Seems a lot of interest in Gonzaga Bay on Nomad lately...
Besides fishing and beach activities there are many sites near the bay that are worthy of exploring... You know, when it's too windy to be on or near
the water!
Over Thanksgiving, 2002, my (then) almost 14 year old son (on his motor bike) and I visited some!
South of Gonzaga, we popped up the 3 mile road into La Turquesa Canyon to the Green Pools...
Green Pools N29°33.72' W114°23.89'
More photos of the pools, including the turquoise mine at http://vivabaja.com/wayno
Near Punta Final is the old gold ore mill originally Molino San Francisquito operated by William Lacy, and renamed Molino de Lacy... Here is his grave
on the east side of the hill where his mill processed ore from nearby mines and shipped out at Puerto de San Francisquito (now the Punta Final Resort)
on the shore of Ensenada de San Francisquito (often also called 'Gonzaga Bay' in error)
Lacy's Grave N29°42.49' W114°19.62'
On the shore of the 'real' Bahia San Luis Gonzaga... between Alfonsina's and Papa Fernandez' Resort are the ruins of the warehouse built by the padres
to support the missions of Santa Maria and San Fernando Velicata...
Mission-era Warehouse GPS: 29°48.91'/ 114°24.57'
OOOPS, The Charger Game is on... more to come later!David K - 12-17-2006 at 08:09 PM
Okay, next... the onyx springs overlooking Gonzaga... This is like a giant glacier... of mineralized water oozing out of the ground...
The edge of the glacier...
Looking west:
Looking east:
Exact directions not posted by request of a Baja Nomad (you can see this from the beach, by the way).David K - 12-17-2006 at 08:13 PM
The El Camino Real trail to Mision Santa Maria...
Begins at: N29°41.733' W114°28.175' (NAD27) on the north bank of the Santa Maria riverbed, just east of the canyon entrance...
Hi David
Do you know if there is a way to drive to bahia de remedios?
ThanksDavid K - 12-18-2006 at 07:38 PM
YES... That's easy... I even have the road GPS'd in my web site's GPS page...
It goes north of the dry lake, through a cool pass to Arroyo Mesa de Yubay... then turn right (left goes to the next lake and Candeleros beach)
through another cool canyon to Remedios/ Guadalupe Bay.David K - 11-4-2015 at 07:42 PM
It would be fun to return to these places and see them after 10 years!basautter - 11-5-2015 at 04:31 AM
I think the new interest has something to do with the pavement...TMW - 11-5-2015 at 09:21 AM
David have you been to the white areas below the large onyx springs? It looks like the first one below is also an onyx spring. David K - 11-5-2015 at 09:42 AM
Only walked to the big one, did not see over the hill to the smaller one... Looking over Baja closely from space, there are so many interesting things
I would like to see! When Chris and I went there, we didn't know about Google Earth (was it even invented yet?).
David where you in canyon green pools/copper mine.Same canyon that goes up to Fred's tractor trail,to high way 1.Then north to Cativina.? Love the
pictures,good write up.David K - 11-8-2015 at 11:02 AM
David where you in canyon green pools/copper mine.Same canyon that goes up to Fred's tractor trail,to high way 1.Then north to Cativina.? Love the
pictures,good write up.
Yes, but it is a turquoise mine... La Turquesa Canyon. Didn't see any other mine holes or pits when I first went there in 1975.
Roy (The Squarecircle) with help from Tom and friends, (TW or TMW now, here) made it across the canyon going west from the mine and then climbed up
the La Turquesa Grade (Fred Hampe's Tractor Trail).
