On his way home to La Paz, 'bajatripper' (Steve and Zully) returning from the states, stopped by my house and we exchanged photo discs of our most
memorable Memorial Day Weekend adventure to Mision Santa Maria (May 2010).
Here is a selection of his 150+ photos...
PART 1 The desert near Cataviņa and the road as far as the peninsular divide, 9.8 miles from Santa Ynez:
(can you guess where this is?)
L to R: bajatripper, CG, Baja Angel, David K, Kurt G, Neal Johns, Baja Bucko, hbmurphy & Zoom, edm-1 (Art) & Maya. Photo by Zully.
[Edited on 9-17-2010 by David K]David K - 9-16-2010 at 08:51 PM
Going down the Widowmaker!:
This drop off just before the mission is where a couple of us got our back bumper snagged ...
The mission!
Much more coming! Stay tuned!David K - 9-16-2010 at 09:06 PM
At the oasis!
more coming!
Hiking at the mission
David K - 9-16-2010 at 09:27 PM
It is great to see what was up the hill from the mission... Appears to be planting 'boxes' or terraces, that were once filled with soil for planting
of crops... or maybe animal pens?
More coming...
[Edited on 9-17-2010 by David K]David K - 9-16-2010 at 09:42 PM
Before leaving, some of us take the road on past the mission, which drops steeply down to the arroyo. You can see what happened to my bumper, the day
before!
What goes down must come back up!
The caravan home, came to a halt here... a half mile from the mission when Neal Johns' differential exploded internally!
Then through the bog...
I dig bajatripper's shirt (as a former banana hobby grower)!
BajaTripper does some road building, on the Widowmaker!
Last photo...
Thank you 'bajatripper', Steve and Zully!!!
Great pics (again) DK
mcfez - 9-16-2010 at 10:11 PM
You know what these rock formations were for?
[Edited on 9-17-2010 by mcfez]
David K - 9-16-2010 at 10:30 PM
My first thought was planters (terraced gardens), then I thought animal pens... based on the distance from the running water and the need to bring in
soil, I am leaning towards animal pens.Eli - 9-17-2010 at 04:49 AM
Great Pictures, Looks like Y'All had a wonderful adventure.rocmoc - 9-17-2010 at 05:23 AM
Great great pics. Looks like it was a fun & tough adventure. Have to make the trip myself one of these days, you're lucky!
rocmoc n AZ/Baja
[Edited on 9-17-2010 by rocmoc]byaneyelash - 9-17-2010 at 06:44 AM
So I wanna know how you got that truck out with no differential. Towing it up those hills musta been a PITA.David K - 9-17-2010 at 10:11 AM
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Originally posted by byaneyelash
So I wanna know how you got that truck out with no differential. Towing it up those hills musta been a PITA.
Hi there 'eyelash' and welcome to Baja Nomad!
I always post pretty detailed trip reports here soon after we return! Lots of photos, too! This was an epic adventure with 6 vehicles (4 Toyotas, 1
Dodge, 1 Chevy custom motorhome).
Go to the Baja Nomad Baja Trip Reports forum and scroll back to early June...
I will help... There are 4 parts (do to the number of photos)
