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bryanmckenzie
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Road to Parque Nacional San Pedro Martir & Observatorio Astronomico
The road from Highway 1 between Camalu and Colonet leading up to the National Obervatory is finally all paved and generally in excellent condition.
The turnoff is well-marked in San Telmo de Abajo. Storm damage from last winter has left a few windy segements of this road quite trecherous. Repairs
were underway in July 2010. Due to the remoteness of the road past the San Telmo Valley and Rancho Meling and the almost non-existent traffic in the
San Pedro Martir National Park, bringing in small crews equipment and construction materials means slow progress. Access is open and easy for all
vehicles.
NOTE that you cannot access the peak & observatory past the locked gate unless you have an escort from a supervisor at the maintenance yard
(usually after 10am). Oh yeah, WATCH THE VADOS (!) going through the farming valley (end of video clip).
Watch this 7-minute driving video clip from campsite at 7,000 feet to almost 9,000 feet and back down to Mex 1.
[Edited on 2010-10-6 by bryanmckenzie]
[Edited on 2010-10-6 by bryanmckenzie]
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BornFisher
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Cool pics and vid. Thanks!
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David K
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Good job Bryan! Just watched your observatory highway video. If you like "bad-a**" vados, then drive south of San Felipe towards Puertecitos!
Bummer you didn't get up to the end of the road at the telescopes... Big view down rio the desert north of San Felipe and off across the delta to
Sonora and Arizona (if clear). You cannot see San Felipe or the Sea of Cortez because Diablo Mountain blocks the view that direction.
Thanks again... love trip reports with photos and details!!!
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bryanmckenzie
NOTE that you cannot access the peak & observatory past the locked gate unless you have an escort from a supervisor at the maintenance yard
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nice pics.
fyi, you can go up to observatory anytime, if you like hiking. if you park near lower gate, it is a nice hike (no trail) to north and east, then
return to your car by walking down the road. good way to spend a full day exploring mtn crest north of the observatories, followed by summiting at
the observatories, then walking out via road.
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bryanmckenzie
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Thanks. And you're welcome. I do all my travels with "road" pics and short videos with narration. Glad you enjoyed my video. That was one of my longer
ones.
| Quote: | Originally posted by BornFisher
Cool pics and vid. Thanks! |
[Edited on 2010-10-18 by bryanmckenzie]
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TMW
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Thanks Bryan it's is truly a beautiful place. I haven't been up to the top in 8 years or more and your pictures bring back fond memories.
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Baja12valve
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bryanmckenzie
The road from Highway 1 between Camalrked
NOTE that you cannot access the peak & observatory past the locked gate unless you have an escort from a supervisor at the maintenance yard
(usually after 10am).
How and where do you get a escort? Is someone there during regular hours? I plan on going there this Spring, to Picacho del Diablo.
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bryanmckenzie
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In the video clip, you'll see me parked in the high meadow simply amazed at the beauty and utter lack of people and traffic. It is simply spectacular,
as you can see in the lebow photo.
| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Thanks Bryan it's is truly a beautiful place. I haven't been up to the top in 8 years or more and your pictures bring back fond memories.
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“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.”
-Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910)
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bryanmckenzie
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Simply stop at the gate where you see my vehicle, or, better yet, there is a small parking lot to the left. Then walk up to the maintenance yard on
the right (about 100 meters; see picture) and in your best Spanish as to go to the observatory. Hope that helps, even though I didn't make it up there
because it was a Sunday.
| Quote: | | How and where do you get a escort? Is someone there during regular hours? I plan on going there this Spring, to Picacho del Diablo.
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Jack Swords
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Tommy?
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David K
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I tried that link and my computer about crashed... I am affraid to click on it again, what was there Jack?
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bryanmckenzie
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Hi Jack. Yup. I used the other pen name for GE use only. I decided to create a new pen name for BN. It's actually easier to keep separate e-mail
accounts & hard drive files to keep straight where I'm posting what.
| Quote: | Originally posted by Jack Swords
Tommy? |
[Edited on 2010-10-19 by bryanmckenzie]
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bryanmckenzie
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Hi David. My link? Is crashing your system? It shouldn't. It's simple HTML & JPG's on my owner server.
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I tried that link and my computer about crashed... I am affraid to click on it again, what was there Jack? |
[Edited on 2010-10-19 by bryanmckenzie]
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Jack Swords
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Tommy, your link works for me, but the KMZ file for GE doesn't. That is an incredible work by you and should be available! I had posted that link
years ago on BN, so perhaps you can get it to work here again. Nice to hear from you again!
My e-mail on BN is fake to deter some monkeys who were abusing the e-mail addresses.
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Jack Swords
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David, get it to work, Tommy does some great stuff and it's on the missions (need I say more?)
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jack Swords
David, get it to work, Tommy does some great stuff and it's on the missions (need I say more?) |
Well, I hope the total update of the mission data pages I did recently counts for something! 
All the seperate web sites listed below are inter-linkled and can also be reached at http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions
Jesuit Missions: http://vivabaja.com/missions1
Franciscan & Dominican Missions: http://vivabaja.com/missions2
Mission Visitas: http://vivabaja.com/missions3
Baja Mission Site Locator (Google Earth & GPS): http://vivabaja.com/missions4
There are links to the El Camino Real from space posts as well.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bryanmckenzie
Hi David. My link? Is crashing your system? It shouldn't. It's simple HTML & JPG's on my owner server.
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I tried that link and my computer about crashed... I am affraid to click on it again, what was there Jack? |
[Edited on 2010-10-19 by bryanmckenzie] |
Okay, just looked, no crashing today! The GE link was a no go, however.
You must have an over-size monitor at home? Your mission page and your photo posts on Nomad here all require scrolling off to the right on a 15"
screen... Nomad asks to limit pixel size to 600 x 800... helps us poor folk to read the forum easier... 
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Jack Swords
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David, /mission4 looks great! Nice job. Sure would make them easy to find now.
Has anyone photographed SJDD (San Juan de Dias) since the "plowing"? We're heading down to La Paz the end of November, but not going off to check.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Jack Swords
David, /mission4 looks great! Nice job. Sure would make them easy to find now.
Has anyone photographed SJDD (San Juan de Dias) since the "plowing"? We're heading down to La Paz the end of November, but not going off to check.
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Yes, ELINESTI8R (David M) has been there and took some pictures and I included his photos on the San Juan de Dios visita page (after your and my
photos): In http://vivabaja.com/missions3
If you go back in, see if you can find the location of the building and take photos from the same position (with palms or mountain background) as your
or my older photos... For a before and after image. Perhaps print one of ours to imitate?
A Nomad amigo turned me onto a 1973 book with a chapter and photo by Clyde H. McMorrow.
Here is part of a chapter on San Juan de Dios with a photo:
San Juan de Dios. This assistencia was so large that some natives believed it a separate mission. ... When the mission counted its greatest number of
converts, the grain and meat produced apparently sufficed to feed the people one ...
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David K
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Jack, so as to not hijack this thread anymore... for the San Juan de Dios photos, I made a new post... http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=48543
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