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Mulegena
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Central Baja, east and west coasts
You Got Options:
Do go and stay at Shari's campground in Bahia Asuncion and poke around there a few days; drive south on the coast route and visit Blanca in La Bocana;
continue south on the salt flats to Abreojos and cut back to Hwy. 1 just north of San Ignacio.
Do go in to San Ignacio, one of the most beautiful little towns anywhere.
Do plan to snorkel and get sunburned on the beaches just south of Mulege. It'll be hot when you're here, but the good part is the Sea of Cortez is
calm and warm in summer. Like a string of pearls, each beach is as gorgeous as the next and all, even the furthest away, is only a half-hour of town.
You'll find the beaches fairly unpopulated this time of year, so choose a beach with someone else on it, just because. You can also come back into
town and camp on grass under mango and banana trees at Huerta Don Chano, overlooking the river.
From Mulege you can head south and go up into the mountains to San Isidro and Los Comondus, as Shari suggested.
In the mountains up out of Loreto is San Javier, a jewel of a little town.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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WideAngleWandering
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
It's no highway... but the road between Mex. 1 and El Arco was paved once and called Mex. #18. |
Got it - I found an excellent thread on the subject: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=56898&pag...
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Do plan to snorkel and get sunburned on the beaches just south of Mulege. |
Sounds great. Just follow random dirt roads from Hwy 1 off to the coast?
Updated the map.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201257090310765426703.00...
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Mulegena
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It'll be clear as the gorgeous turquoise sea when you're here. The beaches are all easily accessed and most visible from Mex. 1. Just keep your rig on
the road as you're coming into some major eye candy.
From Playa Santispac just 10 minutes south of Mulege to Playa Buenaventura a half-hour away, plan on sampling each beach as each has its own unique
characteristic.
Speaking of sampling, are you going to stop at a winery or three while you're up north? If you're crossing into Baja in Tecate you'll go right through
La Ruta de Vino on your way to Ensenada.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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WideAngleWandering
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
Speaking of sampling, are you going to stop at a winery or three while you're up north? If you're crossing into Baja in Tecate you'll go right through
La Ruta de Vino on your way to Ensenada. |
I'm not sure but I think I'll be heading from Mexicali west, but turning south around La Rumarosa so I won't make it all the way to Tecate.
I'm not a wine aficionado but I have no problem drinking it 
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woody with a view
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the thing about camping in the boonies is that the bad guys don't think it'll be worth their time to go 10-60 miles off the hiway to see if there are
any lone gringos with a pocket full of $'s. the people you'll meet out there are the salt of the earth.
but buy a machete just for the value of a fine tool by your side......
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Skipjack Joe
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Other 4wd trips of interest on the cortez:
1. San Basilio
2. Agua Verde
3. Coastal road south of La Ribera (snorkel pulmo coral reef)
4. Coastal road north of El Barril
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wilderone
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Also, if you intend to go to the mainland, be sure you have all the required paperwork for the Temporary Import Permit (visa, title, registration,
credit card - and 3 copies of each).
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
Other 4wd trips of interest on the cortez:
1. San Basilio
2. Agua Verde
3. Coastal road south of La Ribera (snorkel pulmo coral reef)
4. Coastal road north of El Barril |
OR even SOUTH of El Barril!: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=56817
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WideAngleWandering
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Hola nomads,
Just bumping my thread as I pushed off my departure a bit. I'm now planning on hitting the road this week.
Anything else you'd recommend given the new departure date? Weather? Other happenings?
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captkw
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just GO!!!
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wilderone
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Wine Festival activities this week in Valle Guadalupe and Ensenada. Also bring all water toys - floats, snorkle fishing gear, water shoes, wide brim
hat, simple shade structure or umbrella to attach to chair.
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willyAirstream
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It is now hotter, mangoes are ripe and Dorado are in close. Bahia Conception beaches are near full, Mulege has traffic jams and it is even hotter than
when i started writing this :-D
Surf competition in Asuncion starts Aug 10 or 11th, a week of fun events over there. Shari will post more.
Activity in mornings, evenings, take siestas and enjoy.
Btw, great pics on your blog.
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BajaBlanca
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defintely stop by and visit us on the Pacific !! once here you can make some day trips that are very pretty to photograph
punta abreojos
campo rene
the cave painting at cueva del raton
and down south like Mulegena suggested - Santispac is gor ge ous.
Have a good and safe trip. Maybe see you soon !
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WideAngleWandering
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| Quote: | Originally posted by captkw
just GO!!!
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Seriously. This has become my mantra after I went a little bit mad outfitting the truck. Today I should finish the rock sliders and the solar panel
mounts. Then I can go.
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Btw, great pics on your blog. |
Thank you kindly. I'll take that as an opening for a bit more self-promotion.
If you're interested, you can see all the photos from this last year on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/wideanglewandering/collections/...
I'll start a new collection for the stuff I shoot south of the border.
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Maybe see you soon ! |
Heck yeah. Thanks for the invite. I'll look you up as I get closer.
[Edited on 2012-7-31 by WideAngleWandering]
[Edited on 2012-7-31 by WideAngleWandering]
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Cypress
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Have gone and been there! Good country, good people, good food, good drink and an
experience you won't regret.
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805gregg
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40 years ago it was pristine
30 years ago it was beautiful
20 years ago it was fun
10 years ago it was becomming used
5 years ago it was ruined
you should have been there 40 years ago.
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WideAngleWandering
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40 years ago? Ahhh, I wish. My dad used to tell me the same thing about being a teenager in the sixties
So now that I'm here, I'm looking at the weather on baja insider: http://www.bajainsider.com/weather/baja-weather108.htm
It looks to me like there will continue to be rain and nastiness in the Sierras so I'm probably not going to backtrack from San Felipe to the national
observatory.
Good reasoning?
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thebajarunner
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No activity on doppler today in Baja Norte
| Quote: | Originally posted by WideAngleWandering
40 years ago? Ahhh, I wish. My dad used to tell me the same thing about being a teenager in the sixties
So now that I'm here, I'm looking at the weather on baja insider: http://www.bajainsider.com/weather/baja-weather108.htm
It looks to me like there will continue to be rain and nastiness in the Sierras so I'm probably not going to backtrack from San Felipe to the national
observatory.
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Yesterday there was a bunch of bright stuff all across the area where you were,
Today the doppler is quiet, and I say head for the Parque Nacional and the Observatory,
Just go for it!!
It only rains for an hour, if at all
very refreshing
just keep your stuff covered at 4 p.m.
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WideAngleWandering
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It'll be tomorrow at the earliest - I could make a morning run up and then come back down in a few days to continue down to Gonzaga Bay.
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thebajarunner
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On the way up (or down) be sure to stop at Meling Ranch and say hello.
Also, try to be there during meal time
the meals are really excellent!!
you can also rent a room at fairly low cost, we camped out in the grass area in late March but the early morning dew was drenching on all of our gear.
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