jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 03:44 PM
Meet some of the guides
We may be seeing places like this
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 03:47 PM
And driving to
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 03:52 PM
Places like this. Here, we have come to the absolute end of a road. This is where we set up camp and started hiking. No, they don't have any precut
trails! But the guides are pretty good about that.
We may run into
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 03:54 PM
These
Or these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 03:57 PM
We may have to ride on some of these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:02 PM
Or maybe even these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:03 PM
But we'll be seeing plenty of these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:12 PM
And maybe even some of these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:17 PM
Or even these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:26 PM
If we are expeditious
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:32 PM
We will be seeing some of these
And these
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:34 PM
But not wanting to beat a
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:35 PM
I will go out on a fine note
jrbaja - 6-25-2004 at 04:49 PM
We will drive as close to the "points of interest" as we can and hopefully use our vehicles as a base camp and be fortunate enough to make just day
hikes. Ice cream and videos aren't all that bad.
BUT, I don't think that will be the case as I have seen pretty much where the roads end. So, we will be prepared for backpacking and camping in the
wilds, oh my.
When it is decided who is truly interested in going, we will discuss details, form a plan that is acceptable to all, and carry on from there.
And for the "naysayers", it ain't no big thing for the people that actually do this kind of thing and know Baja intimately. These are the kind of
folks I am lookin fer.
Neal Johns - 6-25-2004 at 06:58 PM
I hear that Stick Lizards are out early this year in Baja Sur. I hope this keeps anyone away that does not appreciate your efforts. Details about
Stick Lizards below:
STICK LIZARDS ARE OUT!
The ubiquitous (but secretive) Stick Lizard came out from hibernation early this year no doubt due to El Nino (La Nina?). As older readers know, the
Stick Lizard, first reported to the world by the Calico Print, carries a sharp stick along with it so as to have it handy when the sand gets too hot
to travel over. It then sticks the sharp end of the stick into the sand and climbs to the top of the stick into the cooler air. Researchers differ as
to whether the feet or the tail is the sensitive part. One researcher observed use of the stick only after the tail started smoking.
Several were observed in an undisclosed area by our correspondent, famous Biologist Allain (more beer!) Schooner, author of the seminal work ?Mating
Habits of Albino Pupfish in Hot Tubs? UC Fullerton. Reportedly, they showed no aggression to humans, however a zard of about 15 of them were observed
attacking with their sticks and eating pupfish found in an irrigation canal (a zard is a group of Stick Lizards as in ?a covey of quail?).
Travelers should be wary if any aggressive appearing zard approaches them or their vehicle tires. Historically, several tires and a few people have
been deflated by Stick Lizards.
bajalera - 6-27-2004 at 09:23 AM
Neal, are you sure that paper was published by UC Fullerton? I thought it was UC Fresno. I've never actually seen it, but heard about it from a friend
who accompanied Allain on one of his expeditions and was attacked by a zard and deflated. (Not totally, just in the upper chest, but the enlargement
procedure had been quite expensive so she was very upset.)
Lera
Preparedness in the wilds
jrbaja - 6-27-2004 at 11:28 AM
That's why I always carry a patch kit and bicycle pump in the first aid box. I'd be lost without it!
Yep
jrbaja - 6-27-2004 at 12:03 PM
I've seen the pots they cook em in.
I hear it kinda tastes like seagull
burro bob - 6-27-2004 at 04:16 PM
JR
Could you have annoying person pizza instead of soup?
Why was that the end of the road? It still looks pretty flat.
As long as we don't have to ride the snake or eat the burro I'm still interested
burro bob
Machaca de Gaviota
jrbaja - 6-27-2004 at 04:30 PM
( no offense Gull!) That is the absolute end of the road because of my absolute laziness when it comes to clearing brush for one nights stay.
Enough room for 3 or 4 chairs, a small table and we have found home for the night.
On the other hand though, I have been known to clear some areas for lengthier stays.
I will keep you posted as far as exact dates as soon as I find out. I am making one more trip down to deliver repellants and stuff and make final
arrangements. A lot depends on road conditions as they tend to change yearly during the rainy season.
Do you have a trailer for your burro?
[Edited on 6/27/2004 by jrbaja]
burro bob - 6-27-2004 at 04:49 PM
I've got an 88 short wheel base Toyota 4x4 truck with a locker in the rear and a wooden stock rack. It hauls the burro just fine.
I was just jokeing about bringing him though. He is an unneutered Jack that can only think about two things. Eating is one of them.
He has been had raised and as a pet. The hardest work he has ever done is to stand on the malecon in San Felipe and let people take pictures of him.
If I took him on this trip I would end up with him on my back instead of the other way around.
burro bob
Well Bob
jrbaja - 6-27-2004 at 04:58 PM
at least he's not painted like a zebra!
Neal Johns - 6-27-2004 at 05:35 PM
Lera,
I'm sure about Fullerton. Allain Schooner is the name I gave (without his knowledge) to Prof. Alan Schoeneer (retired) who has kicked around Baja but
did a lot of work on pupfish. For real! He and his sidekick, Allan Romspert (retired Coordinator of the Desert Studies Center, Zzyzx), are fun to
travel with. Romspert named a cactus after me when I drove too fast on one trip while he was lecturing over the CB; "...and we just passed a, uh, blur
topped cactus, Opuntia Nealii Nealii".
GeoRock - 6-29-2004 at 07:13 AM
Can't help but wonder if that is the same Alan Schoeneer that taught for years at Fullerton College and was a zoologist, PhD??? I think that was the
spelling of his name. Was a good friend of mine.
Neal Johns - 6-29-2004 at 04:07 PM
Lera, that's the one! He's a good boy.
Stick Lizards
burro bob - 6-30-2004 at 10:50 AM
Neal, are you really as old as your avatar makes you look?
I had a heck of a time figureing out what you were talking about. It took a long time for your drawing to download.
Here in San Felipe we call them by their Mexican name, Cachoros Palo punto.
These critters are highly trainable and can be taught to opperate small hand tools.
A zard is simply any trained group that works togeather, from two on up.
Incidentaly I have a matched set of cachoro hounds. Togeather they are able to keep any wild lizard rounded up under a bush for at least five minutes.
The first rescearch on these animals was done on a related family of Pacific salamanders. It was in a 1936 book called "War With The Newts"
The author, Karl Capek, was a Chech travel and science fiction writer. He also coined the word "Robot"
The story tells of how a kindly sea captian finds a species of highly trainable salamander. He hauls them all over the Pacific and teaches them to
gather pearls. Perhaps he landed at La Paz once.
Anyway the newts end up taking over the world and humans become their slaves.
"War With The Newts" is a classic work of science fiction and Capek was one of the first science fiction writers to explore the social side of where
technology was takeing us.
burro bob
bajalera - 6-30-2004 at 04:54 PM
Is this a great board or what?
Lera
Neal Johns - 6-30-2004 at 10:26 PM
Burro Bob, I'm 73 and counting!
That's not an avatar, that's a photo!
How old are you, kid?
[Edited on 7-1-2004 by Neal Johns]
burro bob - 7-1-2004 at 09:57 AM
Neal
I am 18 .... in burro years.
burro bob