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'The Mystery of Santa Maria' (Desert Magazine, June 1967)

David K - 10-20-2009 at 10:08 AM






dtbushpilot - 10-20-2009 at 10:35 AM

Great story, thanks DK....dt

David K - 10-20-2009 at 11:02 AM

Desert Magazine was an awesome source of Baja adventure... Choral Pepper had a lot of great Baja articles during the years she ran it, as well.

BAJACAT - 10-21-2009 at 08:42 PM

David thats how I found out about Palomar canyon, I bought a desert magazine on e-bay and inside in had a article about palomar, so on my next trip to GDL canyon i went searching for it...thanks for posting all this.this is what makes people go and explore Baja..

David K - 10-22-2009 at 07:38 AM

EXACTLY!:spingrin::spingrin::spingrin:

David K - 3-2-2013 at 10:23 AM

The side walls of the mission church are nearly gone, as compared to the 1967 magazine photo... but the dry climate has slowed the rate greatly compared to other adobe mission ruins closer to the Pacific coast...

Here are photos from 2010: