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Guadalupe Canyon (post fire) & Petroglyphs (1-08)
Perhaps one of our favorite Baja places that is not far away and has 'Baja magic' is Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs... In particular, Arturo's Campo #1
as shown on the web site http://www.guadalupe-canyon.com
Recently, it was reported a fire burned through the canyon and did much damage, including Arturo's restaurant/ home, etc. But, we soon learned that
most of the camp sites were unharmed and guests were welcome to return.
Our friend's Steve ('Hotschott' on Nomad) and Val were headed for Guadalupe Canyon and were glad to hear that Elizabeth ('Baja Angel') and I could
also get away to join them. Hotschott usually likes the camp site 'El Palomar' and Baja Angel and I like 'La Jolla-B', which we reserved on-line via
the Guadalupe Canyon web site. The fee for two nights at La Jolla-B was $90... which may seem like a lot for a Mexican campground, but when you get
there and have complete privacy in a beautiful outdoor setting with 24 hour hot spring water in your own natural setting tub... it is quite a
well-worth-it experience.
It is just two hours from Tecate to Guadalupe Canyon for our 4WD trucks... Really, it is the final 2 miles of the 33 off pavement miles that require
ground clearance. The last couple of miles have large rocks in the road that help keep out the mobs... Even still with careful driving, passenger cars
do get there. We were the only campers there Friday night, but Saturday, after dark, a Toyota Corolla and a Subaru made their way to 'El Dorado' camp
site... once Hotscott showed them the way with his monster flashlight.
Before we left San Diego Friday, Doug (Baja Nomad) asked me to take lots of photos to share here (as if he had to ask!)...
So, here we go (this will take some time, so be patient)... The Rattlesnake (La Vibora) Canyon petroglyph photos will follow...
Picture 1: There are two ways from Hwy. 2 to the canyon... a graded dirt/ all weather road or the Laguna Salada dry lake bed. Both routes are signed
on the highway, 2.6 miles east of the Guadalupe Canyon graded road is the Laguna Salada road... It is 33 miles to the canyon, with 25 on the lakebed
(in dry weather):
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When you leave the lakebed there are a few miles of wide graded road running along-side an olive farm, then this nice desert road... (photo taken
driving out from the canyon)
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Then about a mile and a half from the canyon the big rocks must be driven over...
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Remember, bad roads=good people!
[Edited on 1-21-2008 by David K]
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This photo taken driving in, towards the canyon...
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The entrance signs... left to the south side campground:
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... and right to Arturo's campground, which has the really nice, private campsites... (notice that 'Angel's Campo #2 which is just past Arturo's, has
been painted over... it was burned down and Angel is no longer involved with the canyon).
[Edited on 1-21-2008 by David K]
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We enter Arturo's campground and look forward to a fun weekend...
Photo taken just past the driveway to El Palomar and both La Jolla camp sites... the next driveway goes left to 'San Marcos'... just up that pair of
concrete tracks is 'El Dorado' and the rest of Arturo's camps.
[Edited on 1-21-2008 by David K]
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Here is our camp, La Jolla-B and its hot tub...
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Here is the palapa for La Jolla-A, it is between La Paloma and La Jolla-B... plenty of boulders, trees and distance for privacy in each.
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The fire came up the canyon, and burned most of the palms... only the palapas that were in the palm areas burned (La Cueva, Escalon, XX... that we
could see)... La Cueva has already been repaired.
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The tub for La Cueva (The cave)...
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Val and Elizabeth in the La Cueva camp area...
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El Mirador's palapa
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Looking across the canyon at the south side camping area in the burned palm grove...
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The peak above the canyon, and to the left is the granite pinnacle that resembles the Virgin of Guadalupe to which the canyon gains its name...
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Here's a zoom in of the 'Virgin'
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The view from El Mirador looking towards Laguna Salada
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The cliffside hot tub for 'El Sol'...
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The swimming pool at Arturo's...
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