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No Bad News

Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 08:22 AM

If we can sneak through Norbert and Odile it will continue to be a glorious time for outings in the southern mountains. Here's a recent one where we encountered a new Zip Line enterprise but we just got above em and enjoyed the canyon as though we were alone. Look for a rock diver in the middle of picture #1

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Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 08:23 AM



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Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 08:24 AM



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Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 08:25 AM

Juvenile spiney tailed iguana in the mountains -- not turned brown yet.

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Santiago - 10-9-2008 at 08:25 AM

Very nice. How deep is that pool?

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Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 08:26 AM

The Osprey thanks the Gods

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Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 08:28 AM

Some of the pools are 30 feet deep -- who knows what they'll be after these next 2 storms.

Paulina - 10-9-2008 at 08:30 AM

What a beautiful area!

bajadock - 10-9-2008 at 08:33 AM

Nice pix, Osprey. Does the location of your private pool require secret handshake for entry? Your guard iguana looks attentive.

baja-spirit - 10-9-2008 at 08:38 AM

Fanastic spot...

Santiago - 10-9-2008 at 08:41 AM

These look to be year-round pools - surely you looked around to see if you spooked any fish when you walked up?

Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 09:20 AM

The force of the water after rains in the mountains washes most fish down and out of the stream where they die in the summer/dry arroyos. Those few that survive replenish the year-round pools and the cycle begins again. Before these latest rains/storms I saw nice bass in the deeper pools but they are all gone now.

Most Laguna mountains canyons now are SEMARNAT biosphere parks and require a 50 peso day fee per person. No gate at this one now that the zip people have taken over.

[Edited on 10-9-2008 by Osprey]

BajaGringo - 10-9-2008 at 09:20 AM

Great pictures Osprey - thanks for sharing them...

toneart - 10-9-2008 at 10:32 AM

Beautiful spot, Osprey! It should be a crime to wear bathing suits. ;D

Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 10:47 AM

Toneart, big mistake to skinny dip anywhere down this way. Big fines, they haul you off to jail just the way they found you. Never a good idea because Mexican families use the canyons to picnic. I watched a hippy type at Aguas Caliente laying out in the altogether at a place in the canyon where families gathered. When he refused to get dressed (he was already stoned) I stoned him some more -- bigger stones.

I have been a skippyhappy skinny dipper all my life but always careful there was no body around to offend.

toneart - 10-9-2008 at 10:53 AM

OOops........Never mind! :saint:

CaboRon - 10-9-2008 at 11:24 AM

Osprey,

This thread is bad news, because there are no directions to the swimming hole :lol:

CaboRon

Kell-Baja - 10-9-2008 at 12:04 PM

Wow, what a beautiful place.

Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 12:35 PM

Caboron, To be fair, I can't just give directions to this place from your house -- must be for all Nomads, most of whom live up north. Sooo: you twist your way through the freeways of the Western U.S., fight your way across the border into Baja California, dodge the attempts to kidnap you or take off your head, swerve around any narco death squads, stay on highway one til it splits south of La Paz. Either highway to San Lucas will have side roads up canyons like these after heavy rains. Believe me, it's worth the trip, the perils, the trouble. No skinny, no tire basura, por favor.

CaboRon - 10-9-2008 at 12:44 PM

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Originally posted by Osprey
Caboron, To be fair, I can't just give directions to this place from your house -- must be for all Nomads, most of whom live up north. Sooo: you twist your way through the freeways of the Western U.S., fight your way across the border into Baja California, dodge the attempts to kidnap you or take off your head, swerve around any narco death squads, stay on highway one til it splits south of La Paz. Either highway to San Lucas will have side roads up canyons like these after heavy rains. Believe me, it's worth the trip, the perils, the trouble. No skinny, no tire basura, por favor.


What are you talking about .... I live in Todos Santos.

And I think you are a jerk for keeping your getaway place a secret.

CaboRon

woody with a view - 10-9-2008 at 12:44 PM

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Originally posted by Osprey
Caboron, To be fair, I can't just give directions to this place from your house -- must be for all Nomads, most of whom live up north. Sooo: you twist your way through the freeways of the Western U.S., fight your way across the border into Baja California, dodge the attempts to kidnap you or take off your head, swerve around any narco death squads, stay on highway one til it splits south of La Paz. Either highway to San Lucas will have side roads up canyons like these after heavy rains. Believe me, it's worth the trip, the perils, the trouble. No skinny, no tire basura, por favor.


CLASSIC directions, gps not forth coming?:light:

Osprey - 10-9-2008 at 01:29 PM

Cabron, I was a jerk before I ever heard about Nomads. How bout you? If you live in Todos Santos you must know a dozen places like this canyon at Boca de La Sierra. We don't see any pix, hear about your explorations. Find any Zip Line site in Cabo (online) and you'll find every canyon these eco companies can build a road to -- after a rain they are all beautiful to see and visit if you can get up there, find a way around the commercial enterprises -- or pay $85 and take a zip. Probably worth every penny.

Iflyfish - 10-9-2008 at 02:50 PM

What a beautiful place, a little Eden! Thanks for sparing us the skinny dippin pics.

Iflyfish