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Bob H
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#8... running of the bulls... don't know where.
#9... David K as a little kid next to a big cardon cactus
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rpleger
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San Marcos Island
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
#8... running of the bulls... don't know where.
#9... David K as a little kid next to a big cardon cactus
Bob H |
I will give you #9 Bob... But, you MUST do better with #8!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rpleger
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San Marcos Island |
Nope, no gypsum mine on the island in my photo... but it is in the same body of water as San Marcos! try again...
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arbee
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#8 Running iof the bulls, Tecate.
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BajaWarrior
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Miramar Island on the way to Gonzaga
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
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Miramar Island on the way to Gonzaga |
YES, it has another name... the hint was refering to the OTHER name for that island: EL MUERTO (the dead man).
Thanks Chuck!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arbee
#8 Running iof the bulls, Tecate. |
Yes, the running of the bulls in Tecate... was an annual event, for a couple years... Called the STOMPLANADA... after Spain's POMPLANADA (spelling??)
Thank you for the location to add to Bob's observation of what the photo showed!
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
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Miramar Island on the way to Gonzaga |
YES, it has another name... the hint was refering to the OTHER name for that island: EL MUERTO (the dead man).
Thanks Chuck! |
Hi David,
Chris and i actually drove to Alphonsinas from our Beach House last Wednesday and stayed the night so we were looking directly at all the islands...
Chris said it looked like an alligator from Puertocitis, I could see that...
The crews are still working on the bridges, but have crews as far as Huerfanito.
Daytime temps only 90 degrees, water 82 in Gonzaga. Beer: Cold
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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David K
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Is the road surface improved (smooth) beond the pavement... like re-graded as far as Huerfanito?
Thanks for the report back... This is the coolest June on record... Global cooling, afterall!
PUERTECITOS
ALFONSINA'S
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Is the road surface improved (smooth) beond the pavement... like re-graded as far as Huerfanito?
Thanks for the report back... This is the coolest June on record... Global cooling, afterall!
PUERTECITOS
ALFONSINA'S |
I'm not going to say it's smoother, but re-aligned in many spots, still has grades and is still rough. The contsruction is amazing... Typical gravel
washboard beyond Huerfanito with fair side road. Took us 4 hours in the ole' Toyota from Playa Hermosa but went easy as we had the Rottys with us.
$55 for Alfonsinas, slept like babys, only ones in the hotel that night. Lots of Coyotes in camp, but they were quiet. Our dogs slept in the truck bed
outside our room, they were very good overnight.
[Edited on 6-23-2009 by BajaWarrior]
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Bob H
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Ahhhhhh. bull run in Tecate... I should have known that. Now I remember reading about it.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
Ahhhhhh. bull run in Tecate... I should have known that. Now I remember reading about it.
Bob H |
Hey, the wild man that you are Bob, I would think you would have been one of the runners!!! 
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BajaWarrior
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
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Miramar Island on the way to Gonzaga |
YES, it has another name... the hint was refering to the OTHER name for that island: EL MUERTO (the dead man).
Thanks Chuck! |
David, isn't the more northern Isla Encantada also known as El Muerto and not Isla Miramar? I saw that on google earth today as I was taking a trip to
Punta Final from our beach house.
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaWarrior
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Miramar Island on the way to Gonzaga |
YES, it has another name... the hint was refering to the OTHER name for that island: EL MUERTO (the dead man).
Thanks Chuck! |
David, isn't the more northern Isla Encantada also known as El Muerto and not Isla Miramar? I saw that on google earth today as I was taking a trip to
Punta Final from our beach house. |
As with so many places in Baja, there are several names and maps that make mistakes! The word 'El Muerto' means 'The Dead One' or 'Dead Man' since the
island looks like a man on his back. Here are some maps of the islands:
From north to south, on the 1962 map (with the Almanac/ topo map's names if different):
El Huerfanito, El Muerto (Miramar), Coloradito (Lobos, Salvatierra), El Cholludo (Encantada), La Encantada (San Luis)
1970 Map
1975 Map
AAA Map north to south: El Huerfanito, El Muerto, Lobos, (Encantada/ Salvatierra shown, but not named), San Luis:
Baja Almanac Topo:
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