| Pages:
1
2 |
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64890
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Mother's milk beats trail mix ... any day!!!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64890
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
I made this map after my 2004 trip... It will give you an idea and some details of our route from the Sulfur Mine to El Berrendo Canyon then north and
out of Valle Chico to San Felipe...
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64890
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
At the north end of the 'East Valle Chico' road is this sign, facing San Felipe. In the distance is Diablo Mountain.
We returned to San Felipe to get some gasoline ($6.21 pesos: liter) and a couple gifts at a curio shop, then we're on our way to Mexicali (and home)
by 5:20 pm Monday.
The military checkpoint 31 miles north was searching every car and the border wait at Mexicali (west) was 1 hour 20 minutes beginning at 7:26 pm.
Phone calls home while we were in the line said it had been raining... Dry as a bone in San Felipe, however!
Viva Baja and Happy New Year Everyone!
[Edited on 1-4-2006 by David K]
|
|
|
bajalou
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4459
Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
Member Is Offline
|
|
Another great trip and report David - I remember those plams and groto - thanks for posting. Some scientists were up there - must have gotten out
just before you went there - studing the blue palms. I have thier waypoints and they went quite a way up the canyon and Google shows the palms going
quite a ways.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64890
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
There was one gringo family tent camping near the parking spot/ trail head... Also one truck with BC plates... Lot's of foot prints up to the grotto.
They said it was so windy that morning, they guessed it at 70 mph! It was dead calm at Bahia Santa Maria all the time we were there, including that
very same morning.
|
|
|
bajalou
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4459
Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
Member Is Offline
|
|
Just looking at where a friend and the scientists? went in Berrendo - up the main canyon almost a mile and a half. They up the canyon to the North
(from the camp spot) about 3/4 mile. Will tell you what they had to say when I next see him.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
|
|
Cincodemayo
Senior Nomad
Posts: 725
Registered: 3-7-2005
Location: Pacific NW
Member Is Offline
|
|
David
Those are some awesome pictures...Blues have to be one of my favorite palms and to see them in their native habitat is even so much cooler.
Brahea brandeegei are another Baja native in great stands in the rise above La Paz but for eye appeal the blues take the cake.
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
|
|
|
bajalou
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4459
Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
Member Is Offline
|
|
Berrendo 2004
Here's a shot of the Blue's on one of the side hills from the wide sand wash when entering the canyon.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
|
|
Cincodemayo
Senior Nomad
Posts: 725
Registered: 3-7-2005
Location: Pacific NW
Member Is Offline
|
|
Great contrast Lou...silvery blue against a light rosey rockery. Very cool.
Don\'t get mad...
Get EVEN.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64890
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
I tried to get a nice photo of the blues growing on the canyon side, but the sun didn't cooperate... Thanks Lou for posting yours! This is just before
the end of the road, on the left.
|
|
|
bajalou
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4459
Registered: 3-11-2004
Location: South of the broder
Member Is Offline
|
|
Your memory's still great David, that's where it is.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
|
|
Bob H
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5867
Registered: 8-19-2003
Location: San Diego
Member Is Offline
|
|
Another fantastic trip report David - and outstanding photos! Bob H
|
|
|
Steve in Oro Valley
Nomad
Posts: 105
Registered: 11-14-2002
Location: Near Tucson
Member Is Offline
|
|
Magnificent:
Just got around to reviewing this post...
Awesome.. Wish I could get some of those boulders into my back yard to complement my relatively small blue palms..
Steve in Oro Valley
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64890
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Thanks Steve, Cinco, and other Blue Palm Lovers... El Berrendo is a perfect place to see them!
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
