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David K
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Maps of the island
here's one of mine from 1978 when I first found the way to drive onto the island (previously I would park at the north end of Bahia Santa Maria and
walk across the lagoon entrance onto the island):
The new road to Puertecitos was built in 1982+...
In 6 years pavement had not gotten much past Punta Estrella...
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Ken Cooke
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9 Yrs later - new Bride & built Rubicon!
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David K
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You guys look so happy... I hope you have the life that you both desire!
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who owns that land? a local ejido?
what i'd give for use of a tundra tired cub or champ to drop in and camp.
well in oct maybe...hahaha.
but it would be fun to fly there and land on the beach.
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David K
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The beach is very steep and soft Mike, not at all like the Pacific...
Now, the salt/ mud flats that seperate the island from Baja (when not underwater) are nice and hard... You could land a jet on them!
I know you, and I don't see you landing at a non-airport, however! 
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Ken Cooke
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After Shell Island, Leidys and I are going to head up to the Sierra San Pedro Martir NP.
My question: How safe is it (currently) to travel via Hwy 3 to Hwy 1 via Valle de la Trinidad? I guess, Leidys and I will find out...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
After Shell Island, Leidys and I are going to head up to the Sierra San Pedro Martir NP. My question: How safe is it (currently) to travel via Hwy 3
to Hwy 1 via Valle de la Trinidad? I guess, Leidys and I will find out...
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Ken, I've traveled Hwy 3 to Hwy 1 many times since mid-March, guessing approximately a minimum of 25 times and it's a no brainer and all good. Road
conditions have been great. Stop at El Rancho in VT for taco's and then take the cross over road to the other side, it's a no-brainer in your
Rubicon.
[Edited on 6-20-2010 by Desertbull]
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Desertbull
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
After Shell Island, Leidys and I are going to head up to the Sierra San Pedro Martir NP. My question: How safe is it (currently) to travel via Hwy 3
to Hwy 1 via Valle de la Trinidad? I guess, Leidys and I will find out...
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Ken, I've traveled Hwy 3 to Hwy 1 many times since mid-March, guessing approximately a minimum of 25 times and it's a no brainer and all good. Road
conditions have been great. Stop at El Rancho in VT for taco's and then take the cross over road to the other side, it's a no-brainer in your
Rubicon.
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Tim,
I heard about a dirt bike pre-running the Baja 1000 last year being shot at by a "grower". My Rubicon doesn't put out much noise like dirt bikes do,
but I still wonder since I believe the Rio San Telmo runs south of the Valle de la Trinidad road. We will be careful not to stop and take pictures
until we make it to Hwy 1 and on our way to the Mountains.
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David K
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Good Grief... Ken, you wanted so badly to go to Shell Island, why this change in topics in your own thread you asked my input on?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Good Grief... Ken, you wanted so badly to go to Shell Island, why this change in topics in your own thread you asked my input on?
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 After Shell Island and San Felipe we're going to visit the mountains...
I've heard crazy stuff happening in Valle de la Trinidad...
I'm not going to stop to help strangers along this route and keep my
windows rolled up along the way.
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Ken the biker that was shot was on the north side of hwy 3 up past the Goat trail toward the summit area, no where near the hwy 3 to hwy 1 cross over.
There is often a military check point after you join ther power lines past the meadow area.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Now, the salt/ mud flats that separate the island from Baja (when not underwater) are nice and hard... You could land a jet on them!
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But after a rain it's a little different - Oct 2000
[Edited on 6-21-2010 by bajalou]
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Ken the biker that was shot was on the north side of hwy 3 up past the Goat trail toward the summit area, no where near the hwy 3 to hwy 1 cross over.
There is often a military check point after you join ther power lines past the meadow area. |
I don't know how the "information" was so completely screwed up and posted on-line.
I wasn't too worried, but at least this happened miles north of Valle de la Trinidad.
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David K
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I am sure you will be fine Ken... 
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Are there fishes to catch on the shore, or will I have to stop by San Felipe marina to buy?
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David K
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Surf fishing at the entrance to the lagoons and Bahia Santa Maria was the reason we first traveled south of San Felipe in the 1960's... The prime
eating fish caught from the beach (using bait) is the CORBINA (mouth on bottom) and related CROAKER (yellowfin and spotfin). Casting from shore we
used to catch the famous CORVINA (mouth in front)...
When the population increased, commercial gill netting added, and noise (we were told) the fishing greatly deminished (from the beach).
Nuevo Mazatlan about 1966 (my dad's white Jeep Wagoneer in center)
Before Luis planted the forest of shade trees, there were these tall cabanas we would camp in... Backing the travel trailer in the deep sand wasn't
easy!
Just a mile and a half north of Nuevo Mazatlan was this large open bay, we called 'The Lagoon' as it emptied at low tide. We fished on the south
entrance to the bay on incoming high tides and got all the corbina we wanted (using mussel from San Diego docks for bait). This bay would later be
named 'Bahia Santa Maria' by the Madueña family who claimed the land.
This shrimp boat was washed into the lagoon between Bahia Santa Maria and Shell Island during the hurricane of 1967. Some of the transmission is all
that remains in the mud flats last time I looked.
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Close up of the Corbina, from MexFish.com
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Ken Cooke
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David, I see some big family resimblance between your Mother and your Daughter Sarah...
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David K
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Thanks Ken...
Here is Sarah (almost 20) and I, two days ago (Father's day)...
and Christopher (21) and I...
We had lunch at Filippi's Pizza, then went to Point Loma (Cabrillo Nat'l. Monument). It is where my dad liked to go, as well.
The big news (here) is that Sarah is going to make me a grandfather this year!
My... they grow up fast!
Father's Day... 2 years ago (Balboa Park):
Back about 1992, Nuevo Mazatlan... :
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Congratulation to Sarah and you. Being a grandpa is a lot of fun. Enjoy
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