West of Catavina: Coastal route

Nomads,
I am planning some off-road (dirtbike) exploring west of Catavina towards Arroyo la Bocana, Punta/Puerto Canoa, and south through Punta Blanco to Punta Santa Rosalillita...

Any Nomads have experience with that region?

Gracias

First week of February....no room for a surfboard...but will post pics if I survive

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Originally posted by motoged Nomads, I am planning some off-road (dirtbike) exploring west of Catavina towards Arroyo la Bocana, Punta/Puerto Canoa, and south through Punta Blanco to Punta Santa Rosalillita... Any Nomads have experience with that region? Gracias

Drove the coastal route highlighted below in 2007, full web page with photos of the 2007 trip is here: http://vivabaja.com/707




ROAD LOG: THE DISTANT PACIFIC

Road Log 194.7 miles from Hwy. 1 to Hwy.1

The route along the Pacific is a way one can experience a little of what it was like to drive the length of Baja before Highway 1 was constructed between 1967 and 1974 (Dec. '73).

The route shown on the map is almost 200 miles and there are no services or fuel until Santa Rosalillita or beyond at Villa Jesus Maria.

Total (and partial) mileage shown from my Tacoma odometer. AAA map mileages for the same section of road were the same or very close to mine.

0.0 (0.0) Take the signed right turnoff to 'Santa Catarina (32 km)' 46.9 miles from El Rosario's Pemex. The road is between Km. 132 and 133. Just ahead (on Hwy. 1) is the road left to Guayaquil.

This is a good, fast graded road for the first 30 or so miles and it is fun to drive through beautiful cactus gardens.

7.2 (7.2) Road in from left to San Agustin along the old route from El Marmol... where onyx blocks were trucked to the Pacific at Santa Catarina Landing to be shipped north.

19.2 (12.0) pass through tree shaded Rancho Santa Catarina.

21.1 (1.9) Fork, left to Punta Canoas and right for Santa Catarina Landing... we go right. The road climbs to the the top of a ridge and then drops down to the coastal plain. The original road used to haul onyx over can be seen to the north.

36.3 (15.2) Fork, we first take right fork and it goes 3.4 miles to fish camp 'Punta Blu'... dead end, so back to this fork and take left branch.

37.3 (1.0) Road left is the route south... ahead goes 1.0 mile to Santa
Catarina fish camp, on the beach.

38.1 (0.8) Turn left and head away from coast.

47.3 (9.2) Come to the Punta Canoas road which forked at Mile 21.1 above. Turn right.

51.3 (4.0) Road to left... we continued straight.

52.3 (1.0) Road to left... we continued straight.

55.2 (2.9) Junction... Ahead goes 1.1 miles to high, look out/ view point, above Punta Canoas... To continue south, turn left.

58.5 (3.3) Join with road heading south (probably coming from the roads that turned left at Mile 51.3 and 52.3).

62.0 (3.5) Puerto Canoas Fish Camp.
Reset odometer to 0.0 for the next section of the road log.
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0.0 (0.0) Puerto Canoas Fish Camp.
We first travel across the arroyo valley to investigate a modern, large home/ building near the beach... then head east.

1.8 (1.8) Big house facing beach on south side of arroyo. Head east, as no road is seen going south, close to the beach.

The auto club map shows the road we are on and we make camp at Mile 8.0 at the base of a pointy hill... about where the mileage '13.9' is shown on the AAA map.

The Baja Almanac only shows this road as a trail. Our first night camp is to the east of the word 'Mujeres' (an arroyo) on Almanac Map 17.

17.4 (15.6) Pass a pair of graves and come to a cross road at an abandoned ranch. This should be the road from Hwy. 1 near Cataviña going to Faro San Jose. We turn right.

19.6 (2.2) Cross road, fenced entrance. Continue ahead.

21.5 (1.9) Join newer, graded road... continue ahead.

22.6 (1.1) Green school(?), fork to right.

33.1 (10.5) Road in from right, continue ahead.

35.5 (2.4) Fork, go right.

37.4 (1.9) Road to El Mirador to right, continue ahead.

39.6 (2.2) Arroyo San Jose fish camp.

We want to stay near to the coast, and find a poor 'Jeep' road that does just that. After 6 slow miles we near Bahia Corbin and drive out onto the point on the north side of the bay for a lunch break. Finally, a beautiful looking beach... but a fish camp is there, too.

