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Mission Santa Maria De Los Angeles/ cave paintings?
Montevideo cave paintings, is the road open? The mission closest to Catavina is the road open? Is it hard to find?
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A locked gate blocks the way to Montevideo. Daggett's may have a key. The gate was installed to stop cattle thrives by the ranch beyond the painted
cliff.
The road to Mission Santa María is for extreme 4x4s. See my trip of last March: www.vivabaja.com/msm2022
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Who or what is Daggett's?
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Oh, sorry... Daggett's is a beach campo with cabins at Bahía de Los Angeles, on the road to La Gringa, north of town.
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Doesn't the caretaker family at San Borja mission take visitors to Montevideo? You can see the pictographs near Catavina/Santa Ines. There is a sign
on the road. A short hike.
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José at San Borja lives alone, his children are grown and gone. His wife (Analisia) left him around 2017. Sadly, he has shown some extreme hostile
interactions and delusions to some groups (and none to others).
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rock art sites around San Borja:
28°55'1.73"N, 113°43'33.76"W
28°46'15.58"N, 113°40'39.39"W
28°39'35.15"N, 113°59'39.21"W
28°48'30.33"N, 113°45'37.87"W
Harald Pietschmann
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"José at San Borja lives alone, his children are grown and gone. His wife (Analisia) left him around 2017. Sadly, he has shown some extreme hostile
interactions and delusions to some groups (and none to others)."
Sad to hear. I hope he's keeping up the property - a lot for one person. I hope his neighbors look after him. He must be getting old too.
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In 2017, at my last visit (Feb), his brother had just arrived (wife already left) to help him build a cantina with satellite TV. This is what José
told me then. Obviously, that dream evaporated.
One of his sons works for INAH out of Mexicali. One of his daughters married the owner of the ranch past the Montevideo painted cliffs. The same ranch
that installed the locked gate to stop cattle theft. Both of José's children (mentioned here) are on Facebook but rarely post. I had reached out to
the daughter to see if people could request to have the gate unlocked.
[Edited on 12-11-2022 by David K]
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I might drop by on my Feb/Mar. trip. I'll bring some photos of his family that I've taken in past years. Maybe he'll let me camp there. Thanks for
the news.
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Quote: Originally posted by wilderone  | | I might drop by on my Feb/Mar. trip. I'll bring some photos of his family that I've taken in past years. Maybe he'll let me camp there. Thanks for
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I am sure he would enjoy that... I think I gave him a copy of the ones I took in July 2003:
Behind the younger daughter, is my Sarah and next to her, Bo's daughter, Andee.
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What about other cave paintings?
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | rock art sites around San Borja:
28°55'1.73"N, 113°43'33.76"W
28°46'15.58"N, 113°40'39.39"W
28°39'35.15"N, 113°59'39.21"W
28°48'30.33"N, 113°45'37.87"W |
Thanks, Harald -- I didn't know about that last one.
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There are painted caves and cliff petroglyphs ALL OVER Baja.
Use the Nomad search engine at the top left of the page to begin viewing posts about them.
In 2009, I made one that is pretty much what you are asking for, I think: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=36856
Some of the images have the Photobucket watermark, but you can viw them on my site, without that www.vivabaja.com
In fact, I may make a page just for rock art sites I have been to... ??
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
There are painted caves and cliff petroglyphs ALL OVER Baja.
may make a page just for rock art
Good idea |
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