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David K
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Sadly, both were in ruins... The basic frame was still standing, but the side wall was gone, and other damage from what I saw... didn't go close. When
the covey of quail were foraging, the alpha male bird flew to the top for a lookout position.
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Meany
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Thanks David. What a great trip. It shows that no matter how many times through the years you go to Baja and think you have done it all, she throws
all she has at you. 
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666  | Your intro said something bad ruined your trip? What was it? I tried skimming thru your report to find out, but it got a bit long, and Had too many
photos and was loading too slowly to wee the the details
Can you publish an abstract? |
YES:
*The trip was 9 days in Mexico, less than originally possible.
*We did get some rain on Shell Island on the first day and night (Sunday), but it caused us no problems.
*The next three days were great... two full days on the island and one day driving to San Ignacio.
*The last part posted (#4, Thursday & Friday) described two of the 'bads', but not the worse >>> Getting our stuff soaked and getting
bit-up caused us to leave Concepcion early.
*The next parts (Saturday-Monday) will cover the rest.
Stay tuned.
**I will happily post a non-photo report for those on dial-up, because the time downloading so many images is indeed frustrating, I didn't consider
anyone still had slow Internet. Good idea Goat! I will post it as a separate thread, so there should be no slow loading issues caused by photos.
[Edited on 7-2-2020 by David K]
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Meany | | Thanks David. What a great trip. It shows that no matter how many times through the years you go to Baja and think you have done it all, she throws
all she has at you. |
So VERY true! 
Stay tuned for the really negative event that would have ruined Mexico travel for many others... but not me!
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | Your intro said something bad ruined your trip? What was it? I tried skimming thru your report to find out, but it got a bit long, and Had too many
photos and was loading too slowly to wee the the details
Can you publish an abstract? |
YES:
*The trip was 9 days in Mexico, less than originally possible.
*We did get some rain on Shell Island on the first day and night (Sunday), but it caused us no problems.
*The next three days were great... two full days on the island and one day driving to San Ignacio.
*The last part posted (#4, Thursday & Friday) described two of the 'bads', but not the worse >>> Getting our stuff soaked and getting
bit-up caused us to leave Concepción early.
*The next parts (Saturday-Monday) will cover the rest.
Stay tuned.
**I will happily post a non-photo report for those on dial-up, because the time downloading so many images is indeed frustrating, I didn't consider
anyone still had slow Internet. Good idea Goat! I will post it as a separate thread, so there should be no slow loading issues caused by photos.
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HERE IS THE TEXT ONLY VERSION: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=79744
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gallesram
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David you did a great job with the report! Great read and very informative; thanks for all the detail and pictures.
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David K
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Hang in there, it gets better... or more wild the next three days yet posted!
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wandamott
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David....great pictures. At one point you mention "Getting the Baja Feeling" Did you just say that or was it a reference to the book of the same
name. I have that book and have read it a couple of times in the past few years. If you or anyone else have not read it, I recommend getting it.
It is a great book and easy reading. The book is called "The Baja Feeling" by Ben Hunter. My wife and went to Baja every year for the winter for
23 years and loved it. Too old now but still have the memories.....Walt and Audrey.
wrmott
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wandamott
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Forgot to mention.....we went to Mulege and stayed for 5 - 6 months each year in the Oasis Park. Great place and the Mexicans are great people. We
met a lot of good friends there.
wrmott
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by wandamott | | David....great pictures. At one point you mention "Getting the Baja Feeling" Did you just say that or was it a reference to the book of the same
name. I have that book and have read it a couple of times in the past few years. If you or anyone else have not read it, I recommend getting it.
It is a great book and easy reading. The book is called "The Baja Feeling" by Ben Hunter. My wife and went to Baja every year for the winter for
23 years and loved it. Too old now but still have the memories.....Walt and Audrey. |
It's a great book... and yes, where I got the phrase...
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Thanks for the superb photos, DK!
WOW!
Hey, did you get a new awning? Or was I just blind before?
I'll post the photos of the Baja by the Sea event Saturday night.
Udo
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David K
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The sun canopy you see above we got after the wind event in July, 2011 that destroyed the previous one... and sank the Erik. This one is a Coleman
Instant Canopy.
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o3dave
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Cant wait for the rest! Is there a restaurant at the Hotel in San Ignacio? How about wifi. I have heard some about it and am excited to try it out.
Could not find a decent place to eat last time. (La Pinta)
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David K
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WiFi only works in the lobby. No restaurant. Thumbs up on the rest however.
More report coming soon.
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Ken Cooke
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David,
Two things:
1. I need a Coleman tent like yours. My REI tent sucks.
2. Its time for a new rack of lights - ditch the HIDs, or carry more electrical tape and a stick to keep the light upright.
Enjoying the thread!
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Howard
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Just ordered from Amazon a used book of "The Baja Thing" for .01 plus around $3 shipping. Thanks for the heads up about the book.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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glad you had a great time, David!
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mosquitoes can really put a damper on a trip.....for sure, as can rain when you are camping.
so enjoying the reading!
