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found a new Cuesta
I did some trail maintenance and found a few new sections of Camino Real and 2 exciting new (to me) Cuestas
Cuesta Mesa El Llano is part of the Mision San Luis Gonzaga network
25°21'10.82"N, 111°12'52.65"W
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Nice work. The trail just jumps out at you...
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Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  | I did some trail maintenance and found a few new sections of Camino Real and 2 exciting new (to me) Cuestas
Cuesta Mesa El Llano is part of the Mision San Luis Gonzaga network
25°21'10.82"N, 111°12'52.65"W
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I rarely get excited by switchbacks, they are too much work!
Are you saying you did real trail maintenance? Or is “maintenance” slang for googling?
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If it is indeed El Camino Real between Loreto (or San Javier) and San Luis Gonzaga, that would be great to see the entire route.
Please keep us updated!
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trail maintenance for me is Google Earth
checking for new images and new roads or trails
in the process I sometimes find old ones
depends heavily on the time layer chosen
this time the trail jumped right at me in the 2004 layer
in 2009 it was barely visible
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | If it is indeed El Camino Real between Loreto (or San Javier) and San Luis Gonzaga, that would be great to see the entire route.
Please keep us updated!
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I have been working on this for 7 years
will take a couple more
I tracked every visible trail
not knowing whether is was made by cows, goats or padres
but I have learned to read their "character"
and over time a pattern has evolved
the image below is an example (around San Jose de la Noria)
a very distinct inland trail has emerged and a very faint coastal trail
with a number of cross sections
names of mountains, Mesas, arroyos and Ranchos support the findings
too bad the images are so bad here
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of course I go out as often as I can to ground proof
the use of dynamite excluded the padres in this case
and there were a lot more dynamited rocks on that trail
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first photo is very interesting. Did you follow that for any length? where is that?
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location is given in first post
it is accessible from the valley following Arroyo Quepo
very cool drive
it runs parallel to the valley that takes you to San Jose de la Noria
right to the backdoor road into Agua Verde
and no, I have not checked that trail up to Mesa El Llano yet
on my list
an access road starts at Rancho Santo Tomas
cute little cemetery at Santo Tomas
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | I tracked every visible trail
not knowing whether is was made by cows, goats or padres
but I have learned to read their "character"
and over time a pattern has evolved
the image below is an example (around San Jose de la Noria)
a very distinct inland trail has emerged and a very faint coastal trail
with a number of cross sections
names of mountains, Mesas, arroyos and Ranchos support the findings |
Impressive record of trails! Green ones are walking trails, then?
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yup
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So cool!
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