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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 10:07 AM


About boating in that shallow water. :tumble: A jet boat would work, only needs enough water to float the hull.:tumble:
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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 10:13 AM


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Very true, but WE did not have no stinkin jet boats back in those days (and I still don't)--------------besides, even a jet boat cannot navigate when there is NO WATER, which there isn't about 98% of the time. But, you are sure right in saying that jet boats would be the way to go when the rains come--------:light: if you were in a real hurry-----------but I am thinking that it is a lot more relaxing and inspiring to "float" the river in kayaks or canoes, etc.

Pray for rain------lots of rain--------for weeks and weeks. :lol:
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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 10:58 AM


This did turn into an interesting thread - and my thanks to each of you who made it so.

I'd like you to 'meet' the man responsible for following through each time we said... "fly real low and then turn the plane on it's side, Migue, so we can get a better shot." If you'd like to contact him, write him here - Cap - or let me know and I'll provide you more info.

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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 01:04 PM


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Capt. Mike.... Yes, the Boyz are back.... I got the word early in the week from one worn out piloto. He said the poker was excellent.:rolleyes::biggrin:

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pls ask him to get the movie together and by lines so we can enjoy their trip!


We are back, the movie is in the editing room and the compilation film will be ready later this fall. We will have a trip report posted to the web site soon. I am sure that everyone here already knows this; But Natalie is a truly lovely person. Thank you for the kind words, photos, and your continuing friendship you are the best, Nena!




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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 01:11 PM


I paid him to say the above.:lol::lol::lol:



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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 04:09 PM


Hey Natalie Ann - you should start a group of "Cabo Girlz" to do adventure trips..............:cool:

i will volunteer to fly a few of you and help chaparone the escapades........:saint:




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[*] posted on 9-13-2007 at 09:00 PM


What awesome pictures! The color is almost surreal! Thank you Nena!(is Cap single???):P



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[*] posted on 9-14-2007 at 08:48 AM


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Hey Natalie Ann - you should start a group of "Cabo Girlz" to do adventure trips..............:cool:

i will volunteer to fly a few of you and help chaparone the escapades........:saint:


:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

Hey, Natalie Ann... fantastic photography there. I've never seen anything like it. Thanks, Bob H
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[*] posted on 9-14-2007 at 09:05 AM


WOW!!!

More proof that this planet is a beautiful place!
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[*] posted on 9-14-2007 at 02:31 PM


Friends - The photos are surreal just as was the trip. One of these days I'm gonna get up the gumption to write up that trip report, share it with y'all. Meanwhile I'm real happy you enjoyed the photos.

Sally - Yep, the muy guapo Cap is very married. This trip, however, was just Cap/Michael, my husband Steve, and me. All my girlfriends refer to this as my trip with the two hunks.;D:dudette:

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[*] posted on 9-14-2007 at 03:04 PM


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Hey Natalie Ann - you should start a group of "Cabo Girlz" to do adventure trips..............:cool:

i will volunteer to fly a few of you and help chaparone the escapades........:saint:



Yeah right... my next photo tour will be the inside of the Cabo jail. capt. mike chaparone..... :lol::lol::lol:




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[*] posted on 9-17-2007 at 04:34 PM


Very nice to see these shots Nena! The place where the Sea and the Peninsula we all love begins - thanks!

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[*] posted on 9-17-2007 at 05:05 PM


Good article in the LA Times today on the Colorado River delta.
Easy to see primary reasons for the degradation of the Cortes.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-delta17sep17,0,31066...




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[*] posted on 11-4-2007 at 08:16 PM


I live in Yuma and have kayaked down to Morelas Dam but not below it (no water). There is good kayaking north of Yuma towards Laguna Dam and Imperial Dam with numerous back waters.



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[*] posted on 11-4-2007 at 08:30 PM
'yaking


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I live in Yuma and have kayaked down to Morelas Dam but not below it (no water). There is good kayaking north of Yuma towards Laguna Dam and Imperial Dam with numerous back waters.


I've read that at some point south of the border you can put in and paddle/motor to Isla Montegue - Do you know where this put in point is? Have any photos to share of your yak adventures? :?::bounce:




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[*] posted on 11-4-2007 at 08:30 PM


The Salinity Canal starts around Wellton Az. and continues south to supply the marsh lands (cienegas) around the entrance to the Sea of Cortez with water (saline) in an effort to protect the wildlife and vegetation



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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 08:30 AM


Incredable photographs Natalie Ann. We drove through the area last spring on our return North. Very different part of the globe.
I wish how to post pics. Have some stunning shots but this webside is sooo difficult to operate. Can't even get an Avtar posted. And I am not a computer illiterate. Too bad.




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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 08:38 AM


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Incredable photographs Natalie Ann. We drove through the area last spring on our return North. Very different part of the globe.
I wish how to post pics. Have some stunning shots but this webside is sooo difficult to operate. Can't even get an Avtar posted. And I am not a computer illiterate. Too bad.


Welcome to Nomad Leo... try this for help on posting your pics here: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=24603 (I also refreshed that thread on this forum)




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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 12:50 PM
Photo from Sea of Cortez


These beautiful pictures of the northern Sea of Cortez inspired me to dig up this one shot with a very funky camera from about 6500' last year (north of San Felipe).

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[*] posted on 11-5-2007 at 04:19 PM


Wow, Stickers, I love that shot! Nature can be so.... artsy.;D
There is still that same effect of the water running out from breaks in the concrete which dams the Colorado. I do not believe the little streams leaving it now are as long or intricate as in your shot. I found that whole area to be surrealistically beautiful and incredibly sad at the same time. I couldn't help but wonder what it all must have looked like in the days that the mighty Colorado flowed freely all the way to the Sea.

Here's how it looked to us:
(Edit: the pinkish cast on the left of the photos is not actual landscape color, it's light bouncing off the plexiglass window)

[Edited on 11-5-2007 by Natalie Ann]

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