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::Shell Island (Laguna Percebu) logistics thread::
| Quote: | Originally posted by edm1
What's the best time to cross the tide to Shell Island, and when's the best time to leave, these days (July)?
If we get there on Saturday spend the night and the whole day and night Sunday, that's enough R&R, then head home Monday morning.
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Leidys and I will be ready for showers at that point. It is safe to say that will be the extent of our time with the Mission Santa Maria gang.
Perhaps we can meet someplace along the way and drive south together? What will be your route from Arizona, Art?
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This time I'll try the San Luis Rio Colorado crossing, and then take the toll road to Mexicali.
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About what time will you plan on driving south on July 2nd?
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Maybe we can meet at the (new) Pemex station in the glorieta in San Felipe. Perhaps, at 12:00 noon (and then get lunch along the
Malecon). If we arrive Saturday afternoon at around 4 p.m., setting up in the direct sunlight (for us) won't be as challenging.
We can try to meet earlier/leave earlier. I'm just throwing some times out there which might work for everyone.
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You guys do what ever you like... If we go, we go straight to the beach and enjoy ourselves... You all know how to get there, so why wait at a hot
Pemex station 20 miles away?
The tide charts are online, but it is a quarter moon on July 4, so no HIGH HIGH tide.
That means no issues getting onto the island... Just let air out so you have some floatation or use your lockers... I will be using Toyota TRAC
(limited slip on all 4) or A-TRAC (nearly locked on all 4) and having fun.
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In 2001, I visited Shell Island with David K and Hotschott (& Val). Here are some pics.
David K w/daughter Sarah
David K (in much leaner times)
Drunk fool trying to cross the lagoon during low tide (from Laguna Percebu to Shell Island).
Drunk fool giving directions to stuck vehicle.
Hot Schott to the rescue! 
Celebration on Shell Island (standing in front of my Ford Ranger (now sold)).
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Here are some photos from our last trip to the island (Oct. 2009):
Here is where you reach the beach (and where Art probably got marooned in 2WD?)!
There may be some 'locals' to greet you!...
Just turn left (north) and find a camping spot... this has been a favorite camp area for 32 years... We go about 2 miles north.
Baja Angel fell in love with it the first time she saw it, and we have been making it a prime destination the past 5+ years...
A small campfire and a full moon...
And the natives are friendly!
There is a good reason I named it Shell Island, back in 1978...
The birds like my Tacoma...
He says, 'if he didn't have wings, he would want four wheel drive'!
It really is perfection every day...
and every night...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Maybe we can meet at the (new) Pemex station in the glorieta in San Felipe. Perhaps, at 12:00 noon (and then get lunch along the
Malecon). If we arrive Saturday afternoon at around 4 p.m., setting up in the direct sunlight (for us) won't be as challenging.
We can try to meet earlier/leave earlier. I'm just throwing some times out there which might work for everyone. |
I like your suggestion Ken. I've "been there" (stuck :-) before but I have not crossed that waterway to the "island", so I'd be more comfortable with
someone.
Your suggested schedule is close to my planned schedule, so yes, we can meet in San Felipe for lunch, or even at the entrance along the highway. We
can coordinate via U2U.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by edm1
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
Maybe we can meet at the (new) Pemex station in the glorieta in San Felipe. Perhaps, at 12:00 noon (and then get lunch along the
Malecon). If we arrive Saturday afternoon at around 4 p.m., setting up in the direct sunlight (for us) won't be as challenging.
We can try to meet earlier/leave earlier. I'm just throwing some times out there which might work for everyone. |
I like your suggestion Ken. I've "been there" (stuck :-) before but I have not crossed that waterway to the "island", so I'd be more comfortable with
someone.
Your suggested schedule is close to my planned schedule, so yes, we can meet in San Felipe for lunch, or even at the entrance along the highway. We
can coordinate via U2U. |
Do you have CB communications?
I think lunch sounds like a great idea. That way, Leidys arrives with a full stomach (less pressure on me).
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"Do you have CB communications?"
I have one of those Talk-Abouts, does it count as a CB? I thought CBs were not "in" anymore :-). Getting a CB shouldn't be a problem - do they have
bluetooth and hands-free features?
[Edited on 6-20-2010 by edm1]
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'Shell Island' is a barrier island located between Rancho (Laguna) Percebu and Bahia Santa Maria.
Photo looking south, from the north tip of the island (taken for me by Baja Mur flying in Doug Bowles plane to Alfonsina's):
Satellite image of the Baja coast south of San Felipe... about Punta Estrella to El Vergel area... Shell Island is the skinny strip of beach with
lagoons behind that seperate it from the main part of Baja.
An access road was made to the island in 1984 (from Hwy. 5 at Km. 26) and included a bridge at the end of an elevated causeway across the lagoon...
That elevated road has all but melted back down to the lagoon, and the concrete bridge sits useless high above the former roadbed. Photo of Surfer Jim
on the bridge in 2004:
Just a great place for camping and enjoying the outdoors...
If you are a needy person, not the place to go... NO SERVICES, NO FRESH WATER, NO PROBLEMS... Justy good 'ol Baja. Haul out what you bring in, and it
will remain nice! The only trash other than natural debris and bones from dolphins and whales is stuff that washes down the coast from Percebu or
other 'busy' camps with less eco-minded people.
BYOS (Bring Your Own Shade):
There are no trees on Shell Island... one shade structure was built by someone, but the birds sleep there and their droppings keep people away.
Looking south from the dunes... our camp shade in blue... the structure in the distance, and the lagoon at low tide, on the right.
In May, watch out for attack Terns!
They are protecting their chicks, hatched on the sand without any nest or protection:
The weather is fine and the view from our shade is awesome...
During full and new moon phases, the island is really an island! View looking north towards Percebu...
So bring all that you need, plenty of ice and beer/ water... and relax!
Have a great evening!
[Edited on 6-20-2010 by David K]
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"So bring all that you need, plenty of ice and beer/ water... and relax!
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I'm bringing the blender for real frozen margaritas!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by edm1
"Do you have CB communications?"
I have one of those Talk-Abouts, does it count as a CB? I thought CBs were not "in" anymore :-). Getting a CB shouldn't be a problem - do they have
bluetooth and hands-free features?
[Edited on 6-20-2010 by edm1] |
No worries if you do not have one. They make communication on the road much easier. I don't know of any CB radios with bluetooth or hands-free.
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Updated itinerary
July 2nd - Camp at Playas del Sol, San Felipe.
July 3rd - Leave Playas del Sol at 11:00 a.m.
Gas up Jeep at Pemex in Glorieta (in Traffic Circle) at 11:40 a.m.
Meet Art at Malecon in San Felipe at 12:00 noon -
My Jeep will be parked, with Leidys and I **nearby** eating Fish Tacos.
We will be on standby waiting for Art. The Jeep will be loaded and ready.
Just look for us on the left side of the street as you are traveling NORTH.
[Edited on 6-20-2010 by Ken Cooke]
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I have a couple photos from that time you and Hotschott camped on Shell Island with my kids and I... about 9 years ago...
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My daughter Sarah
11 years old... then!
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Sarah, my son Chris and his friend Robert who we took with us. (Robert's parents run a sport fishing camp on Magdalena Island)
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My 2001 Toyota Tacoma... Had it for 5 years and put 136,000 trouble free miles on it before the end of the lease... the most awesome/ trouble-free
Baja vehicle I had ever driven to that point.
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