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Bug
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BajaCat,
After your trip, please let me know the cost and what kind of different trips they have. I would like to know what you think of the trip.
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BAJACAT
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ok i will...truck is ready to go..Im ready to go..
Now if I have time I will like to on the way back to stop and visit Santa Gertrudis mission..does somebody knows the easy way to reach the
mission...alot people use the Arco way..it's sign all the way to the mission...
Dk,,,Need your help om this one...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
ok i will...truck is ready to go..Im ready to go..
Now if I have time I will like to on the way back to stop and visit Santa Gertrudis mission..does somebody knows the easy way to reach the
mission...alot people use the Arco way..it's sign all the way to the mission...
Dk,,,Need your help om this one... |
Hello Jose!
The fastest/ easiest way to Mision Santa Gertudis is to use the Ejido Guillermo Prieto road from Hwy. 1, about 7-8 miles north of Vizcaino... between
Km. 153 and 154.
This is also the 'shortcut' to Bahia de los Angeles, San Rafael, Punta San Francisquito if coming from the south.
Here is a topo map showing the location of EL CAMINO REAL northbound from Santa Gertudis... with the shortcut road drawn in.
Arrows with numbers point to El Camino Real, numbers indicate satellite images of the mission road, posted on Nomad. See http://vivabaja.com/missions4
Just as it shows on the AAA map, you make a sharp left turn from the graded road going due east, to go into the center of the the village of Guillermo
Prieto... and you drive right through town heading straight north...
At the state border is a fence with a sign indicating the change from Mountain Time to Pacific Time (at least there was in Dec. 2001). Soon, you come
to a big cross road... Turn right for the mission, left for El Arco, and straight ahead for L.A. Bay.
USING GPS: Set your GPS map datum to NAD27 Mexico before entering... then you can go back to the factory setting of WGS84... which is what Google
Earth uses.
GPS data (set unit to Map Datum 'NAD27 Mexico'):
North to south:
L.A. Bay South to Hwy. 1...
Diaz' at L.A. Bay: 28°56.76'/ 113°33.51'
Camp Gecko: 28°54.04'/ 113°31.69'
Las Flores: 28°49.08'/ 113°31.73'
Jcn. Old Rd. (north end): 28°40.72'/ 113°25.41'
Bahia Las Animas Rd. (N): 28°40.52'/ 113°21.72', (Las Animas: 28°48.57'/ 113°21.34')
Bahia San Rafael Jcn: 28°34.78'/ 113°07.41'
Jcn. Old Rd. (south end): 28°26.05'/ 113°10.41'
Jcn. Old El Arco Rd. (go east): 28°20.77'/ 113°01.82'
Jcn. New Rds. (east to S. Francisquito, south to El Barril or Hwy.1): 28°21.08'/ 113°00.33'
Jcn. at El Progreso (south to El Barril, west to Hwy.1): 28°20.58'/ 113°00.33'
Top of Cuesta de la Ley: 28°17.71'/ 113°06.14'
Fork, ahead/west for El Arco, turn left/south for new road to Hwy.1: 28°10.42'/ 113°13.08'
Crossroad, south to state border and Hwy.1, east to Mision Sta. Gertrudis (& next 3 waypoints): 28°01.45'/ 113°14.45'
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Rancho Miraflores: 28°01.45'/ 113°13.76'
Rancho Guadalupe: 28°02.36'/ 113°09.33'
Mision Santa Gertrudis: 28°03.05'/ 113°05.05'
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State Border, Mountain Time Zone: 28°00.00'/ 113°16.16'
Guillermo Prieto: 27°50.62'/ 113°17.84'
'T' Jcn., turn west: 27°49.97'/ 113°17.94'
Hwy. 1 Jcn. (south-east to Vizcaino): 27°43.41'/ 113°27.23'
[Edited on 3-7-2012 by David K]
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BAJACAT
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thanks. DK..thats look like short cut...save me some time...
to see more things..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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BAJACAT
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Ok this is what I have so far, I have contact them by e-mail..
for a 3 day tour, visiting 5 caves
LA PINTADA
LA SOLEDAD
LAS FLECHAS
BOCA DE SAN JULIO
LOS MUSICOS
6 OF US, SO 6 MULES 2 GUIDES AND THEIR MULES( i GUESS I HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIRS TOO).
5 BURROS TO CARRIE THE GEAR, PERMITS(INAH), AND CAMERA..PERMIT.
YOU ARE LOOKING AT $7,500 PESOS MORE OR LESS THAT IN USA MONEY AT 12 PESOS PER DOLLAR RATIO COMES TO $625 DOLLARS..
iM ready to go,,truck as brand new DUELER A/T REVO 2, LT BY BRIDGESTONE.new upper control arms(the price you have to pay for using big tires)..
gear is ready to be pack in..
see you in BAJA
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David K
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A 3 day tour for $108.34 per person sounds great... Looking forward to your trip report and photos!
