Jonna in Baja with camera in hand

Our son Josh and his lady Jonna went to Baja over Labor Day weekend... their goal was to have a beach camp on Shell Island, south of San Felipe (Km. 26). Josh's mom and I were not able to go with as originally planned... but they were not swayed as the draw of Baja was too great.

Josh has been with us to Shell Island three times, but this was the first in his Ford Ranger 4WD...

Once on the sand of Shell Island, the Ford dug in... seems the 4WD wasn't engaging... So, there they camped... in the hot September wind. This was Jonna's first Baja trip, and while it didn't all go as planned, she enjoyed the unique tranquility of Shell Island, an unpopulated sand bar that is surrounded by water during the highest tides.

Here are a selection of about 1/3 of Jonna's photograph's from their trip to Baja, the photos tell there own story for the most part captions are not needed. THANKS JONNA for allowing me to share your photos here!:




































Airing back up the tires at Hwy. 5


Punta San Felipe (Punta El Machorro)


San Felipe

Thanks!!!

Here's how you deal with that sand. Actually, Rob explained to them that they needed to dig ramp formations under the wheels; they were still there about 30 minutes later. Might still be there, for all I know.

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Originally posted by bajamigo Here's how you deal with that sand. Actually, Rob explained to them that they needed to dig ramp formations under the wheels; they were still there about 30 minutes later. Might still be there, for all I know.

I call that 'mud'... interesting tire chain/ rope.

You can see Shell Island way back in the distance (sand dunes)... building on top.

These are the salt/ mud flats that surround the island and on occaision get covered during extreme high tides or storm surges... This flat is literally inches above the normal high tide line. viabaja recently posted photos showing the water in this area during a 19 ft. tide.

ViaBaja's photo posted 3/25:




This is how it has been here since the 1960's, with no noticable change in the sea level for the past 50 years+.

So, the sun dries the top, but it is still soft mud below... 4WD is the way to go!



[Edited on 4-3-2011 by David K]

sorry for the innuendo. in the normal world i would have expected to read, "Baja Angel (Josh's mom) and I."

i guess i should be more in tune with your family tree......

Yah, I suppose I sometimes leave out enough details!

Sorry to confuse you... but I did give the Km. marker to where the photos were taken... do you want GPS, as well? (of course I believe in fair trade of info )

VERY NICE photos. I've never been there and now think I will add it on my list, thanks