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David K
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Only Warm & Fuzzy Baja Stuff Here! (Part 1)
Peace, Love and Fish Tacos... right?
Okay, so let's see...
Let's play a game, shall we?!
You older Nomads have seen these photos before, so it will be easy (maybe). The newbies to Nomad can show us their Baja savy by answering!
Name where these photos are taken... the more specific the higher the points (WHERE/ WHO)! (Point system still be designed later)
Let's start with 12 random photos... a couple are give-a-ways!
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[Edited on 6-20-2009 by David K]
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LisaR.
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I'll take the easy ones...
#3 Campo Rene is on Punta Abreojos ('tho I've never been there)
#4 is over the Bahia Concepcion. Not sure what what beach the picture is taken from (its been quite a few years since I've been there), but I know
the artwork on the mountain is directly behind Playa Requison.
#5 is the Gustav Eiffel designed church in Santa Rosalia.
#9 is El Arco in Cabo San Lucas.
I'll have to think about the rest...
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fishbuck
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#1 is easy. Rock pile in the middle of nowhere that no one knows about except DavidK and a few Jesuit priests. But I don't think the priest are going
to tell you...
But maybe it's El Camino Real.
[Edited on 6-20-2009 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Oggie
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#8 is Rancho San Gregorio just south east of San Borja.
[Edited on 6-20-2009 by Oggie]
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Curt63
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#2 is San Roque , I visited Shari there 2 weeks ago!
No worries
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cardonhugger
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So where's the photos, names and GPS to all the SPECIAL surf spots out in them there parts, Cowboy???
Uh,
Aloha
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David K
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Wow, the newbies are doing great! (LisaR. and Oggie)
Curt63: 'The abandoned, haunted church of San Roque' would be the full description for the most points... But, you win that one because there's not
too much else in San Roque!
Fishbuck: I should give you a 'time out' for an "of course it's the Camino Real" dumb answer... LOL. But, I won't because you didn't mention the red
light (Zona Norte) district of Tijuana.
A hint on the Camino Real photo: Search recent posts by Neal Johns! Tell me where that marker rock is.
Aloha cardonhugger: There are no special surf spots, sorry... Try the North Shore of Oahu! 
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LisaR.
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I have a few more (thanks for the tip on #1).
#1 is an El Camino Real marker south of Mission San Borja.
#6 is San Juan de Dios, a visiting station of Mission San Fernando.
#10 is a shrimp boat blown by a hurricane behind Bahia Santa Maria.
That's all I can figure out for now, but I love a challenge, so I may keep trying!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by LisaR.
I have a few more (thanks for the tip on #1).
#1 is an El Camino Real marker south of Mission San Borja.
#6 is San Juan de Dios, a visiting station of Mission San Fernando.
#10 is a shrimp boat blown by a hurricane behind Bahia Santa Maria.
That's all I can figure out for now, but I love a challenge, so I may keep trying! |
Excellent!!!
Of interest, the visita of San Juan de Dios was plowed over by a farmer last year. The photo was taken in 2000. The shrimp boat photo was from 1967
after the hurricane/ chubasco that messed up San Felipe and blew that boat way into the salt flats, 20 miles south. Some of the transmission is still
there, it looked like. Most of the boat disappeared in the 80's.
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fishbuck
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"Fishbuck: I should give you a 'time out' for an "of course it's the Camino Real" dumb answer... LOL. But, I won't because you didn't mention the red
light (Zona Norte) district of Tijuana." From DK
Well I didn't mention it because everyone already knows the Camino Real goes to the Zona Norte...duh
And I think #7 is AGUA VERDE.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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arbee
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#11, going up from La Turquesa canyon towards hwy. one.
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arbee
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Ken, I beat you by one minute.
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Ken Cooke
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Number 11 is the road from San Luis Gonzaga Bay to Hwy 1 via La Turquesa Mine. 
For authenticity's sake...here are a few Turquesa photos of my own.
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arbee
Ken, I beat you by one minute. |
That's okay, amigo. That is some beautiful country back there.
I can't wait to go back.
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arbee
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It is a great place. The first time I went down from the top on a dirtbike there wasn't a trail at the bottom. We had to pick our way through in 100
degree heat.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
"Fishbuck: I should give you a 'time out' for an "of course it's the Camino Real" dumb answer... LOL. But, I won't because you didn't mention the red
light (Zona Norte) district of Tijuana." From DK
Well I didn't mention it because everyone already knows the Camino Real goes to the Zona Norte...duh
And I think #7 is AGUA VERDE. |
Nope, this is a 'historic' photo showing Hwy. 1 long before graders and pavement, in Mike McMahan's book.
The location is Bahia Concepcion (at high tide)... The same location is now used to access Playa Coyote as the highway was built high above the
cliff... Photo below taken 50 years later (at high tide):
[Edited on 6-20-2009 by David K]
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arbee
It is a great place. The first time I went down from the top on a dirtbike there wasn't a trail at the bottom. We had to pick our way through in 100
degree heat. |
I believe it! These photos were taken on a day in NOvember and it was easily 85 deg.F
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by arbee
#11, going up from La Turquesa canyon towards hwy. one. |
Correct... and the brave soul in the Land Rover is 'The squarecircle'... assisited by TW and friends!
He made it to the top and out to Hwy. 1... When I shared this exciting news with Kacey Smith (who detailed this as her 'XR Ride Up' in her GPS
Guidebook)... she was not happy!
Well, it was a mine road before it became a m/c trail... Roy just showed it could be a road again!
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David K
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Number 12 remains... I thought that would be an early guess! You guys really are surprising me!
I like your photos Ken, thanks!
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rpleger
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#12
El Patron, out by the Mulegé lighthouse a few years ago.
Richard on the Hill
*ABROAD*, adj. At war with savages and idiots. To be a Frenchman abroad is to
be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
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