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Semana Santa in San Javier

RaicesVivas - 4-15-2014 at 10:34 AM

EAT, WALK, LEARN, EXPLORE IN SAN JAVIER AND THE RANCHOS THIS WEEK FOR SEMANA SANTA

Ranch Tour, Hike to Canyon Rim for Incredible Views & Human History
Thursday and Friday, 1:30 pm: Lunch at Rancho Segundo Paso and walk up to canyon rim to explore a cave, petroglyphs and the area where missionaries excavated rock for the mission. (Aprox. 3 hours)

Best Pictographs in the Area – Ranch Tour/Hike
Saturday, 9am: Walk to the best preserved rock art area above Rancho Santo Domingo, lunch at the ranch, and the opportunity to explore an abandoned mission era chapel in the afternoon. (Walk to rock art, approx. 1.5 hours, add an additional 1.5 hours after lunch to see the chapel)

San Javier Patio Garden Tour
Sunday, 1pm: Lunch in the garden patio of Rosina in San Javier, learn about traditional use of plants and enjoy the shade of her beautiful patio.

San Javier Interpretative Walks
Wed-Sunday, 10am and 5pm: Walks with local guide through town, the mission, the orchard, and for the more adventurous, incredible views from the hill above town. $50 pesos per person

Tours will begin at the Cultural Center in San Javier. Strong physical condition needed for ranch hikes. Walks through San Javier are more moderate. Make sure to wear good walking shoes and bring at least 2 liters of water per person.
Please reserve a spot at least a day before tour by emailing: mckenzie@livingrootsbaja.org

Check out the Living Roots/Raices Vivas Facebook Page for complete information.

jimcallard - 4-21-2014 at 12:38 PM

Outstanding tour of a ranch and cave paintings! Went with friends, Ernie and Kathy, on Saturday, 19 Apr 2014 up to the cultural center at San Javier where we met McKenzie Campbell who is involved with http://livingrootsbaja.wordpress.com/ . She had hikes on Thursday and Friday above Segundo Paso where there is an amazing view, and interesting petroglyphs, but she thinks the pictographs in Santo Domingo are more impressive. And they were impressive!

We drove about 10 miles down the road (south, out of town) from San Javier to Humberto Verdugo’s ranch. He is a caretaker/guide of some wonderful ancient archeological ruins that include cave paintings a short drive or walk from the ranch. This is a registered site and you must sign in to visit the caves. The rancheros from Santo Domingo are Humberto Verdugo and his wife Raquel. Humberto said that he named the cave, Cueva de la Serpiente because of the snake painting and that the paintings may be 6,000 years old. But there is also a Cueva Serpiente in the Sierra San Francisco that is very famous, so we need to find out the correct name of this cave. Since it is a registered site it should have a name.

There appeared to be pictographs of a whale, snake, fish, octopus, puma and maybe an armadillo.

We had a wonderful lunch (goat stew, freshly made Tortillas, beans, etc., and a nice cup of coffee)that Raquel prepared for us after visiting the cave and before looking at the Franciscan ruins. In the afternoon we got back in the car and drove about 20 minutes further down that road to the south. Off on a road/trail to the north are some ruins that Humberto calls the “RUINAS DE LA PRESENTACION.” Some very interesting structures to include a large cistern like structure. Looked like something I have seen in Turkey or Greece. The road that leads to these ruins is a left turn that is hard to find and that road/trail is very rough but passable in a 4wd vehicle. Humberto said that the old real Camino was nearby, and that these ruins, while not a mission were possibly a school or a way station. Enjoy!

David K - 4-21-2014 at 12:59 PM

Thank you! Do you have photos...? This is outside the area covered in Harry Crosby's Cave Paintings book.

La Presentacion was a visita of Mission San Javier. Some early writers thought it was a separate mission or an early site for San Javier.

Here are some photos of La Presentacion... (from http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions in Part 3, Visitas)

1906:


ca.1953:


1956:


1998:


2009:

jimcallard - 4-21-2014 at 01:05 PM

Man that was quick. Yeah David, I do have photos but still can't seem to download them on the site. I can send them to you in an email if you like. Yeah, I checked the Crosby book and found nothing. The Baja historian who has published a lot on the missions and early Spanish history is David Piñera Ramirez, but probably most of his work is in Spanish. I live in Loreto, so no current access to that book.

David K - 4-21-2014 at 02:52 PM

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Originally posted by jimcallard
Man that was quick. Yeah David, I do have photos but still can't seem to download them on the site. I can send them to you in an email if you like. Yeah, I checked the Crosby book and found nothing. The Baja historian who has published a lot on the missions and early Spanish history is David Piñera Ramirez, but probably most of his work is in Spanish. I live in Loreto, so no current access to that book.


Thanks for your history seeking and sharing!

Yes, please do if you can't get the process figured out yet... The how to post is explained in the first post on the Nomad Photo Gallery forum... I will add it here for your convenience (u2u me for email if you need to):


There are many photo hosting sites, Photobucket.com is one used by many here, it is free for basic membership and very cheap for advanced.

1) Create an album for your trip or subject on Photobucket.

2) Click Upload (top center) to transfer photos from your PC folder to your Photobucket album.

3) Click on the gear symbol on the right corner of the box you see on the screen...





4) Select 800 (full size) or 640 (large size) for Nomad posting...



100x75 is the Avatar size, fyi.

5) Click SAVE!

6) Select photos you want to share on Nomad (or other forums) by pressing the Choose Photos & Videos button (or for the entire folder of photos, click Choose Folder).


Once done with uploading photos, make your post here on Baja Nomad and add photos using the IMG link from the choices of links for each photo in your album. Copy and paste that link in your Nomad thread, double spacing between links. Add a caption to the photo if desired... Click Preview Post to check your post... if okay, click Post Reply.

BajaBlanca - 4-21-2014 at 04:53 PM

I did not realize one could preview the post ... I always post and inevitably go back to edit misspellings or wrong picture LOL

Thanks!

RaicesVivas, glad you posted about the semana santa activities and I am sorry that I did not see it earlier.

Jim, so looking forward to seeing your photos.

David K - 4-21-2014 at 05:31 PM

That's what the preview post button is for... Lot's of times I am in a rush, and just post... only to find typos to fix later! :biggrin:

wilderone - 4-22-2014 at 08:22 AM

Here are a few photos of the Santo Dominigo pictographis and cave. Humberto is the guide.









Raquel shows me an olla her grandfather made

jimcallard - 4-22-2014 at 10:48 AM

David that one map from Crosby is great. Yeah, I understand the process of posting, but like my pics for the La Posa Grande kayak fishing trip, I have not posted 25 times yet and that may be the problem. Jim

David K - 4-22-2014 at 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by jimcallard
David that one map from Crosby is great. Yeah, I understand the process of posting, but like my pics for the La Posa Grande kayak fishing trip, I have not posted 25 times yet and that may be the problem. Jim


There is no 25 post restriction... This post by Ontiveros737 had 51 photos and it was his very first Nomad post: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=73334

jimcallard - 4-22-2014 at 09:09 PM

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David K - 4-23-2014 at 07:31 AM

That's a good start... as you discovered, you want to use the IMG link provided on the Photobucket album. It already contains the tags needed to show the photos here.

On that first attempt, you can click 'Edit' (at that post) and delete it.

If I can assist any further, let me know! Thank you!!

jimcallard - 4-23-2014 at 05:57 PM

Thanks!

David K - 4-23-2014 at 06:07 PM

The pleasure is all mine... Sharing Baja is what Baja Nomad does best and helping Nomads find adventures and sharing their adventures here is always a plus for everyone.