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
A 3 day tour for $108.34 per person sounds great... Looking forward to your trip report and photos! |
YES
David my family is all work up over this trip, specially the mule ride...
Im buying a new SD card for my camera, so I don't have any issues..like the old one..
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BAJACAT
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5 more days and of to Baja...from San Francisco de la Sierra Im hitting Mulege, any nomads will be around Mulege on this days march 28-30.. I will buy
you a beer,,maybe some penuts...
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Bug
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Bajacat, I am leaving this tuesday from San Felipe to San Francisco. We will be riding our mules on Wed 21st of March..
I tried to call San Francisco to let them know that I am coming.. Wish I could speak Spanish...
Did they say you needed to bring your own water and food... Since I don't speak spanish. did not get all the details. What things did they say to
bring for the trip.. You can email if you wish..cblair7639@aol.com...
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Phil C
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Looks like they got some much needed rain down there, it should be nice. Yes you need to bring your own water, food and cooking equipment,enough for
your guides too. Take plenty, you can allways load up another burro.
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Bug
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Thank you Phil...I can use all the help I can..
When I called yesterday, there was some one guy who had just returning from a 7 day trip there. He said there was water in the streams there. But I am
planning to bring water. The guy said if you sleep on the top of the mountains it's cold, but if you sleep down in the canyons it is much warmer.
The guy also mention about the cost, he said he paid almost Two thousand dollars for 2 or 3 people for this trip. And he said he wish he when he could
of came up there and made his own arrangements there, for the prices is much, much cheaper.
Thanks for the help phil once again..
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sd
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Hi Jose!
Wishing you and your family a fantastic trip. Sounds like so much fun, I look forward to hearing about your trip.
Scot
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by sd
Hi Jose!
Wishing you and your family a fantastic trip. Sounds like so much fun, I look forward to hearing about your trip.
Scot |
THANK you Scot, say hi to your dauther..
and yes we will have a good trip..
PS.Bug, do you want me to call Ramon or yadira to let them know your coming on the 21th..
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BAJACAT
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Bug, for 6 people on a 3 day trip, I was given an estimate of $625 +/-
and yes bring your own food and water, unless you want to drink from the arroyo..you also pay for the guides mule...and must supply their meals..I
will have 2 guides it's one guide per 3 people..I will arrive on the 24th ,you will still be there in SF de La Sierra...?
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Bug
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Bajacat,
Yep.. I should still be there on the 24th. I hoping to return back to San Felipe Sunday or Monday..
I will look for you at the ranch house or down in the mountains on your mule.
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BAJACAT
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sweet, I get to meet another nomad in Baja, look for the big red RAM truck,, that would be me...or look for the mexican(yes people im mexican) wearing a Gonzaga cap, that also would be me...
[Edited on 3-19-2012 by BAJACAT]
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Bug
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Look for my green 1993 jeep, with the kayak racks on the roof of it..
You will see that this is my desert jeep, for it has the best pen striping on it..
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BAJACAT
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ok will do,so do you want me to call SF de La Sierra for you to tell them you will be there on the 21th..
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Bug
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Baja Cat,
That would be wonderful if you would call them for me.
Will arrive this tuesday and spend the night in one of the rooms on there bunk beds.
Would like to leave on our mule ride Wed morning, we would like to go out for 3 or 4 nights. We can talk to them about that tuesday.
There will be two people only.
Please let them know we were the ones who called Saturday, trying to speak our little of spanish to them.
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BajaBlanca
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wow !! jose, I never saw this posting or I could have called for you too ...and not only that, I so want to go and visit the paintings too ....
regarding the cueva del raton - we love it - from our house it is a day trip. the drive up is gorgeous. the cave is within 5 min walking once you get
out of the car. it is small but it is really beautiful. we took a picnic basket with food and sat on a mountain looking at the sea of cortez
faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar in the distance. bee you tee fool.
the cholla jump on you as you walk to the view of sea of cortez - that was my first experience with them and they really do seem to jump
have a wonderful trip amigos !!!
[Edited on 3-19-2012 by BajaBlanca]
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