David K
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LAS TINAJITAS Rock Art Site
In April, 2001, Neal and Marian Johns waited along the road to Mision San Borja for our arrival... Amo Pescar, my son Chris and I were taking an
exploration trip to see points of interest in that part of Baja. Neal wanted to show us a rock art site identified in Harry Crosby's book ('The Cave
Paintings of Baja California') as 'Las Tinajitas', in the Sierra de San Borja.
It is several miles off the main San Borja road on a lesser used 'Jeep trail' with plenty of overgrown vegetation to add 'Baja pin stripes' to larger
vehicles.
We followed Neal and Marian in their Tacoma to the base of a long cliff filled with small caves...
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As we began to get close to the caves, on foot, we could see markings inside...
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Nearly every cave seemed to have some painting in it... I asked by son (then 12) to go and check out ones that were not so easy for dad and his
friends to see if it was worth the effort!
Chris yelled back, "I found the Medicine Man"... We all climbed closer...
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and closer...
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Chris was great at spotting the caves that were worth climbing up close to!
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From Las Tinajitas we followed Neal and Marian to the line shacks near San Gregorio were we spent the night... The next day it was more great
discoveries in central Baja to come!
[Edited on 7-2-2023 by David K]
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BajaGringo
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Love these photos / posts David. Keep them coming...
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rpleger
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REALLY neat fotos, Thank you very much
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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David K
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Thank you amigos!
Check out the new posts on the General Baja forum: 'Petroglyphs and Pictographs you can drive to' 
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Skipjack Joe
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Well I'll be danged! Even back then, they played tic-tac-toe.
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ELINVESTIG8R
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David keep sending your photos and everything else you do.
I love all the stuff you input in here. Thank you. David
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castaway$
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Very cool photos, looks like something I need to see.
Live Indubiously!
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David K
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Baja is an 'oasis of adventure and discovery'... take the plunge!
If you come to a fork in the road, TAKE IT!
Every dirt road in Baja goes SOMEWHERE... usually somewhere interesting!
There is just SO MUCH BAJA... and so little time! 
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BAJACAT
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Ummm it looks like my picture
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Iflyfish
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Great pics David, thanks.
Iflyfish
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TonyC
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Saw this on my way down to Bahia de Los Angeles last Oct.
[Edited on 3-6-2009 by TonyC]
[Edited on 3-6-2009 by TonyC]
[Edited on 9-28-2025 by BajaNomad]
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David K
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Very cool Tony!
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BajaBlanca
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Tony, that is pretty amazing.
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David K
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I may repost the photos at Las Tinajitas since Photobucket has added their watermark hoping to get more dinero from me! 
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surfhat
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Thank you David for all you contribute here on a daily basis.
Doug has a mammoth job, and needs help managing everything that comes his, and your way.
It does take a village. Those who positively contribute have my eternal respect.
Others, not so much.
Peace, love, and fish tacos.
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David K
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Thank you, that is appreciated!
I got a u2u asking about cave paintings near San Borja. So, I bumped up a couple of related threads for him/her.
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David K
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OK gang, I replaced the photos that were spoiled with the Photobucket watermark.
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David K
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Since my visit to Las Tinajitas (in 2001) with the late Neal Johns and Amo Pescar, the access road has been locked. The family at Mission San Borja
has (or had) a key for tours of it.
The status of the family is a bit of a mystery since the kids are all adults and moved away and the patriarch (José Gerardo) has been jailed, along
with one of his sons, after an incident at the mission with a tourist. His (former) wife and matriarch, Ana Lisia Gaxilola was reported to be back at
the mission home and provided tours... but I am not 100% certain if that was just an exception.
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surfhat
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May a defender of the family please show up asap.
Salt of the Earth has always meant so much to this 50 year plus Baja lover.
I doubt any of our fellow Nomads feel any differently.
Hopefully, we all make our own contributions in our own way when
venturing south of the border.
After over fifty years, that thought has been constant every time.
Any small accommodation we can contribute, can mean much more than one can imagine to the locals.
It is so easy to share our appreciation and costs us so little in the end.
Peace always, with Baja love in mind, after all it costs each of us so little, and fish tacos and much more, keeps me coming back every year, and
always wishing for more Baja time. I suspect all of fellow Nomad souls agree. There is not too much time any of us can spend in Baja. It is a life
extending pursuit and my wish is that all of our Nomads feel the same for all of the days they are given.
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