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David K
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Where Am I? (A Baja Quiz, 4 photos) & the road to Santa Maria
OK Nomads, since you guys aren't producing stories, I will throw another game your way. Where Am I #1 (the more details you give, the better):
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JESSE
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Mars.
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Well seriously, it looks arid and cloudy, your clothes tell me its about 50 to 60 degress during the day, i say your closer to the pacific than the
gulf, northern mexico after el Rosario based on the vegetation and before San Ignacio, thats a pretty big chunk of land to guess. Anyways, i see hills
so it cant be in the flat desert betwen Punta prieta and San Ignacio, so i close my guess down to betwen El Rosario and Catavi?a, do i see Volcanic
rocks in fron of you? my guess is yes, so based on all my analisis, i say your somewhere betwen San Quintin and el Rosario.
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David K
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Keep guessing Jesse!
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David K
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Where Am I (#2)
Be exact... this place has a name!
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David K
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Where am I (#3)
Well, do you need any hints? Be specific... I have taken many photos here but this is the only one with me in it, I think.
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Barry A.
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# 1 is the soda/oynx spring out of San Luis Gonzaga, I think.
#2 is San Pedro (La Bocana) I think. out of BOLA (south of)
#3 is a cave with you in it-----I have seen that picture before, but I cannot place it.
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David K
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One out of three, Barry... You got one out of three!
Hint: These photos are all in my web site... The problem is I have a LOT of photos in my web site! My web site's theme is Baja's historic and natural
wonders.
This game has a limit, because there really are not very many photos of me in my site.
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Barry A.
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Number 2 is the ranch of San Gregorio----got my ranchos mixed up. I found a pic in the 1962 edition of the "Lower California Guidebook" that shows the
ranch while it was still active and occupied. Am I right??Barry
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David K
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Yes Barry, you are right! I have both the Lower Calif. Guidebook photo and mine from 2001 next to each other in my site: http://vivabaja.com/401/page5.html
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David K
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Where am I (#4)?
Okay, this should be much easier...
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Barry A.
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Quiz pic #4
Just a wild guess since I have never seen it myself------Mission Santa Maria above San Luis Gonzaga????? or is there that much still standing???
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David K
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Mision Santa Maria de los Angeles
Yes, still standing! The photo of me was in 1999, here is one from when we went back last year. That is Chicagoross's wife.
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Barry A.
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preservation of the Mission ruin
David----do you know if anything has ever been done to stablize that ruin, and keep anymore deterioration from happening? It would be a shame to lose
it. Barry
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The site is remote and VERY difficult to reach and even harder to exit. The toughest 14.5 miles in Baja!
Jack Swords was very concerned about the errosion at the doorway... Much more and that entire wall will collapse. Perhaps a volunteer crew of four
wheelers could sand bag or at least back fill where rain water has been rushing out of the mission interior and eating away the base of the doorway?
A worthy winter project... I'm game!
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Great idea---with caveat
David---Great idea, but after working for the National park Service for so many years I am nervous about (no offense, please) non-professional crews
working on such a historic site. There are chemicals that can be applied (sprayed on?) that will temporarily stableize the standing walls, I believe.
I only barely know what I am talking about, but I think that at least a professional type person should supervise any work.
However, lacking any professional willing to get involved, at least your idea would probably work.
The sandbag idea really is not bad. What that would do is at least not cause any additional damage, and it may deter any further weather and run-off
damage. At least is would put things on hold until some really lasting work could be done. There probably is a good supply of sand around the
site----the empty sand bags could be easily hauled in, even if on our backs. When installed, they would at last a few years until the bags rotted out.
Some bags are now of man-made fibers and really last a long time. The only down side is that it makes the site look pretty bad, and spoils the site
for the hardy visitors willing to come in and take a look. Everything is a tradeoff, I suppose.
What an interesting idea. Barry
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David K
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Oh, you can drive to the mission alright...
... if roads like THIS don't scare you!!!
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David K
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Actually, going down wasn't so bad. Leaving the mission and climbing back up the 'widowmaker' grade was a bit more interesting...
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David. Where are you?
David. Last time I checked, you live within sight of San Luis Rey Mission. If you take a look at North's photo of Santa Maria taken 100 years ago, the
ruins have not deteriorated all that much.
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David K
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Ha ha... Yes, I am within a mile of Mission San Luis Rey and the Camino Real! But, this is what I would rather be doing>>>
(helping others find adventure in Baja) Thanks to Bernie Swaim for this cartoon of me in his new book, Bouncing Around Baja.
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