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Baja Bound Road Guide (Part 4: Guerrero Negro to San Ignacio)
To show you part of what I have worked so hard on the past two years, BajaGeoff consented to let me show some of the guide work that will someday be
published.
While the format may change, as it is now, I have the guide broken into six parts:
1) Tijuana to San Quintín (also Hwy. 3 and Observatory Road)
2) Mexicali to Laguna Chapala (also Hwy. 2, across to San Vicente, and Valle Chico)
3) San Quintín to Guerrero Negro (also Bahía de los Angeles and to San Francisquito and the Seven Sisters coast road)
4) Guerrero Negro to San Ignacio (also to El Arco/ El Barril, to Bahía Tortugas/ Asunción, and to Punta Abreojos and on to Asunción, to Laguna San
Ignacio, San Juanico, Cd. Insurgentes)
5) San Ignacio to Loreto (also Mulegé to Mission Guadalupe, to San Javier, Comondú, La Purísima, and back east to Hwy. 1)
6) Loreto to Cabo San Lucas (also to San Luis Gonzaga, San Evaristo, to Ensenada de los Muertos, Todos Santos, Los Barriles, Tecolote)
I have shared some pages before in the thread on my maps and there has been some updating since.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy my work and know that with any guide, it is only accurate the day it was researched! The good news is that I designed this to
be easily updated, revised, added to by me or anyone who takes up the job...
Part 3 (San Quintín to Guerrero Negro) was shared previously, last December.
NOTE: A newer edition with the now all paved road to Bahía Tortugas and edits on the B&B status at La Bocana, etc. have been made.
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This, along with all your others, is a great guide. What dates were you down in Baja? The road south of LA Bay is in great shape and continues to get
better.
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Quote: Originally posted by towntaco  | | This, along with all your others, is a great guide. What dates were you down in Baja? The road south of LA Bay is in great shape and continues to get
better. |
New Years Week 2017 to August 2017 (TRIP #1-7) and August 2018 (TRIP #8).
The trip reports are numbers that way in the Trip Reports forum on Nomad. They were made when I returned from each expedition and they have a lot of
photos and some additional maps.
Thanks for your feedback. Yes, I saw that the road down past Pancho's was scraped smooth since my travel over it (TRIP #1) in the photos from carlosg.
Guides are only spot on the day you research them... because the next day (or before it is published) a place may close, change the name, a road gets
washed out, a locked gate goes up, etc. So, you just report what you found it is a newer report than any other or your style is more user-friendly or
accurate than another guide. Two roads in my guide are currently blocked by locked gates: Mission San Fernando and Montevideo. At least, as an online
or e-Guide, I can update the info in an instant. The guide can outlive me as others can do the updating or expanding.
2017 Baja Bound Road Guide & Map Research Trips
TRIP #1 (San Felipe to Punta San Francisquito via L.A. Bay): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85374
TRIP #2 (San Ignacio to Loreto, Ligüí, San Javier, Comondú, La Purísima): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85756
TRIP #3 (Mexicali to San Felipe, Valle Chico, Matomí, Parral, + El Rosario area): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85989
TRIP #4 (Valle de Trinidad crossover, San Quintin to Laguna Manuela and 7 Sisters coast road): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=86376
TRIP #5 (Central Baja: El Arco, El Barril, San Francisco de la Sierra, Abreojos, Asuncion, Tortugas, Eugenia, Pronghorn Reserve): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=86781
TRIP #6 (Southernmost Baja: San Ignacio to San Juanico, Loreto to Cabo San Lucas, San Evaristo, and more): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=87323
TRIP #7 (Pacific North, San Pedro Mártir Mountains): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=87976
TRIP #8 [Aug 2018] (Hwy. 3 Tecate to Ensenada to San Felipe, Laguna Hanson roads, check of Hwy. 5 to Laguna Chapala): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=91029
[Edited on 3-7-2019 by David K]
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There is activity finally on the publishing... Just a heads up. There have been additional updates and edits from what is shown above, as well.
