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[*] posted on 7-2-2014 at 03:14 PM


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What was the driving route from Punta San Carlos to San Fernando Mission? Back north on the main road to Highway 1?

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Hi John, I highlighted it on the map just above... we left the San Carlos graded road well south of Arroyo San Fernando, drove a road past mud hills and up Arroyo El Venado or parallel wash to the mesa... there we intersect with the single lane road* from the edge of the mesa to El Progreso/ San Fernando. Neal Johns has been on that road and mentions petroglyphs along it somewhere. See Almanac map.

*EDIT: I originally said "single track" when I meant single lane or one set of auto tracks (vs. a graded road).

'Single track' is a motorcycle only or burro/ hiking trail. All my traveling was in a 4WD Raptor or JK or in the helicopter, no motorcycle.

Thank you John M for catching me on this!

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[*] posted on 7-2-2014 at 09:17 PM


Hey David, where are those dunes in photos 1 through 5? Not the dunes at San Antonio del Mar? I saw in your notes they went off road at Colonet.

Your notes say these dunes are where the highway leaves El Rosario, I just don't recognize them... But would really like to see them sometime...




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[*] posted on 7-2-2014 at 10:11 PM


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Hey David, where are those dunes in photos 1 through 5? Not the dunes at San Antonio del Mar? I saw in your notes they went off road at Colonet.

Your notes say these dunes are where the highway leaves El Rosario, I just don't recognize them... But would really like to see them sometime...


Exactly as stated: "We go to a big sand dune south of where Highway one leaves the coast to go to El Rosario."

Where the highway turns away from the ocean for the Rosario Mesa a dirt road continues south along the coast, but inland of the sand dune. There was a ranch called El Consuelo in the old days about where the highway curves, and that still is on the AAA map. Past the sand dune the unmapped road turns east and meets up with the road to La Lobera from Hwy. 1.

Try Google Earth to see it, perhaps?




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[*] posted on 7-3-2014 at 04:19 AM


Thanks, I'll check it out.



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[*] posted on 7-6-2014 at 07:25 PM


Take care!

This Trip Report continues with Day 3, here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=74369




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[*] posted on 10-31-2014 at 09:22 AM


Just saw the 'Trail of Missions' TV show listed on CBS Sports schedule: http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/schedule/cbssn
These times are EASTERN, so check your local time for the CBS Sports Network on Direct TV or Cable to set your DVR:
Sun. Nov. 9 @ 7 pm;
Mon. Nov. 10 @ 2 am (possibly Sun. Nov. 9 @ 11 pm Pacific time);
Mon. Nov. 10 @ 10 pm;
Tue. Nov. 11 @ 4 am.
This is the TV special filmed last June that I was flown by helicopter to Baja to spend 3 days with Cameron Steele and his group of Ford Raptor and other truck owners who drove to Cabo San Lucas and visited the old Spanish mission sites in Baja, as described in my recent book: The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California 2nd Edition I have no idea how many seconds they filmed of me will be used, while I described the history at two mission sites for the group of about 50 people on the Trail of Missions tour.




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[*] posted on 11-2-2014 at 10:07 AM


Love to see more land and sea and less cars!



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[*] posted on 11-2-2014 at 12:46 PM


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Just saw the 'Trail of Missions' TV show listed on CBS Sports schedule: http://www.cbssportsnetwork.com/schedule/cbssn
These times are EASTERN, so check your local time for the CBS Sports Network on Direct TV or Cable to set your DVR:
Sun. Nov. 9 @ 7 pm;
Mon. Nov. 10 @ 2 am (possibly Sun. Nov. 9 @ 11 pm Pacific time);
Mon. Nov. 10 @ 10 pm;
Tue. Nov. 11 @ 4 am.
This is the TV special filmed last June that I was flown by helicopter to Baja to spend 3 days with Cameron Steele and his group of Ford Raptor and other truck owners who drove to Cabo San Lucas and visited the old Spanish mission sites in Baja, as described in my recent book: The Old Missions of Baja & Alta California 2nd Edition I have no idea how many seconds they filmed of me will be used, while I described the history at two mission sites for the group of about 50 people on the Trail of Missions tour.


Thanks for the posting. I will put this on my FB page as well!




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[*] posted on 11-2-2014 at 12:47 PM


A few from my phone - cheers David!

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[*] posted on 11-3-2014 at 10:38 AM


Thank you Ron! It will be fun to see how CBS shows us! I would like to see more of their trip after we left the tour too.
I hope to do more with you Desert Assassins in the future!




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[*] posted on 12-13-2018 at 07:03 PM


Fun!



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