We are heading south Friday afternoon, destination: Shell Island for a weekend of sand and sea... Elizabeth's son and his girlfriend will be with
us... sun, beer, campfire, stars... The Baja Feeling!
Here's some photos from our last time on the island, November, 2008:
Laguna Percebu (Estero Percebu) seperates Shell Island from the rest of Baja.
Sunset behind Diablo Mountain...
Have fun everyone!
[Edited on 5-20-2009 by David K]lizard lips - 5-20-2009 at 09:21 AM
Not leaving the house. It's to crazy to go anywhere.......thebajarunner - 5-20-2009 at 09:24 AM
Loop over Sonora Pass and back on Tioga (if it opens-still closed)
Otherwise, Hetch Hetchy annual hike.
Awesome water in the park this year,
we were up last Monday and the falls were pounding.
Love to go to Baja, but we were there a few weeks back,
and need to get caught up at home.Bajaboy - 5-20-2009 at 09:25 AM
I'll be vacationing in San Diego this weekend....BajaSerg - 5-20-2009 at 09:27 AM
To are place in Rosarito!!BajaGeoff - 5-20-2009 at 09:54 AM
I am moving next week so no Baja for me.
24baja - 5-20-2009 at 10:11 AM
David K., Very nice photos, thanks for posting them. We will be traveling to BOLA for our annual May June trip. Connie
[Edited on 5-20-2009 by 24baja]Von - 5-20-2009 at 10:16 AM
mmmrpleger - 5-20-2009 at 10:21 AM
Staying home here in Mulegé.....wilderone - 5-20-2009 at 10:23 AM
San Miguel Island, Channel Islands - home of the ancient Chumash and sea lions.DENNIS - 5-20-2009 at 10:40 AM
I'm going to Sharky's and drink mass quantities of intelligence.Sunman - 5-20-2009 at 10:41 AM
16 days in Nicaragua starting tomorrow.Bob H - 5-20-2009 at 11:33 AM
David... I'm sure you will have a fantastic time. I know how much you love that part of Baja Norte!
We plan on staying home here in beautiful San Diego! After Las Vegas... San Diego is the 2nd most popular place to visit with San Francisco being #3.
And, here we are already here!
Bob HGeoRock - 5-20-2009 at 11:42 AM
Bob H--have a cigar and think of me. I am a native San Diegan, born and raised there.
Baja Runner; Tioga Pass opened today! I keep tabs on it. So go do that Hetch Hetchy hike and enjoy the waterfalls. I hiked that last year.
I'm spending a week in BOLA, at Camp Gecko. As many of you know, my rock casa there is for sale. If you want to take a look at it, just drop on by
and say hello.
Beautiful Pictures, David K
Gypsy Jan - 5-20-2009 at 12:06 PM
Memorial weekend plans? Kicking back in Bahia Descanso and Sunday Brunch at Ruben's Baja Grill.
The sky is blue and clear and the waves are low, allowing the kelp beds on the horizon to show. Pangeros are tending to their traps, while the
puppies bark at them because they are trespassing on "THEIR" ocean.
GJ
[Edited on 5-20-2009 by Gypsy Jan]
Yep, "Passes Open" sign is lighted
thebajarunner - 5-20-2009 at 02:49 PM
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Originally posted by GeoRock
Bob H--have a cigar and think of me. I am a native San Diegan, born and raised there.
Baja Runner; Tioga Pass opened today! I keep tabs on it. So go do that Hetch Hetchy hike and enjoy the waterfalls. I hiked that last year.
I'm spending a week in BOLA, at Camp Gecko. As many of you know, my rock casa there is for sale. If you want to take a look at it, just drop on by
and say hello.
The big sign on Hwy 120 just east of Oakdale is a mile from my house, and just an hour ago it was lighted up.
Tough call to make....
Baja? or the Sierras?
Since the entrance gate to Yosemite is less than 90 minutes away I guess Sierras wins again.
By the by, the peaks are bright and shining today- snow abounds!David K - 5-20-2009 at 04:03 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by 24baja
David K., Very nice photos, thanks for posting them. We will be traveling to BOLA for our annual May June trip. Connie
[Edited on 5-20-2009 by 24baja]
Thanks Connie... Those photos and a LOT more are all found in one or more links to my trips, at VivaBaja.com... I do post photos on Nomad often to add
some 'color' to the text, as I know most don't click on links or have time to surf the net beyond Nomad.
Bob H or ??? come on down!BaHopper - 5-20-2009 at 04:21 PM
I live in above Sonora. All passes are open and the weather will be pefrfect for hickingBajaWarrior - 5-20-2009 at 04:28 PM
Beach House!!! Leaving Thursday afternoon. 80 degree water here I come...Barry A. - 5-20-2009 at 04:29 PM
Utah, for a month. Concentrating on the High Uintah's both north side and south side, and the northern Wasatch Mts..
It ain't Baja, but it will be a little cooler than Baja, I am thinking.
