BajaNomad

Show me the green

ligui - 9-18-2022 at 07:53 AM

Hello everyone ! Was wondering if some of you in Baja could post some pictures of how the desert looks after the big rains.

Thanks. Looking forward to seeing it myself on my trip south in November

AKgringo - 9-18-2022 at 08:21 AM

I am not there yet, but I also will be looking for the green. It was in 2014, almost to the day, when "Odile" came ashore in Baja California. I first discovered the BajaNomad forum searching for reports of storm damage.

That was also the first time I drove the road from Bahia De Los Angeles to Punta San Francisquito, and it was one of my more outstanding trips! There were morning glory's growing in the middle of the road, flowers and grasses sprouting in places I wouldn't expect to see them.

There was some work being done on the road, but much of it was a challenge with detours around washouts, and deep, soft sand across a couple of the arroyo flood plains. In other words, a fun drive!

ligui - 9-20-2022 at 11:58 AM

Really guys not one photo ?

;)

TMW - 9-20-2022 at 12:00 PM

Just wait David K should have a lot of them.

Hook - 9-20-2022 at 03:05 PM

Quote: Originally posted by ligui  
Really guys not one photo ?

;)


Well. there's no political angle to this thread. Waddaya expect?

John Harper - 9-21-2022 at 05:01 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  

I need to see another type of 'green' to be able to take a trip. Inflation has killed what little extra used to be there!


I'll kick in $20 to start a "Send DK to Baja" fund! Who else is in?

John

[Edited on 9-22-2022 by John Harper]

LancairDriver - 9-21-2022 at 11:25 PM

I’m in for $20 also. 👍 Just need to know where to send the cash.

pauldavidmena - 9-22-2022 at 08:12 AM

I'll bite. A friend of ours in Todos Santos posted this photo to Facebook on 9/18.

geraldalexander7 - 9-22-2022 at 05:50 PM

can someone post the photo posting instructions?

Bajazly - 9-22-2022 at 06:48 PM

All green around SF but pics don't show anything. Ocotillos all leafed out, trees very happy and tons of weed growth but no flowers yet. Think they may have blown their wad in the spring and not coming back till next spring.

David K - 9-22-2022 at 06:57 PM

Quote: Originally posted by geraldalexander7  
can someone post the photo posting instructions?

Go to the Nomad photo and video forum. The very first post are the steps to post a high quality image that fits on the Nomad page without stretching. Don't skip any steps!

Here that post is:

To post photos from your Pictures folder on your computer...

Go to www.Postimages.org, make an album if you want to organize your photos to find them easily in the future (by date or by subject). No cost to use Postimages.org.

Change the upload setting from "Do not resize my image" to 640x480 (recommended for forums) or 800x600 (max. on Nomad). You click on the little arrow to see the size choices.

Click "Choose images" and select the photos you want to put on Nomad from your Pictures folder.

Click on the image you want on Nomad and click on "Share" at the top of the screen.

Choose "Hotlinks for forums" (down next to the last one). You can click the little box at the right end of the link and it is now saved on your mouse.

Go to Nomad and paste that link onto the place where you are typing on Nomad. You can put text in below the photo for a caption for your post and if you double space between photo links (for clarity), you can put several photos and captions in a single post on Nomad. You can click "Preview" on Nomad to check and see how it will look before posting to the board.

If you need to fix a post after it is done, click on "Edit" along the edge of your post, and change or delete your post. If you edit more than once, you can delete the previous Edited on tags so only one edit tag will appear after you edit the post.
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[Edited on 9-23-2022 by David K]

4x4abc - 9-22-2022 at 07:36 PM

somewhere out there

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Yes, it is greening up!

AKgringo - 9-22-2022 at 08:21 PM

And not just in Baja! I drove south on US 95 through Nevada and parts of CA and Arizona, but the area south of San Felipe seemed to be the most pronounced change.

I am sorry to report that my co-pilot dropped the ball on recording the greening of Baja! Apparently the touch screen on my phone does not respond to paws and toe nails! :(

John Harper - 9-23-2022 at 06:03 AM

Maybe take a cat next time? Cats seem to be really good at videography.

John

AKgringo - 9-23-2022 at 07:40 AM

With a cat, all I would get would be a bunch of selfies! :no:

[Edited on 9-24-2022 by AKgringo]

RFClark - 9-23-2022 at 07:43 AM

The first flowers south of Sn Felipe are just coming out. Give it a couple weeks. The area south of Todos Santos is doing better. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow. Been busy building this week.

advrider - 9-23-2022 at 08:31 AM















[Edited on 9-23-2022 by advrider]

David K - 9-24-2022 at 08:24 AM

Quote: Originally posted by ligui  
Hello everyone ! Was wondering if some of you in Baja could post some pictures of how the desert looks after the big rains.

Thanks. Looking forward to seeing it myself on my trip south in November


Taken by 'Wilder Grippo', about 30 miles south of San Felipe, from a post last night:

RFClark - 9-24-2022 at 08:56 AM

These flowers are common here at the south end of Baja. They grow up trees and guy wires 20-30 feet.

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It just gets greener as you move south!

AKgringo - 9-24-2022 at 10:19 AM

I am currently sitting in the restaurant at the turn off to Agua Verde (who knew that they had WIFI?)

Not a lot of flowers yet, but it is lush, green everywhere that is not a rock! It makes the rock formations even more impressive.

I will not be here very long, because it is an outdoor dining experience, and this hot, damp air has also spawned a hell of a lot of insectos!

It has been a spectacular drive!

[Edited on 9-24-2022 by AKgringo]

ligui - 9-24-2022 at 02:23 PM

Thanks everyone for the input ! Love seeing the green.

:bounce::bounce:

4x4abc - 9-24-2022 at 02:48 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
I am currently sitting in the restaurant at the turn off to Agua Verde (who knew that they had WIFI?)

damp air has also spawned a hell of a lot of insectos!


there is a gov program that rolls out wifi to many of the remote places
not to replace the 2 meter - but as an addition

seems to be the year of the flies (and the spiders)
never seen so many in Baja
working in the garden earlier I was surrounded with what seemed to be a swarm of bees - nope, they were flies.
Unlike bees they crawl into your nostrils and ears.
Nasty!
Same thing in Todos Santos and Los Cabos
every time you open you car door, they flood in

4x4abc - 9-24-2022 at 03:11 PM

Does Vista al Mar (the restaurant close to Loreto) have wifi?

AKgringo - 9-24-2022 at 06:36 PM

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
I am currently sitting in the restaurant at the turn off to Agua Verde (who knew that they had WIFI?)

damp air has also spawned a hell of a lot of insectos!


there is a gov program that rolls out wifi to many of the remote places
not to replace the 2 meter - but as an addition

seems to be the year of the flies (and the spiders)
never seen so many in Baja
working in the garden earlier I was surrounded with what seemed to be a swarm of bees - nope, they were flies.
Unlike bees they crawl into your nostrils and ears.
Nasty!
Same thing in Todos Santos and Los Cabos
every time you open you car door, they flood in



I feel your pain! Really, I do, I am writing this right down the street from you at Cafe Exquisito!

Baja Sonoran Desert is going off!

Don Jorge - 11-9-2022 at 09:42 PM

It's wow time, again.

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