46.0 (6.4) Bahia Corbin, north end camping area on side road, just off coastal road.
Reset trip odometer to 0.0.
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0.0 (0.0) Bahia Corbin. Return short distance to coastal road by fish camp and continue south.

8.8 (8.8) Arroyo La Pintada valley and road to east (to Laguna Chapala?).

10.4 (1.6) A second road going east which I am pretty sure is the unmapped road to Laguna Chapala on Hwy. 1.

16.0 (5.6) Road to coast at Bahia Blanco. We continue south.

The main road swings inland along Arroyo El Sauz, but we see a lesser dirt road cutting across the marsh (was dry) area staying nearer the coast and take it. This is not shown on the AAA map or Almanac.

21.7 (5.7) Meet newly graded roadbed on south side of Arroyo El Sauz. This soon follows the 'poor' road location shown on the Almanac and AAA map.

29.3 (7.6) After lots of silt on the graded roadbed we come to the north-south (now graded) road between Cordonices and Punta Maria. We turn right on the fast road, or better called 'dirt highway'.

34.5 (5.2) Road to right goes to Punta Cono. We continue south.

42.2 (7.7) Bahia Maria beach, near Punta el Diablo

43.0 (0.8) El Cardon ranch.

46.1 (3.1) Road to beach 0.4 mi., just south of Punta Lobos.

We are pooped from so much hard driving and want to make camp, so we go to the beach for a look.

We drive down the beach to find a camp site in the Valle los Ojitos dunes. A sea lion (lobo) is on the shore... photos.
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0.0 (0.0) Beach road (Punta Lobos/ Valle los Ojitos)

6.8 (6.8) Road west to El Marron fish camp (near Punta Prieta/ Punta Negra). Road (or dirt highway here) heads away from the coast around the Sierra San Andres.

17.0 (10.2) Cross Arroyo San Andres

17.2 (0.2) Road west signed to '3 Alejandras' (Puerto San Andres).

21.1 (3.9) Come to PAVED Santa Rosalillita highway, turn right for the coast. (Hwy. 1 is about 8 miles to the left)

22.1 (1.0) FORK, Escalera Nautica Harbor is 1.2 miles to right. Straight ahead goes to:

22.5 (0.4) Santa Rosalillita village on the beach. Gas and supplies available.

Reset trip odometer to 0.0 for the final section of this coastal road log to Hwy. 1 via Punta Rosarito.
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0.0 (0.0) Santa Rosalillita. Take street parallel to the coast south... road soon turns inland and crosses Arroyo Santo Dominguito, eventually returning nearer the beach.

This is a slow, rough road and is only advisable if you seek a wide, sand beach that stretches for miles in both directions.

11.0 (11.0) Road to west to coast at Punta Rosarito.

15.4 (4.4) Road has been following a rocky shore for a few miles and now leaves the coast.

18.1 (2.7) Highway 1 at Km. 63 (63 kilometers south of the Bahia de los Angeles junction).

Nuevo Rosarito is almost 7 miles north and Villa Jesus Maria (Pemex station) is 19.8 miles south.

It's a dirt road... not a secret, private driveway to the Seven Sisters...

The southern half is graded to highway standards (with kilometer posts) from the paved Santa Rosalillita highway north to Punta Cono and beyond... Thanks to the Mexican Government, 2WD sedans can now drive to most of the sacred surf points!

So much for discovery, eh.

no problems here! i just asked to leave some gaps in the report, like DEVEAU did. and also pointed out that a map would be forth coming.... lucky guess on my part, right?

You guys are why I like BN

I will contact some of you by U2U for info....as for this thread, my main questions are:

1) First week of February...what are temp and fog
conditions like?
I am thinking it is cold and foggy in morning and late
afternoon???

2) I am wondering if fishcamps have gas.... I have a 5 gal tank on bike and

3) I do not plan on camping and want to do the route in one day...will not do the northern section closest to El Rosario, but will enter boulder fields 5-8 miles north of Catavina and head towards Arroyo El Bocano and head south from there...

Trip planning is so much fun...

BH,
That is kind of my intention...to see some terrain new to me without disappearing for real....just temporarily removing myself from samsara

I like my adventures to have some modicum of foresight, but expect the unexpected.

