BajaNomad

Bay of Estaton

mcfez - 12-6-2010 at 03:39 PM

I'm reading something about Bay of Estaton at a website...there is very limited info about this. One picture of it on Google.

Anyone here with information about this place. Pictures? Txs in advance.

Graham - 12-6-2010 at 04:06 PM

You're probably referring to Este Ton - a beautiful sheltered bay on west side of Guardian Angel Island where I spent a month "Marooned" in 2006 while hiking and kayaking the island.

See more pics on my website. Check out Marooned With Very Little Beer.

sanquintinsince73 - 12-6-2010 at 04:23 PM

Wow!! That is a beautiful bay.....vamonos!!!

Wow!

mcfez - 12-6-2010 at 07:48 PM

What great stuff you have Graham! Ten years of reading about Baja...sorry...never came across your books. Read the excerpts on your Web......my sort of thing to read. Am ordering all 3 books this week end.


http://bajadetour.books.officelive.com/PennyfromHeaven.aspx
This story killed me! Man ...you are so solid. I have five of these great little guys currently! BTW....very sorry about Penny. Have been there a few times myself .

Hope to meet you someday.

David K - 12-6-2010 at 10:42 PM

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Originally posted by mcfez
What great stuff you have Graham! Ten years of reading about Baja...sorry...never came across your books. Read the excerpts on your Web......my sort of thing to read. Am ordering all 3 books this week end.


http://bajadetour.books.officelive.com/PennyfromHeaven.aspx
This story killed me! Man ...you are so solid. I have five of these great little guys currently! BTW....very sorry about Penny. Have been there a few times myself .

Hope to meet you someday.


McFez, please read Graham's books in order... specially the first two as you come to know how a red haired Englishman got infected with Baja Fever while taking a 'quick' bus trip down Hwy. 1, nearly 30 years ago and decided to walk around its entire coastline!: 'Into a Desert Place'...

He left England to be next to his new mistress, Baja California for the rest of his life!

The second book came from a walk down the backbone of the peninsula to the first California mission to celebrate the 300th anniversary at Loreto in 1997: 'Journey with a Baja Burro'...

Graham is a great person and do try and see one of his slide (power point) shows... they are great and not to be missed!

See if Graham is doing any in your part of the state or perhaps in San Felipe.

mcfez - 12-6-2010 at 11:19 PM

David...
Thanks for letting me in on that .

Hey...The Baja legends book you recommended for me to read....outstanding info there. Txs 4 that.

David K - 12-6-2010 at 11:29 PM

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Originally posted by mcfez
David...
Thanks for letting me in on that .

Hey...The Baja legends book you recommended for me to read....outstanding info there. Txs 4 that.


Yes, isn't it! The author is a Nomad... 'greg n'. Check out page 134... :cool:

Here is his web site with his other books: http://www.gregniemann.com/

Here is me, Greg and Graham at the 2006 Pyramid Resort Book Signing event:


Graham - 12-7-2010 at 12:44 AM

Thanks mcfez for the kind words about Penny... as you know it was tough letting her go… but wow, what a learning experience about the power of love and bonding.

Hope you enjoy the books.

Here's another shot of Este Ton, with my campsite on the right. A wonderful place if you like solitude... and don't mind poachers from Sonora and drug runners for company.

mcfez - 12-7-2010 at 07:50 AM

Graham ....
I know I'll find out in the books.....

What was it exactly that had you go off to these Baja treks? What "spark" was it?

Though I am not even close to an landman as you have been (and still are most likely)....I got the "spark" instantly for Baja with reading a page or two in the Logs of the Sea of Cortez.

"crawling on our hands and knees on a trail to reach a plateau......". What a rush that was to read. Been exploring Baja for 10 years now. In the future ....we be looking for you on that trail somewhere :-)


Oh..."A wonderful place if you like solitude... and don't mind poachers from Sonora and drug runners for company."....that's sounds like I have been drinking the same cup of tea as you have been :-) Dont bother me a bit. Looking for it in fact!

Regards. deno aka McFez aka yankeeirishman

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wilderone - 12-7-2010 at 10:12 AM

absolutely fabulous photos - captures that Baja Feeling

Graham - 12-7-2010 at 10:59 PM

Sunset in Este Ton



Deno... what led me from my couch potato ways in England to Baja? I guess my books over a total of about 1200 pages try to answer that.

After hitching my way to Cabo San Lucas in 1979, getting rides on boats, and planes as well as cars, I was bowled over by its beauty and had a powerfully good feeling about the place and everyone I met.

And once I’d found paradise and got a taste for adventure I was consumed with the desire to go back… hard to convey that in a few lines, but when I’m alone in Baja my psychic juices flow, my spirituality kicks in… for me it’s essentially a mind expanding revelation, perhaps a religious experience.

Probably something to do with my Scottish and Irish, Celtic roots – discovered I’m a hopeless romantic, more than happy to commune with Mother Nature and escape the kneejerk negativity that pulls us all down and find the good in everything and everybody around me,

That’s why I end up in places like Este Ton. A couple of weeks there without seeing anyone and I’m as happy as I’ll ever be… and even when those mota smoking poachers and drug runners show up, I’m always amazed what courteous and hospitable folks they turn out to be.

Kayaking and exploring that island with no hurry, no schedule, traveling light with nothing but today to worry about was an unforgettable experience… as was walking a burro for 1000 miles, or trekking the long, long coastline of Baja, or spending four months with my two street dogs - Penny and Pedro - in the San Pedro Mártir.

See you down there sometime.

larryC - 12-8-2010 at 08:06 AM

mcfez
Another good book about baja adventure, although older, is "Hoovering over Baja" by Earle Stanley Gardener. A very easy read, and very informative. It is about Gardeners quest to explore Sal Si Puedes canyon which is about 35 miles north of Bahia de los Angeles. The book was written in the early '60s, but to this day the canyon is still only accesible on foot. A good read if your are interested.
Larry

David K - 12-8-2010 at 08:21 AM

Graham... you have done what so many can only dream of doing... GOOD FOR YOU! And, good for us that you have shared your Baja adventures with us!

Thank you!

mcfez - 12-8-2010 at 08:30 AM

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Originally posted by larryC
mcfez
Another good book about baja adventure, although older, is "Hoovering over Baja" by Earle Stanley Gardener. A very easy read, and very informative. It is about Gardeners quest to explore Sal Si Puedes canyon which is about 35 miles north of Bahia de los Angeles. The book was written in the early '60s, but to this day the canyon is still only accesible on foot. A good read if your are interested.
Larry


Oh yeah....this is a good thread! Thanks for that book..will be ordering that too!

Someday I will be ordering "I am Baja Guru Map Master" by DavidK :cool:

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David K - 12-8-2010 at 08:52 AM

Good Grief :rolleyes:

Here's a book you can order now (if you can find on online)::light:

Skipjack Joe - 12-8-2010 at 12:52 PM

The cove "Este Ton" is due east from the north end of Isla Smith. I googled it up last night. It was pretty easy to spot. It's actually pretty small and forms an almost complete circle.

Looks very picturesque in Graham's images.

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Graham - 12-8-2010 at 11:33 PM

Yes, Este Ton is about ten miles East of Smith Island. If you look back at the first photo I posted you can see the volcanic outline of Smith Island, just left of center on the horizon.