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La Lobera and the Drive to Bahia de Los Angeles

Wanderglobe - 4-24-2012 at 11:19 PM

Hiya Nomads,

Well, I'm currently in Bahia de Los Angeles and I may never leave. I drove through from San Quintin yesterday and arrived late afternoon. After checking out a few campsites I settled on Guillermos. They offered me the all important electricidad and WiFi plus a location right on the beach for the grand sum of $6 per night. I can kayak and swim by day and work in the evenings. Beautiful spot and a real deal considering Daggets and Villa Vitta wanted more $$$ for no services.

The drive here was gorgeous. Never a dull moment. I left San Quintin around 9 and started heading south to La Lobera (thanks David). The turn off is around a curve just past KM47 on the road to Rosario.



The road is a bit rough in some parts but is easily passable. It's about 5KM's in and as others have pointed out, just follow the power lines if you're not sure what road to take. There's a building there that farms abalone (sp?). They collected 30 pesos from me to keep the parking lot clean and they gave me a tour of their operation.

There is a large, collapsed cave with a viewing area where you can watch the seals groan, snore, burp and fart.







There are also some beautiful photo opportunities in the area once you get bored of looking at seals sleep. I was able to get some nice video footage here.





After an hour and change I hit the road for Bahia de Los Angeles. High in the desert I passed a small cafe, miles from nowhere, that I just had to stop at.



Abraham, the son of the owner, spoke perfect english and gave me the family history of the place. The decor was wonderful so I had to take some snaps.







Finally it was off on the last leg of the trip through what I think is the Valley of the Cactus. Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that's what the sign said.



I finally made it into Bahia de Los Angeles and was setup just in time for the worst wind storm I've experienced down here yet. Rattled the bus like crazy but I slept well. Off kayaking tomorrow morning but just in the inner bay here.

woody with a view - 4-25-2012 at 12:14 AM

cirios, valley of the cirios. but they are cactus so DK prolly won't mind. how long are you in bahia? we'll be there sun or mon.

Skipjack Joe - 4-25-2012 at 01:16 AM

Beautiful images.

I especially like the van in the doorway image. Beautiful lighting.

DianaT - 4-25-2012 at 09:08 AM

Very nice photos---all of them. I agree with Skipjack, that one of the van in the doorway jumped out at me.

Sure sounds like you are having nothing but a GREAT time.

Wanderglobe - 4-25-2012 at 02:43 PM

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Originally posted by woody with a view
cirios, valley of the cirios. but they are cactus so DK prolly won't mind. how long are you in bahia? we'll be there sun or mon.


Thank you for the correction. I was assuming that was the translation. Either way, it's the valley of uber cool so far as I'm concerned.

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I especially like the van in the doorway image. Beautiful lighting.
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Very nice photos---all of them. I agree with Skipjack, that one of the van in the doorway jumped out at me.


Thanks. I wasn't trying to include the bus but old Dante is a bit of a media hoar and he snuck into the photo anyway. ;)

bajafreaks - 4-25-2012 at 03:33 PM

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Thanks. I wasn't trying to include the bus but old Dante is a bit of a media hoar and he snuck into the photo anyway. ;)


Great pics keep em coming.
Hopefully we'll still be able to hook up in a few weeks.

And yes folks they are refered to as a "bus" not a van :}

CIRIO is a BOOJUM TREE

David K - 4-25-2012 at 04:06 PM

Cirio is the Spanish name of the tree we call the 'BOOJUM' (a mythical desert creature that lives near the sea, from Lewis Carroll's Hunting of the Snark)

From the Internet/ Wikipedia:

Plot summary:

The Bellman supporting the Banker by a finger entwined in his hairAfter crossing the sea guided by the Bellman's map of the Ocean—a blank sheet of paper—the hunting party arrive in a strange land. The Baker recalls that his uncle once warned him that, though catching Snarks is all well and good, you must be careful; for, if your Snark is a Boojum, then you will softly and suddenly vanish away, and never be met with again. With this in mind, they split up to hunt. Along the way, the Butcher and Beaver -previously mutually wary for the Butcher's specialty in preparing beavers- become fast friends, the Barrister falls asleep and dreams of a court trial defended by the Snark, and the Banker loses his sanity after being attacked by a frumious Bandersnatch. At the end, the Baker calls out that he has found a Snark; but when the others arrive he has mysteriously disappeared,[4] 'For the Snark was a Boojum, you see'.


Fouquieria columnaris, the Boojum tree or (Spanish) cirio (syn. Idria columnaris) is a tree in the family Fouquieriaceae, whose other members include the ocotillos. It is nearly endemic to the Baja California Peninsula, with only a small population in the Sierra Bacha of Sonora, Mexico. The plant's English name, Boojum, was given by Godfrey Sykes of the Desert Laboratory in Tucson, Arizona and is taken from Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark".

[Edited on 4-25-2012 by David K]

Wanderglobe - 4-26-2012 at 01:03 AM

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Originally posted by bajafreaks
Thanks. I wasn't trying to include the bus but old Dante is a bit of a media hoar and he snuck into the photo anyway. ;)


Great pics keep em coming.
Hopefully we'll still be able to hook up in a few weeks.

And yes folks they are refered to as a "bus" not a van :}


Be great to hook up at some point. Send me a PM with your itinerary or drop me an email. Cheers,

Scott

David K - 4-26-2012 at 03:13 PM

They are great pics, indeed... but alas, they are not sized to fit the frame of Baja Nomad... see if this helps to get the pixel width to 800 or less wide:

For Nomads who have been posting too big photos on Nomad... Doug has asked (and those with standard 15" monitors appreciate) to limit the pixel width to a max. of 800.

The sizing is done when you upload photos TO Photobucket from your PC. So, if you didn't do that already... and they are at the full size setting, they will stretch the Nomad pages wide (on normal monitors).

How to resize them with Photobucket, on your album page:

1) Click the red button 'UPLOAD' at the top of the Photobucket page.

2) In the Upload box that appears, see (in small blue text): 'Customize your upload options', and click that.

3) Choose a reduced size. 640x480 is nice for most photos. I usually only go to the 800x600 size for maps for max. detail on Nomad.

4) At the bottom, click 'SAVE'! Thats it!!!

Now, until you change that setting, all photos will be uploaded to Photobucket at whatever reduced size you picked!

To post your photos on Nomad, use your mouse and copy the link called 'IMG Code', below the photo you want to show... and paste it onto Nomad where you type in your text... You can post several photos at a time, but I suggest not more than a dozen, and double space between each phot link. Specially if you add some captions under each photo.
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Give it a try and I will be happy to help if needed!