Barrydtbushpilot - 5-20-2009 at 05:22 PM
Going to San Diego for a week then to Ensenada to help my little boy race the Baja 500....dtDavid K - 5-20-2009 at 05:37 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Going to San Diego for a week then to Ensenada to help my little boy race the Baja 500....dt
Great fun! We wish him luck!!! What is he racing?fishingmako - 5-20-2009 at 06:43 PM
Hey lets not forget wherever we are, lets give tribute to what MEMORIAL DAY STANDS FOR, FREEDOM!!!!Sunman - 5-20-2009 at 06:48 PM
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Originally posted by fishingmako
Hey lets not forget wherever we are, lets give tribute to what MEMORIAL DAY STANDS FOR, FREEDOM!!!!
...and ALL of our veterans who provided it, ESPECIALLY those who paid the ultimate price.fishingmako - 5-20-2009 at 06:54 PM
And while everyone parties, please take a moment for those who would like to be here, but are not, like sunman said they paid the ultimate price for
all of our freedom. Bless Them All.4baja - 5-20-2009 at 07:47 PM
anywere but mex. i hate the crowds!!! most likly our cabin.bajadock - 5-20-2009 at 07:54 PM
Playing on boat. Just threw it in water for first time after lengthy restoration. It sleeps in Ensenada Cruiseport Marina.
My Uncle Died in Pearl Harbor
Gypsy Jan - 5-20-2009 at 08:18 PM
He was an Air Force Pilot.
This occurred long before I was born, but my mother told me that he visited her during her difficult pregnancy and told her not to give up.
Every time we visit Hawaii, I leave flowers on his grave - thanking him for his sacrifice and his love for his family.
GJBajaDanD - 5-20-2009 at 08:46 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by thebajarunner
Loop over Sonora Pass and back on Tioga (if it opens-still closed)
Otherwise, Hetch Hetchy annual hike.
Awesome water in the park this year,
we were up last Monday and the falls were pounding.
Love to go to Baja, but we were there a few weeks back,
and need to get caught up at home.
I hadn't planed on going anywhere, But
Now that I think of it I might just take that same trip ,But leave ut the hike in Hetch Hetchy and do it in the Valley Then get out before the crowds
drive me nuts.
Then again i might just stay home.
DanDKen Cooke - 5-20-2009 at 09:19 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by fishingmako
Hey lets not forget wherever we are, lets give tribute to what MEMORIAL DAY STANDS FOR, FREEDOM!!!!
I completely agree. My Mother and I will be visiting my Father's burial plot at Riverside National Cemetery. Being a Korean War veteran, Dad earned
a place there after passing away last month. I'll be leaving a small flag for my Father and helping console my Mother.El Comadante Loco - 5-20-2009 at 09:50 PM
Duty calls have to accompany wife to South Carolina to visit her family.. I rather be in Baja..
David cruise by my Campo Sin Nombre, Matomi!!dtbushpilot - 5-20-2009 at 10:05 PM
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Originally posted by David K
Quote:
Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Going to San Diego for a week then to Ensenada to help my little boy race the Baja 500....dt
Great fun! We wish him luck!!! What is he racing?
Thank you DK. He will be racing class 21 #108X. He raced ironman last year in the 500. I was fortunate to be on the team in 2007 for the 1000. got to
take the checkers and get my picture with Sal Fish.....dt elgatoloco - 5-20-2009 at 10:18 PM
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Originally posted by Bajaboy
I'll be vacationing in San Diego this weekend....
Hey we are too! We should try and hook up? Elephant Mesa opens Saturday! Barry A. - 5-20-2009 at 10:54 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Ken Cooke
I completely agree. My Mother and I will be visiting my Father's burial plot at Riverside National Cemetery. Being a Korean War veteran, Dad earned
a place there after passing away last month. I'll be leaving a small flag for my Father and helping console my Mother.
Ken---------very sorry to hear about your Dad's passing--------that is a tough thing to deal with. You are in my thoughts and prayers tonight, and
hope all goes well for you and your Mom.
BarryCortezBlue - 5-20-2009 at 11:16 PM
Going to Mi casa with 10 20 year old college students, my son included and about 6 adults at PDO in SFLindalou - 5-21-2009 at 04:03 AM
In an RV park in Parker Az. setting right on the beautiful Colorado River (Parker dam) waiting for the maddness to begin. We have front row seats.
We'll stay in the MH where it's nice an cool. Way too hot outside for us.burra - 5-21-2009 at 05:46 AM
Leaving for BOLA in 22 hours, 14 minutes....give or take a few seconds.
GEOROCK: We will try to stop by your place one afternoon !
24baja: we are still ON for CERVESA FRIA, right?
EVERYONE: Have a SAFE holiday.
YELLOWTAIL(s): WATCHOUT !!!!
