RandyMacSC/SO
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In, out and Around Bahia Concepcion
After spending a few weeks around El Requeson and checking out the many coves between ER and Mulege, I decided to take a day trip south along Highway
1 to see what was at the bottom of the bay (Bahia Concepcion).
I found a dirt road that cuts across the bottom of the bay past an abandoned RV site. I'll be posting a few photos of that day and here's one of this
cool looking old tree.
And who's great idea was it to put an RV site there anyways?
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Abandoned RV camp site at bottom of Bahia Concepcion
The road at the bottom of the bay can be muddy from all the strong winds blowing wash into the flats at the bottom of Bahia Concepcion, but it is easy
enough to navigate around the washout areas.
I had planned to camp in the area for a week but when I got back to El Requeson I was told by an oldtime RVer that it wasn't that safe to camp at the
bottom of the bay alone. And he said it was way too windy to enjoy.
If anyone has any photos of the dirt road and area on other side of the bay (Bahia Concepcion) it would be great to see them. I didn't drive all the
way around, but I did go part way. I am told that the dirt road goes most of the way around the bay to some fishing camps that are across from El
Rqueson.
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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Cardon
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I camped about 50 yards away from that tree in February for one night then drove another 4 miles back to the east side for a couple more days. I only
saw one or two cars a day and felt safe, but since it is remote someone could cause alot of trouble and get away with it if they wanted to. There was
good shelling and it is pretty on the beaches but it can get quite windy. I"ve attached a picture of the sand just and low tide that I took just west
of the tree.
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Cardon,
I never felt unsafe, but I decided to take some advice from the nice old gentleman camped beside me and stay at El Requeson and just drive to all the
remote locations around the bay.
I took many high quality 4.2 megapixel shots of the lone tree ??? and plan to mount one of the best photos for my wall. (anyone know what the tree
type is called?)
Saw tons of shells piled up on the beach all around the area. The camper beside me said that he was told by a local that Japanese trollers had been in
the bay years before and raped the bay of tons and tons of shellfish and some local politician was paid $500 or $1000 to look the other way. Not sure
how true this is but there were mountains of them all over the south bay.
The next time south I plan to drive all the way around the bay as far as the road will go.
[Edited on 5-18-2004 by RandyMac]
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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Fish camp below Bahia Concepcion off HW 1 to Loreto
On Thanksgiving 2002, I drove south towards Loreto from El Requeson on Highway 1 and turned off left at the military checkpoint, on a dirt road to
what I think was the route to Bahia San Basilio and the fish camp at San Juanico. The maps I have aren't the best and it's hard to make out the names.
The road was graded and very well maintained.
From there my friend Frank and I drove to a camp of remote resort homes about 5 miles north of the fish camp. It was a nice little cove and the
residents were all getting together for the big bird dinner. After a few road pops, we headed back for some spags back at our camp at El Requeson.
There are many fairly decent dirt roads that branch off on the road to the remote homes up the coast from fish camp. Some of them head off inbetween
the mountains that are between Bahia Concepcion and the Sea of Cortez. I hope to learn more about where they go to?
Some photos of the road into the fish camp at San Juanico, one of the few homesteads in the camp and the remote cove homes. It was a very rainy day,
so the photos don't show the best color.
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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fish camp homestead
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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RandyMacSC/SO
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can't recall the name of this cove with the homes
in various states of construction.
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Ole' Irish saying (Gaelic): 'Go neirigh an bothar leat, go mbeidh an gaoth choiche sa droim agat, is go mbeidh tu thuas ar neamh leath-uair roimh is
eol don diabhal go bhuil tu marbh'.... OR 'May the road rise up to meet you, May the wind always be at your back, and May you be in Heaven a half hour
before the Devil knows you're dead'
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academicanarchist
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Nice Photos
Really Nice Photos.
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Bob H
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You are right about the shells, piles of them everywhere. We drove along the Eastern shore, a little past Margarita. It looks like somebody has cut
a new path through there since the bad weather blew parts of the old road away. Very peaceful and isolated. Some abandoned fish camps, etc. I've
also heard that the RV park discussed on this thred never really ever opened up. It died before it was fininished.
Bob H
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Cardon
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Here is a close-up of the shells at the southend of Conception Bay. There are a few more photos of the area on my website. Page six of my website has
a picture of a white van with a campfire infront of it and the tree behind is the one in your picture.
www.craigpearson.com
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