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astrobaja
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Snow in the sierra!!
Hi all,
Woke up to about 4 inches of snow here this morning! The contrast btween an impossibly blue sky and the brilliant new carpet of pristine snow was
spectacular. Now keep in mind previous to our new Baja life we had 20 years of Ontario winters, so normally I'm not too impressed by nieve! But this
was pretty!! The good thing in Baja is the snow goes away in a few days!
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astrobaja
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our apple orchard and guest house
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astrobaja
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under our oak tree
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astrobaja
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our "house" for the last year, thank the maker for propane heat!
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astrobaja
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view of the pines in the park, it must have been gale like winds this am in the park because you could see great plumes of snow being blown off the
cliffs!!!
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BajaGringo
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Awesome images!
By the way, how is the house coming? Are the floors done yet??? Would love to see some more photos...
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astrobaja
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Mario and Betto our house workers were enchanted by the vista of snow!
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Very nice but would not want to live in the snow. Brrrrrrrrrrr.
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DEVEAU
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What is your Elevation compared to Mike's? We are coming to Mike's this Friday.
Chase Trucks? ??
We don\'t need no stinking chase trucks!
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David K
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Rancho Concepcion
Beautiful!
Look forward to seeing your astronomy bed & breakfast completed!
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Skipjack Joe
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Thank you for the nice pictures.
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astrobaja
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Hi all,
Glad you liked the pics, about half of the snow has already melted.
Deveau: where our house is on the the ranch its at 4900', I'm pretty sure Mikes is just below 4000'. Although parts of our ranch go up to 6000' (its
1200 acres). Drop by some time!
David: not sure if we will be open to the public this year, we are running short on funds! Our priority at the moment is to get the main house able to
be moved into. Water pipe gets put in next week with a 5000 litre tank (done by larson irrigation) and solar/inverter/passive solar hot water goes in
on the 18th. After that we will move our stuff in and finish bit by bit. Our guest cabin we will try to finish by ourselves as much as possible. Of
course Nomads are always welcome to visit, even if its just to camp out.
David in your map Concepcion seems further to the east than I imagined, but then in talking to the Condor scientists they say the periperhy of the
park has always been debated! Interesting thing, the state gov't has finally officialy banned cattle from grazing in the park, from now on they will
be shot and the meat donated to charities/hospitals. Seems like a good thing to me, I always wondered what they were doing in such a delicate
ecosystem, given how many 100's of endemic species there were.
Bajagringo: our saltillo floor goes in next week, I''ll post some pics soon.
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DEVEAU
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Thanks for the info. This trip we will not have time, but I would love to stop in and meet you, have heard nice things. I only get to make a couple of
trips each year.
I have warned everybody that it will be cold and wet at times this trip.
Chase Trucks? ??
We don\'t need no stinking chase trucks!
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David K
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The map above is a 1978 AAA map... it shows Concepcion (your place)... but the boundries of the park are very likely not correct!
Here is another map:
The location of Mike's Sky Rancho is not correct... it is a bit further downstream the Arroyo San Rafael, about where the word 'San' is along the
river.
Now, the park boundries are possibly more acurate in this map... but Concepcion is not shown... it is on the left side, where the dirt road crosses
the arroyo:
[Edited on 2-10-2009 by David K]
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Mexitron
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Just out of curiosity--has the road to Concepcion just been recently (in the last 5 years)reopened after a regrading of the Meling/Mike's road? I
think that's the road we were looking for in the 90s but couldn't find it because the main road had been rerouted on the other side of the canyon.
Nice pics astrobaja!
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sd
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Your first photo is so nice. If you had your picture taken sitting on the stump it would be a great photo for a Christmas card.
I love the wood fence.
I stayed on the mountain one short night New Years Eve 2004. It was 18 degrees when I left my tent for the comfort of my Jeep seat. Went to Meling
Ranch in the morning for an incredible breakfast, and stayed a night there in comfort.
Sure is a pretty area.
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David K
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Mexitron, none of the maps I posted show it, but the road Astrobaja uses now comes in from the paved observatory road which is south of Concepcion.
The older road shown was continued east from the older/ original Mike's airport (Los Encinos)...
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astrobaja
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David, cool maps! Yes I think the boudary of the park is close to the sierra corona ridgeline. Although now I find the best way to explore this area
is with google-earth as its all in hi resolution! You can follow our 6km long laneway from the observatory road all the way to Mikes! Then there is
the road leading to R. Coyote along the brutal Cerro Costilla road. Right now the road leading to Mikes is impassable with anything other than a dirt
bike, there is a much longer route that goes north but its about twice as long.
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Mexitron
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Thanks David--didn't know there was another way in--been awhile I guess! I think the last time we were up there was around 2001--sheesh, didn't seem
so long ago. Taco de Baja's dad, Myron Smith, was forever trying to find that old road in to Los Encinos from the "brutal" Cerro Costilla road--I
went on three searches in the early to mid 90's and we could never find the turnoff...but after the Mission SPM expedition in 2004 (which you were
instrumental in getting us started on) we noticed the turnoff was open again and it looked as though it had always been there but the problem was the
main road had been regraded to the opposite side of the canyon for a number of years...
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Santiago
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Astrobaja: is this your spot?
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