| Pages:
1
2 |
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Close up from another map, area above/ near Concepcion... Concepcion is at or near where that center dirt road crosses the arroyo. In this map (unlike
the AAA map) you can see that Concepcion's location is not inside the park.
[Edited on 8-13-2008 by David K]
|
|
|
fdt
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4059
Registered: 9-7-2003
Location: Tijuana, Baja California
Member Is Offline
Mood: Yeah, what if it all goes right
|
|
Congratulations, it's looking great. Hope to go there soon.
Saludos
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
|
|
|
DirkEXC
Junior Nomad
Posts: 64
Registered: 12-14-2006
Location: Sherman Oaks, Ca.
Member Is Offline
|
|
Hello AstroBaja,
I was wondering if you will cater to the offroad people. I am all for responsible use of the trails and I would enjoy a new place to ride to for
dinner, bed and a shower. Thanks Dirk
|
|
|
wilderone
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3824
Registered: 2-9-2004
Member Is Offline
|
|
Do tell - how did you happen to learn about the property and buy (lease?), or what? When do you think you'll be finished with the structure? Do you
work on it all year? Where do you live in the meantime? Very intriguing photos. thanks
|
|
|
baitcast
Super Nomad
Posts: 1785
Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: kingman AZ.
Member Is Offline
Mood: good
|
|
Astro what is the altitude? no light pollution there! how is the viewing?........Looks like the hot set-up.congrats
Rob
|
|
|
astrobaja
Senior Nomad
Posts: 952
Registered: 5-22-2006
Location: near San Pedro Martir Park
Member Is Offline
Mood: beam me up
|
|
Hi all, we've been in San Diego for a couple days sorry not to reply sooner!
Baitcast: our land is 1200 acres, but where I plan on building my observatory (a 30X40 slide off roof type) its around 4850'.
Its about as dark as you can get, a lot depends on dust in the air, water vapor etc, collectively its described as transparency to astronomers. There
is a website used by professionals and amateurs alike it forecasts transpanreny, cloud cover and seeing (how stable the air is). Heres the link to
mine:
http://cleardarksky.com/c/EqlsSObMXkey.html?1
If you click on sky darkness it shows a map of light pollution, it shows a totally black class sky!
come and visit!
Mike
[Edited on 8-14-2008 by astrobaja]
|
|
|
astrobaja
Senior Nomad
Posts: 952
Registered: 5-22-2006
Location: near San Pedro Martir Park
Member Is Offline
Mood: beam me up
|
|
Wilderone: We learned about the place by staying at Meling and talking to David Lang, he was just starting to consider putting the ranch on the market
so we were just plain lucky there!
We bought the property through the formation of a Mexican company.
We're living here as the place is being built, just a little travel trailer is all we need, hope to have the house/observatory/office buiding done by
dec/jan.
|
|
|
astrobaja
Senior Nomad
Posts: 952
Registered: 5-22-2006
Location: near San Pedro Martir Park
Member Is Offline
Mood: beam me up
|
|
Hi Dirk,
We've had a few tours both bike and car come through and have chatted with the tour leaders. We told them we would eventually have a spot with hot
showers and a bunkhouse to crash for the night.
Our main thrust is to cater to amateur astronomers, birders, and people interested in experiencing nature but don't mind the occasion tour coming
through.
We have however told Sal Fish that he will have to find an alternate route (probably through Rancho Coyote) for the Baja 500/1000 its just gonig to
be too much disruption for our road/sanity. But theres lots of other routes for them to use, besides our road is too boring for them now!
|
|
|
astrobaja
Senior Nomad
Posts: 952
Registered: 5-22-2006
Location: near San Pedro Martir Park
Member Is Offline
Mood: beam me up
|
|
David: cool maps! Yes I think our ranch runs very close to the edge of the park roughly in a line with the west ridge. We are working with the federal
gov't to get our property classed as a conservation area. This will get us help with fencing to keep out unwanted cattle, which destroy oak woodlands.
It will be a BIG job but worth it in the end.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Reloaded maps that went missing... done!
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
astrobaja.....any updates on the finished project here?
You got guts!
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Check out his web site http://www.bajadarkskies.com
|
|
|
mcfez
Elite Nomad
Posts: 8678
Registered: 12-2-2009
Location: aka BN yankeeirishman
Member Is Offline
|
|
Oh! Yeah...! I was there last week (web) accidentally. I think he got a great set up. Want to take my young man there someday.
Thanks again DavidK for the continuously Baja data that is very helpful. May the Dripline Gods be good to you 
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Oh! Yeah...! I was there last week (web) accidentally. I think he got a great set up. Want to take my young man there someday.
Thanks again DavidK for the continuously Baja data that is very helpful. May the Dripline Gods be good to you |
Many thanks!!! Yes, let's hope for the gods of Netafim and MP Rotator shine my way!
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
