Xmas 2011 trip

Howdy fellow Nomads,

I put together a little report of my Xmas trip this year. Four of us spent a little over a week in Baja Norte and as always, had a great time...

Pics and more:
http://www.chucksweb.net/Trips/2011/Baja-Dec/Baja-Dec.html

Chuck...

YES!!!!

Excellent!!!

I think the Yubay pictos are above the main tinaja (the one with the fig tree growing by it)... I was there in 2001 in the summer... after the hike from the end of the road, didn't have the energy or desire to climb the boulders to have a look. See Neal John's photos of Yubay: http://vivabaja.com/neal2

Edit: Jack Swords has a photo of them at http://vivabaja.com/swords here it is:



You guys went to some of the best of Baja in my opinion...

Sad to hear that Coco is not expecting to live much longer. I hope you are right in your comment about him.

Ensenada Alcatraz is a very beautiful beach... you got to it from the dry lake road, correct? I tried getting there many years ago, but missed seeing the road from the one going to the fisherman's camp on Bahia Guadalupe/ Remedios.

Thanks again!

[Edited on 2-4-2012 by David K]

Good report, Chuck. I especially got a kick out the two photos book-ending the "Wildlife" photos. Seemed appropriate.

There are myriad things we miss by having sold our place at Pta Bufeo, and one of them is most definitely being a "call-in" spot for friends passing by on the San Felipe-Laguna Chapala route. We really enjoyed the spontaneous visits, plus I think our omelets and tacos are better than Alfonsina's.

You know, Chuck, we have frogs here on the Snake River Plain too.

Allen R

P.S. Camped in the Calamajué Cyn one night we were astounded by the cacophonous symphony of those little creatures. How can so much noise come from such a small reptile? Oh, wait, you play with M80s. You like small object/big noise.

Several months (or weeks) ago, I read a trip report about Alcatraz and it appealed to me Big Time....

My next Baja trip will include a week of riding dirt bike out of BoLA on some single tracks I have yet to do (Window Rock Trail, etc), and I hope to spend several sleeps at Alcatraz.

I have Google Earthed the area to death and see some tracks leading in there.

If I have several companions on bikes, is it a bad idea to hire a local pangero to drop off water and food/camp for us (the concern being in an isolated spot with "public knowledge"....I am Baja experienced and don't tend to feed into the danger factor).

Thanks for insights....

Road to San Borja:




Hmmmmm.....

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Allen, I just applied for a job in ID, so watch out, I might be there sooner than later.

motoged: I think dropping some supplies would be cool. The local fishermen have a very small fish camp on the east side of Ens Alcatraz and there were three guys camped there for several nights while we were there. Lots of smiles and waves, nice folks.