"Risk" is the "proximity to danger"....I try to manage it more than eliminate it....so Nomad comments about the area in question are helpful in that management....

A long time ago (June 2006) St. Rosalillita had jug gas at the only abarrotes in town.

For some reason we just loved this picture. I'm not sure why. We even had a nickname for this lady...I can't seem to remember it.




Another bit of advice for fish camps. The one medium of exchange they cant refuse is lingerie. This stuff is not readily available down there and you would be surprised how many lobster you get.

If they have gas, they will trade for it!

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Originally posted by Curt63 A long time ago (June 2006) St. Rosalillita had jug gas at the only abarrotes in town. For some reason we just loved this picture. I'm not sure why. We even had a nickname for this lady...I can't seem to remember it. Another bit of advice for fish camps. The one medium of exchange they cant refuse is lingerie. This stuff is not readily available down there and you would be surprised how many lobster you get. If they have gas, they will trade for it!

is that a jug of octane booster? there is a 10,000 gallon PEMEX tank at the marina now. the ? is, is there any gas in it? or is it for the boats who use the escalera nautica?

edit: BTW, what is a crusty old fisherman gonna do with lingerie?????

and more important, why are you carrying it around with you????

[Edited on 12-2-2009 by woody in ob]

you just don't get it! i understand!!!

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Originally posted by woody in ob is that a jug of octane booster? there is a 10,000 gallon PEMEX tank at the marina now. the ? is, is there any gas in it? or is it for the boats who use the escalera nautica?

Build it and they will come, yes build it and they will come. If there is gas in that tank, I hope it is a strong tank that will protect the gas for a VERY long time

like i said goat, send a u2u once in awhile. hasn't this been beat to death? there is a sensitive area (does it really matter what the subject matter is?) that some folks use regularly. our hero, dk never uses it but is ALWAYS shining the light on his narcissitic (sp?) ego just to push other folks buttons. he knows before he posts his map to those "ugly fish camps" as he called them. send a u2u, defer once in awhile. let someone else take the discussion private. i'm not into censoring dk or anyone. so far my u2u's are 4-0 against, you guessed it, dk.

i'm not trying to claim local guy status. i'm just trying to beat a dead horse. someday, on a single track - Neptune willing!!!!

How do you know what size to get.

Crusoe and Andy get it, Skipjack doesn't... Is being friendly to people you have met, and have not met, really that foreign to some of you?

Anyway, Woody... take your anger out with the guy who wrote this book... becaue it is a guide to all the surf points in your sacred 7 sisters and the rest of Pacific Baja... marketed to SURFERS! 2nd edition, 2002. My road log was for off-roaders and because of the u2us you sent to me when I returned, I made the area less than appealing in my trip report and web page... Because you asked me to be negative about the area, I called thes fish camps ugly, and the area unattractive, etc. I never posted GPS waypoints of any surf spots (if I even knew where they were) yet you make it sound as if I did. I try and be nice and considerate to your issues, and still you act the way you do... Oh well...

Now, if you need the contact details on this guidebook... it is for sale at Discover Baja Travel Club.

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Originally posted by motoged You guys are why I like BN I will contact some of you by U2U for info....as for this thread, my main questions are: 1) First week of February...what are temp and fog conditions like? I am thinking it is cold and foggy in morning and late afternoon??? 2) I am wondering if fishcamps have gas.... I have a 5 gal tank on bike and 3) I do not plan on camping and want to do the route in one day...will not do the northern section closest to El Rosario, but will enter boulder fields 5-8 miles north of Catavina and head towards Arroyo El Bocano and head south from there... Trip planning is so much fun...

Thatsa whatta Ima gonna do

I will spend several days plunking in that area this next trip...as part of this winter's 2-week ride....several days in Bahia Asuncion enjoying that area for the first time, as well...I have done a variety of rides all up and down the peninsula, and am beginning to do the "I always wanted to do that" rides.


I still want info on February fog conditions along that area....cold I can handle (Canadian, eh !!)

I will be taking lots of pics as that is what I do when I explore. I write ride reports and share them...and will try and respect the notion of "special spots" as I tend to not want some of them too public as well (rightly or wrongly).


