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Easter week in San Felipe

mcfez - 9-10-2010 at 08:28 AM

1000 reasons why NOT to camp on the malecon!

[Edited on 9-10-2010 by mcfez]

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bkbend - 9-10-2010 at 09:24 AM

It's not really that bad of an experience and something folks should try... once. Will be the source of some good stories later -- after the shock wears off.

David K - 9-10-2010 at 09:32 AM

Just a few miles south of that jungle, you can enjoy this...

E.D.R.Rick - 9-10-2010 at 09:38 AM

hey I know that place thats shell something?

David K - 9-10-2010 at 09:58 AM

Hint... it is surrounded by water at the highest tides. :lol:



We are usually the only people there... as far as one can see!



The sunsets are great!



The tide goes wayyy out!



Exposing treasures...





and critters!





Seriously, you can just drive a few miles out of San Felipe and have a good time... the crowds are avoidable!

DavidK..I'm confused a bit...

mcfez - 9-10-2010 at 01:55 PM

We tried to find this paradise of yours, and not sure if we did find it! Is the turn off out there where opposite of the sulfur mine exit is? Left of the Octagon Houses?

The malecon do offer hot showers and restrooms though...
I think Playa Pescado north of town is a GREAT place. Sandy beaches, shower (cold), water, quad trails......fishing is poor. One can hike over to Crystal Cove which is good for snorkeling. Hardly ever anyone there.....about 5 bucks to pass in.

E.D.R.Rick - 9-10-2010 at 03:50 PM

someone told me its right past marker 27 then look for 2 brick posts about 4 feet high? how bought it David K?

David K - 9-10-2010 at 06:51 PM

McFez and Rick, I have posted directions to Shell Island countless times and will do so again... My reason is that Baja is for anyone who is able to enjoy it... and the harder it is to get someplace, the more it is appreciated!

The access road is just over 3 miles south of Rancho (Laguna) Percebu's road... It is at Km. 26 and yes, there are cinder block columns marking the road.

4WD is best once off Hwy. 5 because of drift sand over the once graded road... It is 2 miles to the beach, but before reaching the beach the mud/salt flats must be crossed, and during full or new moons, the sea level may encroach to this point requiring you to risk driving through sea water or avoid the island until the smaller tides of a quarter moon phase.

The island is 4 miles long with Bahia Santa Maria to the south one mile and Laguna Percebu north, three miles.

David K - 9-10-2010 at 07:03 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
We tried to find this paradise of yours, and not sure if we did find it! Is the turn off out there where opposite of the sulfur mine exit is? Left of the Octagon Houses?


Sulfur Mine exit? Octagon house?

The sulfur mine is easiest to reach by turning west on the original Nuevo Mazatlan road at Km. 32... just north of the new Nuevo Mazatlan road... It is approx. 4.5 miles to the sulfur mine, which is along the old Puertecitos road, mostly north of where the Nuevo Mazatlan road reaches the old Puertecitos road.

Here is a map I drew 28 years ago when they built the new road south of San Felipe... You can see the roads leading to the Sulfur Mine... Km. 31 is the Bahia Santa Maria road crossing and Km. 32 the Nuevo Mazatlan road crossing Hwy. 5. The new Shell Island access was not yet built, so ignore the road (and mileages) to the one shown.

mcfez - 9-10-2010 at 08:29 PM

Yep...got it now! Thanks DavidK
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
McFez and Rick, I have posted directions to Shell Island countless times and will do so again... My reason is that Baja is for anyone who is able to enjoy it... and the harder it is to get someplace, the more it is appreciated!

The access road is just over 3 miles south of Rancho (Laguna) Percebu's road... It is at Km. 26 and yes, there are cinder block columns marking the road.

4WD is best once off Hwy. 5 because of drift sand over the once graded road... It is 2 miles to the beach, but before reaching the beach the mud/salt flats must be crossed, and during full or new moons, the sea level may encroach to this point requiring you to risk driving through sea water or avoid the island until the smaller tides of a quarter moon phase.

The island is 4 miles long with Bahia Santa Maria to the south one mile and Laguna Percebu north, three miles.