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[*] posted on 7-3-2014 at 11:02 PM


DK, I have been in Nevada for two weeks and nearly missed this. After due consideration, I think I hate you! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Neal - come up again?




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[*] posted on 7-4-2014 at 09:29 AM


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DK, I have been in Nevada for two weeks and nearly missed this. After due consideration, I think I hate you! :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Neal - come up again?


Oh, want to extort some more secrets out of me, do you? :lol:

Helicopter is great for exploring for lost missions and lost graves! The charge for use in Mexico is $700/ hour. :O:yes: It can hold three passengers, so divided up, that's just $233 an hour! :light:




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[*] posted on 7-4-2014 at 09:47 AM


Looks like you had a great time.



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[*] posted on 7-4-2014 at 11:49 AM
Ensenada to USA via helicopter




Wild horses?





That's Punta Banda on the far left.



San Carlos Hot Springs Canyon







Isla Todos Santos



Ensenada (El Cipres) Airport



Estero Beach

















El Sauzal



Toll Road Repair











Tuna pens





Natural Gas Facility







Baja Mar





La Salina (sand seems to have blocked boat passage?)



We weren't the only ones flying!









Beach camp



La Mision valley



La Fonda?





Only one camper?!







El Descanso mission next to that church.





Cantamar



See helicopter pad behind private bullfighting/ rodeo arena?









We found Jesus...











We leave the coast and follow near the Corredor 2000





Our shadow









Tijuana Olympic Training Facility, next to airport











Brown Field where we land to return to the USA.





El Cajon





YES, it was fun!!!

These were only some of the over 600 photos I took... If anyone would like to see them all, u2u me for a link to the albums (2) for the trip photos.




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[*] posted on 7-4-2014 at 12:01 PM


Excellent DK, thanks
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[*] posted on 7-5-2014 at 04:43 PM


The pleasure was all mine!



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[*] posted on 7-6-2014 at 06:44 AM


Wow, great report! ThX



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[*] posted on 7-6-2014 at 07:22 PM


It was totally my pleasure! I hope I can do more 'hovering over Baja' trip reports, but if not I will appreciate the "once-in-a-lifetime" experience that Cameron Steele offered me!



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[*] posted on 8-5-2014 at 08:48 PM


Fascinating to see areas from the air that I've travelled by motorcycle. I'm longing to return!

Thank you David!
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[*] posted on 8-5-2014 at 09:10 PM


WOW - beautiful! Thank you for sharing those pics. Missions? All I would be thinking about is how many boards I could fit in that thing.
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[*] posted on 8-6-2014 at 08:10 AM


LOL... It is a 4 seat copter and available to rent... $400/ hour in Mexico (only $300 in the U.S.). Great pilot too... Jim McCoy!



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[*] posted on 10-31-2014 at 09:23 AM


Just saw the 'Trail of Missions' TV show listed on CBS Sports schedule: http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/schedule/cbssn
These times are EASTERN, so check your local time for the CBS Sports Network on Direct TV or Cable to set your DVR:
Sun. Nov. 9 @ 7 pm;
Mon. Nov. 10 @ 2 am (possibly Sun. Nov. 9 @ 11 pm Pacific time);
Mon. Nov. 10 @ 10 pm;
Tue. Nov. 11 @ 4 am.
This is the TV special filmed last June that I was flown by helicopter to Baja to spend 3 days with Cameron Steele and his group of Ford Raptor and other truck owners who drove to Cabo San Lucas and visited the old Spanish mission sites in Baja, as described in my recent book: The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California 2nd Edition I have no idea how many seconds they filmed of me will be used, while I described the history at two mission sites for the group of about 50 people on the Trail of Missions tour.




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[*] posted on 10-31-2014 at 10:10 AM


Great post!

Hope you'll provide an internet link when the TV special airs, for those of us without TV. Sounds fascinating.
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[*] posted on 12-13-2018 at 07:00 PM


Quote: Originally posted by g��ribo  
Great post!

Hope you'll provide an internet link when the TV special airs, for those of us without TV. Sounds fascinating.


Yes! https://vimeo.com/111078106 (password is mission or missions)




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