David K - 10-16-2005 at 07:17 PM
Perhaps not as good as living year round in Rosarito Beach, but just this year here are the major trips south, as listed in my Baja Notebook, many
with links to photos from those trips. Still more trips to come this year... and previous years trips can be viewed at http://vivabaja.com.
The purpose of these web pages is to share photos and details of interest to Baja bound travelers, not to promote me, as I have no Baja business or
financial gain from my web pages.
The photos serve only to inspire you to come to Baja, help the local economy by doing so, and to respect the historic sites as you will appreciate
them more knowing their importance to the history of California (the peninsula and land north once part of Mexico and Spain).
I do not gloat about a place I visited but refuse to tell where it is as some sort of power trip. Baja is not mine or any one persons private place...
It is truly a gift from God for those who have a spirit of adventure and recreation...
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2005 'Viva Baja' Trips and NEWS
Sept. 16-18:
Mexican Independence Day and my birthday weekend in El Rosario with a special trip to Las Pintas Petroglyph and Fossil Grotto! See Baja Nomad Trip
Reports Forum for photos and road log.
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Sept. 2-4:
Labor Day weekend we go across Baja via the newly paved observatory road and the tough 4WD road to Mike's Sky Rancho, then on to San Felipe and Shell
Island. See photos and details at http://community-2.webtv.net/boojum2/905
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August 19-21:
A weekend in El Rosario with my new Toyota. No better way to break in a new Baja rig, than in Baja! Photos on Baja Nomad.
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July 22 to 28:
First three days: Baja Rosario Cultural Festival in El Rosario! Many joined us for the grand Mexican fiesta celebrating the birth of this town, in
1774. Food, tours, local industry expo, music, dancing, beauty pageant, and more!
From El Rosario we continued south to Laguna Chapala, then north past Coco's Corner, Gonzaga Bay and Puertecitos to camp on Shell Island (near Rancho
Percebu). See photos at http://community-2.webtv.net/vivabaja/705 and on the Baja Nomad Trip Reports forum.
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June 11-12, we went to Ensenada to join Audrey and Bob H for food, drinks and fun. Dennis L joined us at Cocteleria Mazatlan, as well.
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May 27- 29, we spent in El Rosario, and stayed at the Baja Cactus Motel. Days we visited Hugo Lopez and admired his latest paintings, toured the two
mission sites, lazed on La Bocana beach, were amazed at La Lobera sea lion crater, toured the museum, and more! See photos in the Baja Nomad Trip
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April 29-May 1, we camped at Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs... have a look: http://vivabaja.com/405
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April 23, we attended the third annual Pyramid Resort Baja Book Signing Party! It was great, see photos: http://vivabaja.com/book3
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April 10, we caravaned with Roy 'TheSquarecircle' and others from Valle las Palmas (on Hwy. 3, south of Tecate) west over the mountains to the Pacific
at Cantamar. Beautiful country, tough 4WD roads, an old cemetery and more!
Photos and GPS are posted on the Baja Nomad Trip Reports forum... and in a new web page at http://community-2.webtv.net/Baja4Me/305
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Feb. 26 & 27 found us in San Felipe to watch the SCORE San Felipe 250 off road race. It also allowed me to show Elizabeth 'Shell Island'... see
photos: http://vivabaja.com/205
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Feb. 19 & 20 we spent the weekend at Baja authors Marvin & Aletha Patchen's desert home and enjoyed desert hikes and drives... see photos: http://vivabaja.com/patchen
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NEW YEARS '05 was again in Bahia de los Angeles... that makes the 4th in a row. A great trip to introduce Elizabeth to Baja, see photos: http://vivabaja.com/105