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From the "for what it's worth" department. The Mex 1 stretch between GN and Vizcaino has always been used as an example of how dangerous Mex 1 can be
with the narrow roadway and dropoff shoulders. Without a lot of fanfare, the road is being improved, and fairly quickly. The road has been widened
by about a foot in each lane and re-paved and the shoulders have been graded to provide a slope rather than a cliff. The widening is completed from
GN to beyond the El Arco cutoff and the shoulder work extends well beyond there.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Rossman | | From the "for what it's worth" department. The Mex 1 stretch between GN and Vizcaino has always been used as an example of how dangerous Mex 1 can be
with the narrow roadway and dropoff shoulders. Without a lot of fanfare, the road is being improved, and fairly quickly. The road has been widened
by about a foot in each lane and re-paved and the shoulders have been graded to provide a slope rather than a cliff. The widening is completed from
GN to beyond the El Arco cutoff and the shoulder work extends well beyond there. |
This is exactly why, without regular updates, road guides like this should not be relied on (the opposite of above can occur). They can be very
dangerous for the unsuspecting traveler. Conditions can change, and in many cases damage will not be repaired for a long time.
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My road guide is intended to let travelers know some of what is out there, points of interest on the dirt side roads, and what services are along the
highway (motels, campgrounds, gas stations, etc.). It is not a 'hold your hand' while driving paved roads guide. I want those interested to know that
there is so much more to traveling Baja than to zip to Cabo!
If you read of something that sounds interesting, then you will see much more and enjoy much more than what is mentioned in the guide.
No published guide can tell you the condition of a road now, only how it was when traveled. Trip reports like Rossman's are always the best way to
read the latest details.
When you are driving in most of Baja, you don't have the Internet to read posts, so a printed guide and map is a must to get the most out of your
vacation in Baja. Roads will always be getting washed out or rebuilt... things change. You must be flexible on your Mexico trips to enjoy them the
most!
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Oh, a big thank you to the Nomad who contacted me with a correction. The ranch south of San Ignacio is San Joaquín, not San Juaquín. It has been
fixed and the correction sent on to the publisher. I welcome corrections! I first shared my maps over a year ago and at the time I asked if Nomads
could help me look for errors and typos. Several did...
 
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Mistakes make you human. You are VERY human.
Fyi, on your map of san ignacio lagoon you have mis-labeled the ejido town as “la laguna”. La laguna is on the water.
Stay human. Humanity is a good thing.
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Again, thanks for the correction... All the road signs say 'La Laguna' and that is the village they lead you to. None of the camps used that name, but
of course, they are on the "laguna". That village is not on the Almanac or AAA maps... Do you have a name for it?
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Again, thanks for the correction... All the road signs say 'La Laguna' and that is the village they lead you to. None of the camps used that name, but
of course, they are on the "laguna". That village is not on the Almanac or AAA maps... Do you have a name for it? |
Locals call it Escuelita
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nice work David!
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The official name of the village near the lagoon is Ejido Luis Echeverría.
It is in the 2009 Almanac and also shows up on Inegi and Google Maps.
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| Quote: Originally posted by Nikno | The official name of the village near the lagoon is Ejido Luis Echeverría.
It is in the 2009 Almanac and also shows up on Inegi and Google Maps. |
Hi, thanks, I see that on my 2009 Almanac, but it is placed north of the runway, and 3-4 miles from where the village actually is. I did not see one
sign with that name on it, either. Only signs for "La Laguna" (which I know may simply mean the lagoon of San Ignacio.
On Google Maps, it is shown correctly.
Do you have any idea if the locals call it that or "Escuelita" or La Laguna? In other places with political names (Like Ejido Francisco Zarco =
Guadalupe), the original or local name prevails.
I do appreciate the feedback.
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No idea what the locals call it. I passed through in February and remember seeing Ejido Luis Echeverría on a small sign maybe on a building or
something. But you are right, none of the street or way signs have that name on it. True, the locals probably don't call it that.
Found this pic. There is an estuary called El Cardon right next to town. Maybe the town is also referred to as that. And it is approximately 5km from
town to the lagoon.
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Cool you photo'd the sign.
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I sure wish you had not put the Mesa el Carmen cave art on there. I have not been there for a while. The guide looks great though but leave some
treasures to be discovered.
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Understand your concern. Other books and the Internet has exposed that cave (how I found it) so I want as many to see it as possible before some event
(natural or human) prevents it. I fear damage done at sites that are not visited much.
Thanks for your feedback. There is plenty still to be discovered... no book can share it all. Walt Peterson's Baja Adventure Book (20 years ago) did a
pretty good job, however.
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Any idea when this epic gem might be published?
Anthony
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Thanks for your interest!
Baja Bound wants it for this Holiday season.
Fingers crossed!
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