| Pages:
1
2 |
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalou
Well, the good news first - I found my camera and the pictures are there.
Bad news (for some) - I'm heading out of San Felipe before I try to upload pictures at 100k upload speed.
So when I get to my other place - I'll share some of the secrets. |
Looking forward to them Lou! Have a safe drive back to the summer home... Say hi to Teina!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
DK when you got up close to the rock formations did they look altered in any way. Over time, a long time, wind, rain and sun can change things. I'm
guessing you were below me and to the north. From the hill I could not see where it came out to the El Volcan arroyo.
When or if Elbeau comes out in the fall Jose and Vern should take him to the water pools. |
Not any man-made activity... all God's work... it was great!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by elbeau
Thank you DK. I have to admit, the site does look a little different in your photos than it does in my drawing
I'm working on the mother of all google earth files to document all this. In the very least you guys have documented this area better than anyone else
ever has and I want to make that a resource for others.
TW, I'm going to make it out there, probably this fall. Jesuit gold or not, that's a beautiful arroyo! |
If you can Google to provide higher definition images over that part of Baja, perhaps you will find it... and we are ready to go back again (and
again)!
I have been asked by one of our Dirty 8 members to initiate the next adventure... a new search with excellent clues and a site that has been seen my
modern man (then not again that we are aware of)!
I want to finish up our trip report of last weekend first, then we will get the ball rolling on the next High Adventure In Baja!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Nice adventure Dk, Lou, et al! Getting there is most of the fun anyway...hope I can join you in another lost mission trip. By the way---the treasure
is buried up on Matomi peak---we packed it out in 1994 and gave it to charity. Just thought you should know. |
I figured you did! 
See Mexitron and his gang of treasure hunters on Matomi Mountain: http://vivabaja.com/mexitron
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
In case you go, and forget your GPS... X marks the spot!
|
|
|
BAJACAT
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 2902
Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
Member Is Offline
|
|
I will not do a trip report, there is no way I can match what you guys have publish already.It was a pleasure to be part of the 8, deep in our souls
we Khew that we would not find anything, but like Phill said "LIKE WE NEED AND EXCUSE TO GO TO BAJA".
We do not find a treassure or old ruins or the infamous jesuit gold, but we did find other riches.The stories told over camp fire will be treassure as
if were gold, we had people from all walks of life..We had a Cheef,people in the comunications bussines,heavy equipment operator(my self),and
arquitech and so on...
afther walking shoulder by shoulder for almost 10 miles , I came to a conclution.
All that you need to put a great group of people is give them hope and some ilussion and they will follow you anywhere...
It was not about the adventure it was more about guys bonding together sharing the same love for the land..
When I talk to Bill (Tom's brother) or when I would listen to his stories about his service years abroad..it felt like I Knew the guy, that kind of
felling I felt with the others nomads.
I will do another trip with this guys with out even thinking about it,
If you ask me if i was bum about not finding the mission, I will have to say that I will not change anything that we experince in this trip... thanks
all the nomads that make this a reality.
My hat comes off to Lou, he hike all those miles with us younger guys and his spirit never broke or neither i saw any signs of quiting, what a great
guy he dind't have to prove anything but he did..
DK, your knowledge over the Peninsula of Baja California,is invaluable i should be ashame of not knowing even a third of what you know even do I was
raise in this beautifull state...
I will not mention any names cause i dont want to miss anyone..but thanks for the great memories everyone..untill the next adventure maybe the search
for DIAZ GRAVE...
As soon as i can get my SD memory card to work I will post some pix...
Vern, thanks for Lunch at San Vicente and also for walking a fer more bends with me.
DK thanks for lunch at El Rosario,tacos La Mission it's on my list of places to eat...
To finish this, DK mention that I left something to the mountain..
When we reach the mission site and realized that nothing was there we start climbing a little bit more, I was ahead of the guys so i went and climb
one of the small peaks i was above all the guys I can see Vern walking up the wash but he can not see me..
In the movie BajaCalifornia El Limite del tiempo, Damian climbs a mountain and his guide(and Arce) tells him, "YOU DONT CLIMB A MOUNTAIN FOR NO
REASON, IF YOU DO YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SOMETHING TO THE MOUNTAIN OR THE MOUNTAIN WILL TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU", so a left my sunglasses on a top of a
rock...
UNTILL NEXT TIME, IT WAS A BLAST AND ALSO A PLEASSURE TO EXPLORE WITH YOU GUYS...
[Edited on 5-7-2011 by BAJACAT]
[Edited on 5-7-2011 by BAJACAT]
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Leaving the Lost Mission
Well, it was time to head back... so-I-thought!
Vern and I were the last out of Arroyo Santa Isabel, and climbed down the waterfall into Arroyo El Volcan.
Vern and José needed more adventure... so they headed further down the big arroyo (see El Vergel's thread with photos of what they saw!: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=52725 )
A look towards the corral area, up there.
I head back towds camp with dtbushpilot and XRPhlang... we soon find the three others who scouted the corral area (bajalou, TW and Bill).
[Edited on 5-7-2011 by David K]
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Thanks José, it was indeed a blast and I look forward to traveling with you along again! Thank you for the help in ordering the borrego tacos in San
Vicente and specially for the cup of consommé (borrego broth)!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
The final photos of the return to camp from Santa Isabel.
It was 4 miles from Santa Isabel back to our camp, I walked with David and Phil for about a half mile after we left the three Corral explorers (TW,
Bill, Lou)... and decided to wait and see if any of the 5 were going to get a move on...
Tired of waiting, I decided to march on solo... About a kilometer from camp, I took a break in the shade of a cliff and after maybe 15 minutes, here
comes El Vergel... We finish the trip back together.
Here are some photos of Arroyo El Volcan on the return:
This was mile 2 from camp marker (I did one at the other mile points, but this was the highest).
Stay Tuned for PART 3: La Olvidada Mine and a view of the Cortez, far below ... the the El Volcan Cold Water Geyser!
PART 3 is here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=52779
[Edited on 5-7-2011 by David K]
|
|
|
AmoPescar
Senior Nomad
Posts: 835
Registered: 7-15-2006
Location: North San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Need a Fish Taco and a Pacifico!
|
|
Really cool looking stuff back in there...must have really been amazing when it was filled with water!
Thanks for sharing the adventure with us!
Michael  
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
De Nada!
PART 3 is now posted... http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=52779
|
|
|
bajafam
Senior Nomad
Posts: 654
Registered: 9-6-2009
Location: Northeast AZ, Bahia Asuncion, BCS :)
Member Is Offline
Mood: DLTBGYD
|
|
very cool guys!! looks like a lot of fun was had in the search ~ a nice reminder that the best part is the journey!!
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
Thanks Michelle!
|
|
|
bryanmckenzie
Senior Nomad
Posts: 561
Registered: 9-23-2009
Location: 400 Km from Mexico Beach, Florida
Member Is Offline
Mood: Hot & humid --- not hot & dry.
|
|
Thanks. No worries Beau. I've been known to see things, too. But they are usually tequila-induced.
| Quote: | Originally posted by elbeau
| Quote: | Originally posted by bryanmckenzie
Do share CaboDreamer ... I'm the biggie skeptic. Right, Beau? And hate I could not attend.
| Quote: | Originally posted by CaboDreamer
Better yet... through clan-descent means I have come across a photo of the lost mission... |
|
The only thing worse than how obnoxiously skeptical Bryan is is how obnoxiously correct he is turning out to be 
Actually, when it's all said and done, Bryans input has been very helpful and well thought out and ultimately even appreciated by me. Thx
|
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64845
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
bump
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
