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smile.gif posted on 5-13-2025 at 02:14 PM
Just got back from Baja


My friend Dave W. and I returned from a great, but fast three day tour to see historic and geologic points of interest.

Here is a list of what we saw. A photo-filled trip report with all the nauseating details a few of you enjoy, will be coming soon to the Trip Reports forum!

Tijuana border, FMM
Splash, for breakfast
Mission El Descanso
Mission San Miguel
Mission Santo Tomás
Mission San Vicente
Albertino barite mine
Mission Santo Domingo
La Lobera
Baja Cactus
Hugo's Tacos Misión
Both Rosario Mission sites
La Bocana beach
Mission San Fernando
'Viking Ship' petroglyph
El Mármol onyx mine
El Volcán cold-water geyser
Las Arrastras and Coco's (new) Corner
The waterhole of San Francisquito
Papa Fernandez Gonzaga Bay
San Judas Onyx Mine
Aniceto's for dinner, km 35
Tecate border... that's all!



[Edited on 5-14-2025 by David K]




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[*] posted on 5-13-2025 at 06:16 PM
Teaser to trip report


El Volcán soda spring short video clip with sound (very cool):
https://vivabaja.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/IMG_8863-1.m...

Rock at San Francisquito (water hole where Junípero Serra slept in 1769, on El Camino Real, near new Coco's Corner/ Las Arrastras)

In 1959:



In 2025:



David K & Dave W at Mission Rosario de Abajo:



Okay, enough teasing... the trip report is coming in the next day or two...




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[*] posted on 5-13-2025 at 07:34 PM


Glad you got back down to do some exploring!
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[*] posted on 5-14-2025 at 07:42 AM


Part 1 (Tijuana-Santo Tomás) is now posted: https://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=101805



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[*] posted on 5-14-2025 at 07:50 AM


Wow - you really packed a lot in - looking forward to the report.
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[*] posted on 5-14-2025 at 07:57 AM


Quote: Originally posted by wilderone  
Wow - you really packed a lot in - looking forward to the report.


Just posted Part 1. Yes, a lot in three days. Actually two, as day 3 was just the drive home from San Felipe South Campos.

You will really enjoy the El Volcán photos. It is very easy to drive and walk to. The mine road drops into Arroyo El Volcán for a bit rather than simply cross it, as before. Easy to drive off the mine road and up the arroyo for a tiny ways before the 1/4 mile walk begins.




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[*] posted on 5-14-2025 at 10:16 AM


The San Francisquito site . . . what a piece of history!
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[*] posted on 5-14-2025 at 12:00 PM


Quote: Originally posted by gueribo  
The San Francisquito site . . . what a piece of history!


Yes, and all it is now (or was then) is a place where the shallow water table was exposed by a depression in the sand. Very much like a 'coyote well'. We were fortunate to have the 1959 Howard Gulick photos to try and dial in that location against the background boulders and hills. Today, the water is exposed a few hundred feet south and perhaps on the east side of the highway bridge, where CaminoRealBaja.com took a photo and you can see a pond on Google Earth (also a couple other spots in the area look like water if not shadows.

It is always fun to be standing and walking on El Camino Real!
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[*] posted on 5-15-2025 at 06:58 PM


Great report so far. Thanks David.
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[*] posted on 5-15-2025 at 08:28 PM


WOW, you pack in the miles for sure. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
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[*] posted on 5-16-2025 at 06:51 AM


Quote: Originally posted by advrider  
WOW, you pack in the miles for sure. Nice work and thanks for sharing.


Thank you!
At my stage in life, I never know when the 'last' trip will be. So, I pack as much as I can into any trip I take! I was sure grateful when Dave W. suggested we go down Mex 1 to see all the sites we could along it before hitting Mex 5 for the sites there (which was my original goal).

Yesterday, I finished Part 3 and this morning, I added a map to it.
Now, on to Part 4... Two more missions, petroglyphs, onyx and a geyser!




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