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PART 5: Concepcion Bay to San Ignacio via La Magdalena
EDIT: See the photos here: https://vivabaja.com/july-2015/
Saturday, July 25:
We pack up the camp and pull out of La Perla at 11:49 am and take the short drive north to visit with Mark & Olivia at Playa Buenaventura Bar
& Restaurant. We see that the hotel next door is deserted/ closed, but Mark and Olivia's place is open and inviting.
They are both there and Mark shares their great news regarding the battle with Muñoz (an out-of-state developer and owner of the hotel next door who
has harassed these two for several years with false accusations and physical harm to try and force them off their land, so he could take it over).
Their long nightmare is apparently over. From what I gathered in our brief talk, a judge has awarded them the hotel (for compensation for the years of
hell). Mark said that Muñoz had the rooms trashed and pulled the copper wire out of the buildings before being forced away. If they reopen the hotel,
it may only be a couple of the rooms or they may sell it?
We take some photos along Bahia Concepcion driving north:
We need ice, and the place that sold bags in front of the former block ice plant, was out of ice. I had never been out there, but knew about the ice
house road that heads west from Hwy. 1 in Mulegé. Take the paved road west before the downtown entrance castle. See the signs for Ray's Place
(closed) but keep going straight west. The ice plant is on then right and has blocks or partials for sale. The ice is not clean or potable, just for
cooling! In fact, it's pretty dirty and Elizabeth makes sure we replace it as soon as she sees how bad it looks when some of it melts a day later.
I want to check on the Magdalena mission-era site we visited in 2009 that is a few miles northwest of Mulegé. It remains unclear who or when the
project was built. Why it was out in the desert and not in the oasis valley where the water is (today's town of San Jose de Magdalena) is also
strange. Some maps show the site, but not exactly located, as Santa Maria Magdalena (a proposed Jesuit mission, but much farther north). The Mulegé
mission was almost moved to this location after floods destroyed that mission's fields in 1770.
The site is at the end of a long aqueduct carved into the side of a cliff and across the desert to a pila (reservoir). Stone, rock and adobe building
ruins are nearby or were. This was an important site, but forgotten by time and in a harsh location, rarely seen by outsiders.
Google Earth images show that the Magdalena riverbed widened during a hurricane after our 2009 visit, and took out the building location, but not the
pila (yet). The buildings, on both sides of a dirt road were centered at GPS: 27°03'29.9" -112°10'07.4" and the pila nearby (we didn't go see in
2009) is at: GPS: 27°03'29.1" -112°10'12.3"
Here is one of the buildings at that GPS waypoint, in 2009:
What inspired me to investigate was to see if indeed another historic site was washed away, like at Mission Ligüà in 2001, and document what may
remain before it too is gone forever.
Here is that satellite images before (2012) and after (2015) the flash flood event. Markers at the building and pila sites:
CLOSER (and west at top):
On 4-2-13:
On 2-3-15:
Just north of the series of bridges, past the Palo Verde airport road, we turn left (west) off of Hwy. 1 just north of Km. 162 (0.4 mile south of Km.
163 if southbound). Some of this dirt road was used recently for an off road race, many arrow signs. Set odometer to 0.
0.0 Hwy. 1 (Km. 162+ )
0.4 Fork, go left (southwest).
3.7 Drive out onto riverbed cobble.
Road goes west about 1/2 mile, then turns south, crosses water to south side and turns back east passing goat ranch area. See aqueduct along cliff
that terminates at the Magdalena mission-era pila, hidden in the desert.
4.4 fork left off ranch road (ends ahead at blue ranch house) into arroyo bed, soon pass by blue house while driving east in arroyo.
4.8 Park by side gully on south wall of arroyo. Walk south in gully and see pila on right. Walk east from pila to see remains of melted adobe walls
next to new cliff, overlooking wide arroyo.
Photos: https://vivabaja.com/july-2015/
Magdalena Pila:
Magdalena Building Ruins 2015:
The arroyo will soon take this and the pila away.
My truck near the pila, taken from the remaining building ruins.
On the drive back to Hwy. 1:
We have an easy drive to San Ignacio and arrive at 5:19 pm. Dinner at Rice and Beans was great. Elizabeth had the Chicken Fajita dinner and I had the
Garlic Fish plate (yellowtail). Our dinner, with 4 beers, came to 405 pesos (US$31).
Rice and Beans, San Ignacio, an off road racer's watering hole!
We drove to the La Huerta motel, but a wedding party has filled the place. We stop at the Desert Inn hotel, but they are way too pricey at 1200 pesos
for a room. Back to Rice and Beans, and we get a room at Ricardo's (the owner) for 650 pesos (US$50). Sadly, it is far less appealing than the La
Huerta. It has hard bed tops, and live c-ckroaches. The AC and shower were fine, so we toughed out and got some sleep.
Tomorrow Morning, the Devil tries to scare us out of Baja! Stay Tuned!
[Edited on 10-6-2022 by David K]
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Great read. Thanks for the photos and report
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