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astrobaja
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San Quintin beach pebbles-- where?
Hi all,
We're doing a winter project of a rock pathway. We would like do do a greek style mosaic using black and white/tan small beach pebbles. I know KRC
Rock sells San Quintin beach pebbles that come from Baja but where do you go to get them direct? Anybody know?
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durrelllrobert
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you might try the beach 
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sanquintinsince73
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There is a small beach next to "Campo Don Alvaro" in La Chorera. That is where all of these stones are collected.
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astrobaja
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everybodies a comedian on this board! Yeah well I meant pre-sorted and ready to buy......
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| Quote: | Originally posted by astrobaja
everybodies a comedian on this board! Yeah well I meant pre-sorted and ready to buy...... |
Yes, that is what they do there. The Oaxacan women collecting the stones sort them as they collect them.
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astrobaja
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thanks SQsince 73, time for a scouting mission.
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Astro,
I saw lots and lots of them bagged up between Quatro Casas and Shipwrecks as well.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Lots of bags of cobbles north of La Chorera, always seems to be someone working around the stored bags, or guys on the beach. You should be able to
find someone who will sell you pre-sorted cobbles directly.
BTW, we hope to meet you in February. We're driving from Washington to Todos Santos and back, and are trying to arrange time to visit as many small
inns as possible en route. I'll contact you directly re: reservations.
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On the way out to the La Chorera there is a family that raises pigs with quite a few old bags of them on the property.
Unfortunately for anyone who has been out there lately the removal of these stones has added to the erosion of the beach road.
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If you wish to buy them in Baja, they have them by the 50 Kilo bag in Tecate. The road that parallels the border.
I have also seen them on the main road that goes perpendicular to Rosarito.
I don't know where you are looking for them Astro, but if I were to do this on my own, I would wait to catch the baggers in the beach in San Quintin
and pay them $20.00 A BAG before they put them on the flat beds. That's about $16.00 a bag more than they get from the co-op. In the US, the bag is
almost $150.00 U.S.
Hope this helps.
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remember how heavy those bags are...
transportation is going to be the cost
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Hi all,
Thanks for all the input! We had to pick up some hay for our horses in Colonia Guerrero, we asked the fellow if he knew of anybody nearby who had the
stones. So we found Vincente in Camalu right on the the main road. We drove out to the beach where he had loads of sorted 40 lb bags. Mostly black,
yellow, and a few reddish ones in all different sizes.
His price was $6 a bag so we grabbed a few. He ships to Tecate where the price goes up per bag. And they ship to the states to companies like KRC
rock in San Diego where the prices go way up! Nice to get it right from the 2 brothers who do the hard work of gathering and avoid all the re-sellers.
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Ya gadda a helluva deal...Astro!
Good going!
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I hope the popularity of these coloful stones doesn't grow too large. That part of the coastline will end up as a great big hole in the ground.
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i dunno Dennis, there are a bunch of zeros behind whatever number you put on the amount of rocks out there.....
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Woody is correct in his remark, Dennis.
I have been to that beach, and there must be trillions of those rocks for several miles.
On another point, behind those rocks are large dry lagoons that generally fill with seawater at appropriate times.
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The resource needs to be managed I'm thinking. There used to be trillions of fish, sharks, lobster, shrimp, ect. as well. It may take years and years,
or a corporation could get involved , bring in the heavy equipment, and
speed up the process.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
i dunno Dennis, there are a bunch of zeros behind whatever number you put on the amount of rocks out there..... |
Ive watched the beach south of BajaGringos place change for the worse in just my short life time. The beach had a bench of the small coveted black
stones that created a break wall and sand trap that has played a part in the creation and preservation of the dunes protecting the bay.
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They used to mine and sell the beach gravel south of El Rosario... then the feds jumped in and said "NO"... The beach is Federal Zone and no one
person can take it away... (of course with the proper 'permits' and maybe mordita to big government, the rules are changed).
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