like the advice
Thanks
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David K
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Baja Lou has a cool place to see, just south of Arroyo Matomi, about halfway to/from Hwy. 5... It is a natural arch in the rock face... Lou?
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ArvadaGeorge
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I think I may have Lou's wps for the stuff south of Matomi
--Las Blancas--I think?
I?m also looking for lost mission treasure ?I have a theory.
I?ll tell you if you make Lou?s Party. After a few Tequilas You?ll believe me
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bajalou
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Yes, David, George has most of my waypoints and tracks for this area. Las Blancas area is where the natural arch is - and you'll se George Washington
(as on a nickle) on one of the mountains while heading west it that area.
And here's the arch.
[Edited on 12-16-2005 by bajalou]
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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David K
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Lost missions may be real, but there is no treasure! You will get academicanarchist all worked up with lost mission treasure talk! So many of Baja's
missions have been damaged by treasure hunters in the past. The padres had a hard enough time just trying to grow food and keep from getting killed by
the angry natives!
Please enjoy my special 'lost mission' web page: http://vivabaja.com/1757
The mountains south of Matomi Wash are called Santa Isabel (as was a water hole near the coast this way on the 1757 Jesuit map)... Choral Pepper
theorized this region was the logical place of the secret 'lost mission' of Santa Isabel. Choral, Erle Stanley Gardner and many others have searched
for it... it is still 'lost'!
A better search would be for the lost Santa Clara mission, which actually is shown on the 1757 map, north of Punta Abreojos and west of San Ignacio as
a mission 'started' called San Juan Bautista in the Sierra Santa Clara.
My searches are for Santa Maria Magdalena, south of L.A. Bay... or whatever the ruins are of that Gardner and others found in 1966.
[Edited on 12-16-2005 by David K]
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bugdude
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David K:
Really enjoyed your 'Exotic Canyons of Baja' link above. Awesome habitat and ecology.
Any chance you have photos/GPS for any sand dunes?
Gracias. Saludos al Baja Angel.
A man\'s reach should exceed his grasp - or what\'s a heaven for?
Robert Browning
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David K
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Some beautiful sand dunes are just north of the Eagle Monument , and just west of the highway, north of the airport road (Guerrero Negro).
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David K
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Thanks Lou for posting!
That arch looks like the time portal on an old episode of Star Trek!
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