I was tremendously saddened last week when a friend returned from Baja and told me that one of my favourites, Bahia San Francisquito, has seen the wrecker's ball and all the palapas have been bulldozed and that there isn't any place to stay there any more....

I hope it isn't true, despite his insistence


In the meantime....what about February fog habits????

I will U2U the rest of our little secret society later once I collate the offered info with my Google Earth/Almanac research so far.


I will gas up and ride, try not to crash and get back before running out of gas....the rest will be my adventure.

Go Woody!




David, why must you .......?

Woody, I will be riding from San Felipe with a half dozen guys on a trail from just south of Puertecitos over to around El Marmol and overnight in Catavina. The guys will continue south by serious trail to Gonzaga and then down to a friend's in BoLA, from where they will continue south to San Juanico before they head back up north.

I plan to explore the Catavina area for a few days before I head south to Asuncion for a few days...and maybe hook up with my friends in San Ignacio for the trip north...we may go from San Ignacio up through Santa Marta to El Barril and north that way....

But as any good trip is, there will be many plan transitions

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Originally posted by woody in ob Quote: Originally posted by Curt63 is that a jug of octane booster?

Just a tidbit of a suggestion - for future reference - from someone formerly in the business.... the octane boosters that work the best will be packaged in metal containers, not plastic.

Aromatics, not alcohol.

Many of the petroleum vehicles have the ability to pump the gas out of the tanks if need be. Even if water's gotten into the tank(s), it's heavier than the gasoline and settles on the bottom, and the gas can be pumped off the top.

They would not let it go to waste, as we all know.



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Doug

You nailed it! It's a simple enuff concept. You spend and have spent quality time in a place special to your likes and lifestyle. When Walmart or hoards of people descend upon a place it completely changes it's appeal, that is, for the old timers.

My "secret spot" in SoCal now boasts a Trump golf course. You can understand my angst. I used to pull 20-30 lb bugs off those reefs below there.

DK states it over and over and over "Bad roads = good people....Good roads = bad people.

What is it about his own words that contradict his philosophy or rather the one he continually quotes. That's what I don't get. Does he actually want a place overrun or overdiscovered, overshared???

Has he ever considered that could happen? I mean really, there are plenty of very wealthy people in the world ready willy-nilly to go about spending millions of dollars to define themselves in the form of some ostentatious development in paradise. Hey, they can prove themselves and what better place than...er...ahem.... Baja.

There is a phase: "Too much info" and I think it applies here. Afterall, it's not OUR country to go and divulge ALL it's special places. I'd prefer to leave that to THEM or discover for myself. We don need no steenkeen overzealous gringo trail-frickin, map makin' guide in our neighbors country.

I would resent them doing the same thing here.

[Edited on 12-2-2009 by Sharksbaja]

Chill you guys....I was asking for info on an area of interest....some folks have been incredibly helpful and I appreciate that.

I didn't want a thread hijack roasting anybody....unless I start it

Take it somewhere else....I am on no one's side in particular, but some folks are pooping in my sandbox here.

I don't mind a good bashing, but please stick to my topic or ....else I'll squish you like a bug.

well this thread cured my insomnia

one remark about road logs, I have no use for them. I can't even remember to reset my odometer when I buy gas to figure out mileage. same rig for 6 years and i can only guess at the mileage it gets

plus to use a road log and see my odometer i'd have to switch from my myopia glasses to my presbyopia glasses, wipe the dirt off the instrument cluster, retilt the steering wheel, read the road log and odometer, and think, all while driving. where do i set the beer/coke/coffee/chips/surfstick? and will you please stop this dog from licking my face!

not for me, in my book the people that put them together are, well,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,different strokes for different folks.

fill her up and go. what time is it and where's the sun? oh, that looks like an interesting road, let's see where it goes. and if it's a great break, i've never been there.



