David K
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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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David K
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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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Glad you got back down to do some exploring!
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David K
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Part 1 (Tijuana-Santo Tomás) is now posted: https://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=101805
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Wow - you really packed a lot in - looking forward to the report.
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David K
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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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The San Francisquito site . . . what a piece of history!
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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!
Stay tuned to the trip reports page for more photos and data!
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Great report so far. Thanks David.
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WOW, you pack in the miles for sure. Nice work and thanks for sharing.
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David K
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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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