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David K
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Hi Steve,
Yes, it seems there was no Spring showers as the bog you drive through near the mission was dry (well, just wet dirt and a couple puddles)!
Cirios (boojums) had flowers (like flames on a candle)... May was awesome weather, yes!
The Land Rover has low range... otherwise it wouldn't get in or out of there... The road really is nearly gone. Maybe that's why INAH has not done
what they said they were starting on the mission?
More tonight guys, I am off to work!
(advance sneak bog photo)...
[Edited on 6-14-2007 by David K]
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Neal Johns
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Great pics, David. I never seem to have time to take that many.
My motto:
Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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DianaT
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Looking forward to the next ones!
Thanks
Diane
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Mexitron
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Great pics DK...a botanical question for you: Are all three palm types growing in the mission valley(Washingtonia filifera, W. robusta, and Brahea
armata)? I recall seeing all three as you drive through the ravine in Catavina.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Great pics DK...a botanical question for you: Are all three palm types growing in the mission valley(Washingtonia filifera, W. robusta, and Brahea
armata)? I recall seeing all three as you drive through the ravine in Catavina. |
YES, all three growing together... we discussed the palms using Norm Roberts' book:
If I got it right, the common names being Mexican or Baja California Fan Palm for W. robusta (bare trunk except some dead leaves attached near the
top),
California Fan Palm for W. filifera (dead leaves remain attached the almost the entire trunk),
and of course the exotic Blue Fan Palm for Erythea armata or Brahea armata.
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Mexitron
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Thanks David...that Washingtonia robusta, Mexican Fan Palm, is an enigma--its rarely found in native habitat, especially in Baja, and yet it has now
naturalized all over So. and Central California, probably Arizona too. The darn things are even surviving the Fort Worth winters!
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David K
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Interesting stuff... plants are awesome: they feed us, shade us, add beauty, provide oxygen...
Part 2 is now posted, please go to: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24897
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Wingnut
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Great Pix's David, Thanks.
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Sharksbaja
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Nice Job David! How are your kid-knees?
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sharksbaja
Nice Job David! How are your kid-knees? |
We drive pretty slow on that road... 3-4 hours to go 14 1/2 miles!!! No shaking of the innards!
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CaboRon
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David's Trip Reports
David, Many thanks for the great trip reports ..... how many years have you been exploring Baja ? CaboRon
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David K
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It's my pleasure to share!
First trip was in 1965 to Gonzaga Bay, via San Felipe (I was 8 1/2) in our Jeep Wagoneer... many more followed as my parents and I caught Baja Fever!
I first traveled south without my folks when I was 16, during Spring Break 1974 in my VW Myers Manx dune buggy... Mision San Fernando, El Marmol &
El Volcan, Calamajue, Gonzaga, Nuevo Mazatlan and home... the next year two vehicles wanted to follow along as word got out (via the CB radio in those
days)!
Photo of me at the Calamajue ore mill ruins in 1967 on a trip to L.A. Bay.
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Gadget
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Stickers anyone? Viva Baja sticker from 2003 still in the upper left corner... |
Please not the Locos Mocos sticker in the second panel at btm right in the top right corner of panel.
Thank you
"Mankind will not be judged by their faults, but by the direction of their lives." Leo Giovinetti
See you in Baja
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The peninsular divide, 9.9 miles and 1.5 hours from Santa Ynez... The Sea of Cortez and Gonzaga's Punta Final can be seen... |
David what do you call the peninsular divide,is this spot the half way point in the peninsula?.
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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The 'peninsular divide' is the high elevation line going down the length of the peninsula where water drains to the Pacific on one side of the line or
to the Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez) on the other... Like the Continental Divide where the two choices are Pacific and Atlantic (incl. Gulf of
Mexico)...
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windsurfeddy
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Ah yes, I remember seeing the pics of the oasis at the Santa Ynez rancho...beautiful. The locals said my 4x4 Ford van was too high for the road, we
were alone,so chickened out. Sometime soon, though, I would love to try it with two vehicles though.
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David K
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The road is rough, but if your Ford is tough... you can make it!
2 or more vehicles is wise and posi-traction, Detroit Locker, or some other differential lock on the back axle is probably very important to climb
back up the Widowmaker and the other 4 steep grades! See my Part 2 and Part 6 installments of this trip report for photos of the road...
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BAJACAT
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David so there is no way I can make it to Santa maria with my truck?,Im working on getting lockers for the front I have limited slip dif. in the rear.
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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For easy reference, the other 5 parts of this trip report...
Part 2 (Down the Widowmaker): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24897
Part 3 (The mission): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24898
Part 4 (Oasis camp and bighorns!): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24902
Part 5 (Finding El Camino Real): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24915
Part 6 (Up the Widowmaker): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24966
360 degree moving panorama at the mission: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=25021
[Edited on 6-12-2007 by David K]
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
David so there is no way I can make it to Santa maria with my truck?,Im working on getting lockers for the front I have limited slip dif. in the rear.
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Of course you can try... see the photos and be willing to get some dents in the body undersides...
   
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