[Edited on 12-2-2009 by k-rico]

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja You nailed it! It's a simple enuff concept. You spend and have spent quality time in a place special to your likes and lifestyle. When Walmart or hoards of people descend upon a place it completely changes it's appeal, that is, for the old timers. My "secret spot" in SoCal now boasts a Trump golf course. You can understand my angst. I used to pull 20-30 lb bugs off those reefs below there. DK states it over and over and over "Bad roads = good people....Good roads = bad people. What is it about his own words that contradict his philosophy or rather the one he continually quotes. That's what I don't get. Does he actually want a place overrun or overdiscovered, overshared??? Has he ever considered that could happen? I mean really, there are plenty of very wealthy people in the world ready willy-nilly to go about spending millions of dollars to define themselves in the form of some ostentatious development in paradise. Hey, they can prove themselves and what better place than...er...ahem.... Baja. There is a phase: "Too much info" and I think it applies here. Afterall, it's not OUR country to go and divulge ALL it's special places. I'd prefer to leave that to THEM or discover for myself. We don need no steenkeen overzealous gringo trail-frickin, map makin' guide in our neighbors country. I would resent them doing the same thing here. [Edited on 12-2-2009 by Sharksbaja]

El Tiburon,
No surprise and I am not really choked....just doing my middle-child peace-keeper routine.

Certainly an interesting read....

All the info has really answered the main questions...U2U's (not REALLY a secret cult) have filled in the blanks.

Gracias everyone...

Ok, my biggest was just short of 28lbs. A couple 20ish and many 10-15. Hey my buddy got one even bigger one time but decided to cook it up on the rocks. All the lobster I ever took were by breathhold. No challenge with tanks in our group.

I've got some Ektachrome slides somewhere

Hey Sharks, How about some GPS coordinates on that spot?

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Originally posted by David K Quote: Originally posted by Sharksbaja You nailed it! It's a simple enuff concept. You spend and have spent quality time in a place special to your likes and lifestyle. When Walmart or hoards of people descend upon a place it completely changes it's appeal, that is, for the old timers. My "secret spot" in SoCal now boasts a Trump golf course. You can understand my angst. I used to pull 20-30 lb bugs off those reefs below there. DK states it over and over and over "Bad roads = good people....Good roads = bad people. What is it about his own words that contradict his philosophy or rather the one he continually quotes. That's what I don't get. Does he actually want a place overrun or overdiscovered, overshared??? Has he ever considered that could happen? I mean really, there are plenty of very wealthy people in the world ready willy-nilly to go about spending millions of dollars to define themselves in the form of some ostentatious development in paradise. Hey, they can prove themselves and what better place than...er...ahem.... Baja. There is a phase: "Too much info" and I think it applies here. Afterall, it's not OUR country to go and divulge ALL it's special places. I'd prefer to leave that to THEM or discover for myself. We don need no steenkeen overzealous gringo trail-frickin, map makin' guide in our neighbors country. I would resent them doing the same thing here. [Edited on 12-2-2009 by Sharksbaja] There is no countradiction... Bad Roads=Good People... My road logs are of bad roads FOR good people... ie. Baja Nomads who want to drive bad roads. NOTHING I POST here brings in people... The ROADS and their CARS bring them in. Only a tiny % of readers will go to the places I detail... As I said before, I freely share "my" favorite beach here.. and it is still just as beautiful as always!

Just do it....I'll be watchin' and wave when you fly overhead...

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Originally posted by Sharksbaja Quote: Originally posted by Tomas Tierra Sharks.... 20 to 30 pound bugs????? Come on man.. Ok, my biggest was just short of 28lbs. A couple 20ish and many 10-15. Hey my buddy got one even bigger one time but decided to cook it up on the rocks. All the lobster I ever took were by breathhold. No challenge with tanks in our group. I've got some Ektachrome slides somewhere

You gotta hand it to the guy. What convoluted logic.

It's not the directions. It's the ROADS and CARS.



Why not the MECHANIC who serviced the car? Or the gas ATTENDANT who sold the gas? Or the IMMIGRATION office that stamped the tourist card?

Just when you think you've heard everything. Then comes this. Wow.

Most of the time you do a great job David. Keep it up. Thanx ++C++

Thanks David... I wish I could do more... It is that silly TIME VS. MONEY thing! When I have the money for a Baja expedition, I have limited or no time... NOW, with almost no work, I have lot's of time, but NO money for Baja!!!

Anybody out there in cyber space want to sponsor an adventure guidebook to off road Baja? I am ready and able to start on the project!

If it wasn't for Nomad, and people willing to share with others here... it wouldn't have been answered.

There are people who come here to read and never post...

If there was nothing posted of interest, then Doug's viewership would be in the pits. I want to help Doug keep Nomad on the Internet and having interesting and INFORMATIVE posts is how. Private u2u's and a secret surfer's clique isn't helping Baja Nomad, is it?

