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Cardon forest between San Francisquito and El Arco

BajaVida - 11-24-2007 at 01:24 PM

anyone have photos or a google earth they would like to share?

we may head up there in February

[Edited on 11-24-2007 by BajaVida]

elgatoloco - 11-24-2007 at 03:54 PM

Go. You won't regret it. We went thru there several years ago right after the area got the first substantial rainfall in a decade. The cardons were all full of water and starting to bloom. I will see if I can find any photos.

BAJABAILADOR - 11-24-2007 at 05:41 PM

Vida
just spent a few days down there pitting a bike at the 1000. the area is all you would expect baja to be ! San Francisquito is great place, shoulda fished but no time. Stayed in one of their palapas, and had a couple of great meals. Checked out El Barril,which was also a realy neat place.Everyone we met up with was great,even the solders whose camp we drove into the first night lost.
I'd like to spend a week in that area sometime.

crazy cat

BajaVida - 11-24-2007 at 05:47 PM

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Originally posted by elgatoloco
Go. You won't regret it. We went thru there several years ago right after the area got the first substantial rainfall in a decade. The cardons were all full of water and starting to bloom. I will see if I can find any photos.


it that the time that you saw the bajarunner and the rest of us packing up north of La Gringa and you did not come by to say hello because you were afraid we were out of cerveza?

Paulina - 11-24-2007 at 06:04 PM

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Originally posted by BAJABAILADOR
... Checked out El Barril,which was also a realy neat place.Everyone we met up with was great,even the solders whose camp we drove into the first night lost.
I'd like to spend a week in that area sometime.


Dibs on the old three story stone building that over looks the launching beach!


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El Barril Rockhouse

David K - 11-25-2007 at 08:56 AM

This one Paulina?

Choral Pepper did a lot of research on it and wrote a chapter about it...

Photo from the mid 1960's

[Edited on 11-25-2007 by David K]

Barril Rockhouse-r.JPG - 37kB

The other side...

David K - 11-25-2007 at 08:56 AM



Barril Rockhouse-2r.JPG - 45kB

Paulina - 11-25-2007 at 09:55 AM

That's it David. See your u2u.

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David K - 11-25-2007 at 09:56 AM

I just posted Choral Pepper's chapter about it: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=28204