David K - 11-14-2005 at 12:59 AM
Here's the rest of the photos... getting too many in one thread, so I split into 2 parts... Enjoy! Part 1 is at http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=14020
Heading home, I snapped a couple of shots of the road where it is good: between the graded washboard and the rock embedded sections...
[Edited on 1-13-2006 by David K]
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:00 AM
Looking back towards Guadalupe...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:02 AM
We are not in a hurry to head home, so we take a road to the south and then do some climbing by foot...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:02 AM
Great rock hills!
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:03 AM
Lots of quartz veins... lots of shiney mica, too...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:04 AM
Wind caves and spyglass holes...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:05 AM
More...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:06 AM
Overhangs too...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:06 AM
Barrel Cactus
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:08 AM
You need to see this area to appreciate it, these photo just can't' capture the feeling one gets in the land...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:11 AM
Finally we turn north to head home... Baja Angel asked me to get a photo showing the dry lake road... It is hard for her to get people to actually
believe such a beatuful place as Guadalupe Canyon is reached after driving 25 miles on a dry lake bed!
David K - 11-14-2005 at 01:13 AM
Here's the final photo... heading north toward Highway 2-D on Laguna Salada...
Adios amigos!
bajalou - 11-14-2005 at 08:07 AM
Thanks for the report David - Keep them coming--
jerry - 11-14-2005 at 08:25 AM
great pics and info dave thanks have a good one jerry
David K - 11-14-2005 at 06:22 PM
De nada guys!
Here's a couple more from this past weekend...
Val and 'Boomer' (no better security device is known)...
David K - 11-14-2005 at 06:23 PM
Hotschott (yes, I finally have a different picture of him!)
David K - 11-14-2005 at 06:24 PM
Our Baja trucks...
bugdude - 11-15-2005 at 01:06 PM
Awesome habitat photos. I gotta get there!
Muchas gracias
David K - 11-15-2005 at 08:53 PM
Yup, Baja deserts are the best!
These photos were taken just east and south of Guadalupe Canyon's entrance. Lots of minor dirt roads head south from the main Guadalupe entrance road.
This time of year is just beautiful out there!
David K - 1-13-2006 at 10:32 AM
Hmmm... just love the place... wanna go back!
Neal Johns - 1-13-2006 at 10:24 PM
How can you say that, David K? It's just barren desert! Yuck! 
Neal Johns, Chairman Emeritus, http://www.DesertExplorers.org
Debra - 1-14-2006 at 06:56 AM
Thanks for the photos David, I really loved that place.....but, sorry, hot tub or no, I'm not spending $75pnt for camping. Let us all know when (or
if) they come to their sences.
David K - 1-14-2006 at 10:01 AM
Debra... what I said:
"Sunday we walked up to see Arturo (who runs Campo #1) and pay for the weekend at La Paloma ($150 for both vehicles)."
That is $75 per weekend, not per night. La Paloma is a big camp.
Last May we stayed at 'La Jolla B' and it was $75 for the entire weekend (3 days, 2 nights). It is a smaller site than La Paloma... ($37.50/night if
you wish).
The place is unbelievably beautiful, and you can soak in private as long and often as you want... 24/7 hot water flowing. The surrounding desert and
canyon offers endless hiking, four wheeling, and exploring if the hot tubbing isn't enough.
So, it is maybe the most expensive campground in Baja, but there is nothing like it or has the appeal that makes us want to return again and again.
We go just a couple times a year, so $75 for a great weekend in Baja isn't much compared to the cost of other non Baja activities. IMHO.
http://www.guadalupe-canyon.com
Now, tell me how you are doing... I am listening to the weather this Saturday morning and they said Seattle has had TWENTY SIX continuous DAYS of
RAIN!!!
What's up with that!!??
Debra - 1-18-2006 at 03:53 PM
Okay David, Mea Culpa.....$75 per weekend.....still too high. 
Rain? I think the official total days in Seattle was 28 days before the break. Bremerton, which is closer to where I live (6 miles from Seattle as
the crow flies) it was 30 days. I live on a hill far from the "new" land fill areas of modern cracker box homes, so I'm as safe as safe can be. I
just can't get to my rig without drowing, so I've stayed pretty much inside with a nice cozy fire going.
I have a funny story though......Last Sat. a g-pal of mine called and asked me to join her at the local watering hole to watch the first of the play
off games of our beloved Seahawks.....the place was packed, people cheering as the game got more and more exciting....suddenly someone yelled
"SUNSHINE!" The entire bar cleared and ran outside to marvel at that long missed orb in the sky! (only in Seattle! 
)
Ken Cooke - 1-18-2006 at 06:09 PM
Its good to see recent pics of Val and Hotschott. Val looks strong and healthy, and Steve looks happy with his new pickup. I'm assuming he bought
this one new, and didn't drive clear to Louisiana to buy it like the previous one!
David K - 1-19-2006 at 09:08 AM
Thanks Debra for the funny story of Washingtonians running outside to see the sun!
Ken, yes... Steve (Hotschott) loves his Chevy truck... Val is doing well it seems!