David K - 10-16-2019 at 11:48 PM
I have an article about how it was like driving to Cabo in 1966 (when 800 miles were dirt road): https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/driving_...
GregN has an article about Marquis McDonald's book and the 1949-50 Baja Mission expedition in an open Jeep to see all of the mission sites they could
find: https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajafever/unexplore...
The entire newsletter: https://www.bajabound.com/mail/view.php?vc=6b8d9a18b6c7c0b8e...
David K - 10-18-2019 at 07:41 AM
Thank you, Blanca.
I have been getting emails of appreciation for my article to my surprise. It happens only a few times but when it is about a personal experience
rather than just a history story or a road log, more people are motivated to write to me.
My article on Choral Pepper caused many to write, as well. https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/choral_p...
All 72 of my Baja Bound articles are listed and linked here: https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/
I am still considering combing them or the better ones into a book.
David K - 10-26-2019 at 12:23 PM
Thanks, DC, and welcome to Baja Nomad!
You may enjoy my website, as well: www.vivabaja.com and my Baja Missions Group on Facebook (for Baja history and travel to historic sites): https://www.facebook.com/groups/bajamissions/
TMW - 10-27-2019 at 11:37 AM
Excellent read David thanks.
Our camping spot at the end of the day was Agua Dulce. Located just off the main road where a pool of water was down in a gully. This spring is on the
mission road, El Camino Real and has been a major point for survival from ancient times. The Jesuits discovered it in 1766 and Franciscan President
JunÃpero Serra was here on his expedition to San Diego in 1769. In 1973, highway crews needed the water and graded a road from the new highway to
here, destroying some of the natural beauty it had. On my most recent visit in 2017, the area looked regrown and a ranch is now located near the
spring.
Why do you think a mission was not built near Agua Dulce?
David K - 10-27-2019 at 01:54 PM
Not nearly the volume of water needed for agriculture (crops or livestock). They needed running water, a stream for example. San Fernando de Velicatá
was perfect and just a day away. There were a couple of exceptions as Baja is just so sterile for fresh water.
[Edited on 10-27-2019 by David K]
David K - 10-27-2019 at 01:58 PM
Let me add that San Borja has no stream, just a large spring of warm-sulfur water plus seasonal springs of fresh water. That was all they could have
for a mission, three days north of Santa Gertrudis.
TMW - 10-27-2019 at 06:02 PM
Thanks