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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Now, with your mention of the Ignacio Spring B&B, here's a thought. First night El Rosario. second night San Ignacio. See the whales from there.
You could arrange transportation or drive it. It is quite a bit longer drive than the drive to the ejido at Scammons. There are several outfits at the
lagoon that will take you out. Leave early for the lagoon and you'll easily be able to make it to Loreto the same day. |
Actually, if you drive to Laguna San Ignacio, and are headed south of Constitucion - especially if you're driving a 4Runner - Just keep heading south
through San Juanico, La Purisima, and Ciudad Insurgentes. Much faster time-wise going south. I left Laguna San Ignacio sometime around noon, stopped
and chatted with an amigo at a fish camp along the way, cruised San Juanico a little bit, and got to Constitucion by about 6pm or so. If I had
hurried, I might've even been to La Paz by then.
Just puttin' it out there is all....
...you miss the opportunity of seeing Santa Rosalia, Mulege, Bahia Concepcion and Loreto if you do this however.
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Bajahowodd
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Waiting for a post from the Sea of Cortez side...
Seriously, the drive from Santa Rosalia to and through Loreto is something I wouldn't want you to miss. soon you'll be living down there, so the
question will be how often you will actually make the drive from Pescadero to the border.
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Some general suggestions and remarks:
1. It takes 2 people taking turns driving to drive nonstop from bay area to el rosario. The non driver should be sleeping on his 'off' time.
2. The drive from the border to el rosario is about 7 hours.
3. There's no way to leave the bay area on the 12th make it to t.s. by the 15th and enjoy a day of whale watching and drive only during daylight
hours.
4. Your second plan seems better than the first.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Highway 1 to the ejido is about 15 miles. San Ignacio to lagoon about 40. The panga trips usually run two hours. Lopez Mateo is likewise about 30
miles, but it's paved. None of road to the ejido is, and probably 3/4 of the San Ignacio road is not paved. So it will greatly affect time spent. But,
at that time of year, Mag Bay has less odds of a close up encounter.
One other thing-about gas. If you recall when they finished I-5 from Bakersfield to Tracy, opportunities to fill up were few and far between. Today,
it's quite different. Except for the two stretches I mentioned in my last post, you just might be amazed at the surfeit of pemex stations. Pemex
started franchising some years back. The result is that in some areas, San Quintin comes to mind, a Pemex station and a convenience store seems to be
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Bajahowodd - Had to look in the dictionary to find out what surfeit meant...nice to know pemex stations are plentiful or per your terminology
'excessive'. Thanks for info re miles on paved vs not paved roads to various places.
I'm looking at my baja maps and looking at the miles to get from one place to another. So my big decision than is whether to gun it for GN after
crossing border or settling in at BajaCactus in El Rosario after driving all night. So maybe a decision maker would be what is the better place to
watch whales this time of year Scammons or San Ignacio?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Some general suggestions and remarks:
1. It takes 2 people taking turns driving to drive nonstop from bay area to el rosario. The non driver should be sleeping on his 'off' time.
2. The drive from the border to el rosario is about 7 hours.
3. There's no way to leave the bay area on the 12th make it to t.s. by the 15th and enjoy a day of whale watching and drive only during daylight
hours.
4. Your second plan seems better than the first. |
Skipjack - I'm just now figuring that out. I do not want to rush to GN after driving all night...plus we would end up driving at night and I
definitely do not want to do that.
So BajaCactus hotel it is for first night.
Your #3 above is muy importante in ensuring we have a nice trip vs. a miserable trip. So it looks like we will spend 3 nights in baja. I do not want
to miss the whale watching as I think it would be quite memorable for my son and us as well.
So suggestions on nights 2 and 3? San Ignacio B&B then La Mision Hotel in Loreto? or Mulege? I'm open to suggestions.
I wish mi esposo didn't have such a time crunch so we could spend more time seeing more of the sights and towns.
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I've been going yearly for a long time. don't just take my word for it, you can read up on it. Basically, there are more whales in Scammons (Ojo de
Liebre). But the claim that the San Ignacio whales are friendlier, while seeming kooky, does seems to be real. We've petted whales at Scammons some
years, but not every year. My first trip to San Ignacio, we out for about an hour and didn't come close. But the pangueros there communicate and
share. All of a sudden we had a big mama and her calf. Spent probably with the calf just rolling around and under the boat. The critter seemed to
enjoy being petted. The pangueros even name the calves. This guy was called Kobe. Shame of it is so many of these little guys fall prey to killer.
whales on their first journey to Alaska. But that's nature.
Unfortunately, my schedule does not allow long stretch in Baja in the winter, so I'm typically looking at a three or four day weekend. Doing Guerreo
Negro makes sense for me timewise. However, if the road from town to the lagoon is finished being paved, that would knock around 90 minutes off the
roundtrip and make it easier for me. And I always enjoy Rice and Beans in San Ignacio.
[Edited on 1-6-2009 by Bajahowodd]
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