As far away as it is from civilization, does it really bother you to see or hear of someone else with a surfboard going there for a day or two, a year? Isn't Baja big enough? Do other Nomad surfers want to ruin it for you? I thought it was a the lack of a good swell or a new harbor construction that ruins it for surfers...

I just don't understand the selfish attitude of "this is mine now that I found it"

Right... I do and have... and despite what others have you believe, I have NEVER promoted or given directions to SURF POINTS/ SURF BEACHES etc.

I am not a surfer, so I have no opinion on where one should surf. I just find it amazing that any of you who go to the 7 Sisters think it is fine for you to go, but nobody else? If you like it so much, how about explaing why you are to be an exception to your own rule? No wave at the 7 Sisters is ever going to look like ones at Huntinton Beach or Encinitas with that number of surfers on it.

I give my trip report about DIRT ROADS... my MAPS that show DIRT ROADS... roads used by anyone with the right vehicle. This post was from a motorcycle rider, not a surfer. Thinking the dirt roads in that area are only used by surfers is silly.

After Woody sent me u2u in 2007 following my trip along THAT coast, I edited my report to make it sound undesireable... calling it cold and foggy, saying the fish camps were 'ugly'!

I could have left the weather or fish camps part off as I originally wrote the report. Now, he bad mouths my report and my use of the word 'ugly fish camps' and it was for him that I called them that. There just is no pleasing some of the Nomads!

Have fun Sunman, where ever you go!

Man the yardarm!

think you are wrongo againo, dk. I surfed scorpion bay in early 1990s and thought it was quiet and uncrowded. today i hear it is overrun with people (i haven't been back since early 90s)

dk: someday 7 sisters will be relatively overrun with people. even today you can visit 7 sisters area and find nasty gringo surfers that will subtly suggest you leave a beach or break.

still, it is nice to find an online source as to roads/conditions, so keep up the road logs, but if you ever start posting about my secret spots, well, i might give you the stink eye too luckily, you stay away from the mountains

So there are 'crowds' there... who never before heard of the 7 Sisters or figured out how to get there without my 2007 trip report... really? I don't think so...

Sunman, my reply wasn't all to you... It was for the 'player haters' on Nomad. I am not sure why they are on an Internet Baja site if they don't want to see or share places to go to in Baja?

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Originally posted by mtgoat666 Quote: Originally posted by David K No wave at the 7 Sisters is ever going to look like ones at Huntinton Beach or Encinitas with that number of surfers on it. think you are wrongo againo, dk. I surfed scorpion bay in early 1990s and thought it was quiet and uncrowded. today i hear it is overrun with people (i haven't been back since early 90s) dk: someday 7 sisters will be relatively overrun with people. even today you can visit 7 sisters area and find nasty gringo surfers that will subtly suggest you leave a beach or break. still, it is nice to find an online source as to roads/conditions, so keep up the road logs, but if you ever start posting about my secret spots, well, i might give you the stink eye too luckily, you stay away from the mountains

Scorpion Bay is not in the 7 Sisters... there is a difference.

Anyway, don't worry about YOUR secret spot... I won't tell!

Yah, it has a lot to do with safety to know where the roads go and how far it is to the other end. Knowledge or Ignorance, which one do you want on your side?

read the aaa map. log the miles. don't ask for hand holding - turn by turn directions. as we all know it ain't that hard to get there.

i think Sunman explained it as good as anyone (SkipJack, Sharks, others) but our hero just can't let it go.

it's pointless folks. d**k**** just needs the lime light.


someday, on a single track! Neptune willing.




[Edited on 12-5-2009 by woody in ob]

David promotes every, well almost every, aspect of tourism in Baja. Not that 90% isn't good, informative and legit. It's the other 10% he just can't help himself from.
Sound familiar Diver?
Still, ya gotta give him credit there as well. Who else do yu know that can take such a lickin' and keep on tickin'?
But out of respect for some the ol' regulars,please stfu. Nuff said.

Or delete it?

I dont mind it. The spots are fickle, winds are horrible, and colder than hell... either you go and try and find it, and get totally skunked, or hey -- you might just like the land and enjoy it. But, its the adventure part that is the best.

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