Love Life,
Bill
22' GregorOcean 'la burra'
"FREEDOM" is NOT "free"....thanks VETERANSMartyman - 5-21-2009 at 07:56 AM
Wine tasting and a little surf casting in Sonoma Co CAGeoRock - 5-21-2009 at 07:56 AM
Newbie--Great, come by and let's meet. If you have a radio, I go by the very obvious GeoRock. House is also signed with a screaming GeoRock.
lol. Will make sure to have cold ones icy.Lauriboats - 5-21-2009 at 08:30 AM
We will be in Bahia Asuncion, relaxing and enjoying the views.tripledigitken - 5-21-2009 at 08:38 AM
Enjoying the three days off and staying home. Going out sailing on Sunday off Point Loma with a friend.
Kenmulegemichael - 5-21-2009 at 08:58 AM
On our hands and knees all weekend planting and weeding...but...flying outta here on thursday for three weeks of bliss in mulege...can't wait to get
away from this friggin wet/cold...yeah russ, this is the banana belt alright, if you like your bananas cold and wet.David K - 5-21-2009 at 01:47 PM
Sounds great...
I have started prepping the truck and camping boxes for tomorrow's departure...
Viva Baja everybody!dtbushpilot - 5-21-2009 at 02:54 PM
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Originally posted by David K
Sounds great...
I have started prepping the truck and camping boxes for tomorrow's departure...
Viva Baja everybody!
Have a safe trip DK and don't forget your camera......dtDavid K - 5-21-2009 at 03:06 PM
Thanks dt!
I just charged the battery and cleared the memory card... It still had all the photos taken at the New Year's trip and lost mission discovery! The
multi part trip report (starting with bajalou's last turkey feast) begins here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=36237
After Lou's party, we went to BajaRob's... but first we had to make a quick stop on Shell Island:
Looking forward to getting back out there, tomorrow night!
[Edited on 5-21-2009 by David K]
Gonzaga Bay
Edguero - 5-21-2009 at 05:56 PM
Headed for Punta Final tomorrow morning for a week then to Erendira to watch the 500.BajaGuera - 5-23-2009 at 08:56 AM
Ft. Rosecrans Cemetary on MondayFred - 5-23-2009 at 12:55 PM
In Vegas packing to head South June 1st. No special place, I hope to make it to BA. Being trying for 2 summers now. Somebody once said 3rd time is
the charm. First stop will probable be Sharkey's to have a beer. Watch out for that mustard 79 VW van as it does not travel very fast.Paulina - 5-23-2009 at 07:25 PM
Not physically in Baja, where I belong. Mentally in Baja, perhaps.
I'll be at the barn. I'm thinking about riding Handy over to the Memorial program at the cemetary across the street. There will be a fly by and a gun
salute. It will be good exposure for him, and a good time for me to remember why I have the day off.
Hope everyone has a safe weekend.
P<*)))>{
oh, and I'll be hanging out with my new turkey poults too. bajaguy - 5-23-2009 at 07:52 PM
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Originally posted by BajaGuera
Ft. Rosecrans Cemetary on Monday
If you can, please pay my respects to PO/2 Michael Monsoor,
MOH. I would appreciate it.
Thanks to my father, I enjoy a wonderful life in Ensenada. I will enjoy my holiday friends, food and beverages. I also remember what Memorial Day is
about. SALUD.wilderone - 5-29-2009 at 02:15 PM
San Miguel Island was cold and windy - but thousands of sea lions:
wilderone - 5-29-2009 at 02:21 PM
campground had a nice view:
David K - 5-29-2009 at 03:36 PM
Very Interesting Cindi!capt. mike - 5-30-2009 at 07:15 AM
i always wondered - can you eat sea lions? are they protected? would they taste good?wilderone - 6-1-2009 at 09:13 AM
I think you can eat sea lions - didn't the eskimos eat them? They were harvested nearly to extenction in the late 1800's by the Russians and Chinese
(I think) for their oil, which was used for oil lamps and the industrial revolution, and for their fur. Half the world's population of pinipeds breed
and haul out at San Miguel - some 30,000. I think they're still protected, and I would suspect that some are still killed for food and fur, but there
is no danger to their healthy population. So you see what some human beings can do to replenish a species when other human beings are so ignorant as
to nearly wipe them off the face of the earth. They could be extinct now, but for the efforts of mankind. We can do the same for other species -
like turtles. Learning about some of the other conservation efforts at San MIguel was really interesting. The island fox there was down to only 4
pair. They captured them and bred them for quite a while, and now there are something like 125 on the island. The Park Service removed all the bald
eagles from the island (relocated them to the mainland), because they eat the foxes. There are many species like lizards, voles, bats, snakes,
flightless goose, giant mouse, owl, caracara which existed there at one time, but wiped out by the Chumash occupation over 6,000 years. It's even
speculated that the Chumash was responsible for the extinction of the pygmy mammoth that existed there in some numbers at one time. Human and
mammoths co-existed on the island some 10,000 years ago.shari - 6-1-2009 at 09:36 AM
Seal is delicious but really greasy...dont know about sea lions.
Hey when the heck IS Memorial day??? was it 2 weekends ago or last weekend?David K - 6-1-2009 at 09:58 AM
Shari... see the Trip Reports Forum, as I posted the photos the day after we returned... Memorial Day was Monday, May 25th.
