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4x4abc
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just back...
... from another stunning trip through paradise - go see for yourself:
http://tinyurl.com/8xtjdjq
[Edited on 3-16-2012 by 4x4abc]
[Edited on 3-16-2012 by 4x4abc]
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TMW
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That looked like a great trip. The pictures are so sharp and clear. Thanks
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wilderone
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Are you sharing secrets? Where is "I found this beach a year ago"? and also where is "Active mineral spring forming onyx"? Loved the photos -
thanks for the armchair adventure!
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goldhuntress
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Really great photos. Looks like a very fun trip and a lot of good times!
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Cyanide41
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Great pics, Thanks for sharing.
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BornFisher
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Ahhhhhh..................... nothing like women who need no tent and gather wood to cook with! Probably dove for lobster and dug clams too!!! Real
Baja women!!!
Congrats on a great trip and thanks for the report!
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David K
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Thanks for 'taking us along'... very cool photos of some of the 'Best of Baja', for sure! Mision San Luis Gonzaga, Agua Verde, Mulege, Scammon's
Lagoon, Cataviņa, Coco's Corner, Calamajue Canyon, San Ignacio... GREAT! 
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4x4abc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
Are you sharing secrets? Where is "I found this beach a year ago"? and also where is "Active mineral spring forming onyx"? Loved the photos -
thanks for the armchair adventure! |
the spring is in Valle Encantada
the beach (pic above) is Ensenada San Basilio
feel free to follow our tracks:
http://www.baja101.com/Baja-GPS/Beseli.kmz
[Edited on 3-16-2012 by 4x4abc]
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David K
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Valle Encantada? Any other nearby names? Thanks!
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4x4abc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Valle Encantada? Any other nearby names? Thanks! |
follow the tracks and you'll find it
you want to some exploring/searching for yourself
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4x4abc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BornFisher
Ahhhhhh..................... nothing like women who need no tent and gather wood to cook with! Probably dove for lobster and dug clams too!!! Real
Baja women!!!
Congrats on a great trip and thanks for the report! |
well, these girls where from Switzerland and would have wanted a tent - but I always tell new members that I have not used a tent in 25 years (except
when it rains) and everyone should follow my example. They don't want to be chickens and do. Then they find out, how wonderful this new feeling is.
The feeling is "freedom" - because you are not afraid anymore.
Collecting wood is the #1 job in every group as soon as we get to a camp site. No wood = no dinner!
I believe in traveling with the smallest footprint possible. Small cars, only essential equipment. For that reason I do not carry any stoves. Nature
provides almost everything we need. Not necessarily what we want - but what we need.
climbing from my horse now
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 4x4abc
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Valle Encantada? Any other nearby names? Thanks! |
follow the tracks and you'll find it
you want to some exploring/searching for yourself |
Oh indeed... I have followed tracks to soda springs... just didn't know which ones, as I do not know where Valle Encantada is... must be your name for
it?
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Nice! 
We once 'found' Ensenada San Basilio while looking for San Nicholas. It was before we had the Baja Almanac.  Magical place.
MAGA
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4x4abc
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Oh indeed... I have followed tracks to soda springs... just didn't know which ones, as I do not know where Valle Encantada is... must be your name for
it? |
Coco and many others call it Valle Encantada (enchanted valley) - it's the narrow canyon (Calamajue) with colorful slate. The running water (some of
it warm) and the many birds make it truly an enchanted place. Zoom in on the track and you'll find the spring. It has a recent mining claim next to it
(you know, the white concrete blocks with names and numbers)
http://g.co/maps/cnrg6
[Edited on 3-16-2012 by 4x4abc]
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4x4abc
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retirement? you are doing something wrong! really wrong!
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it looks like you had an amazing vacation ...I love that you posted so many pics of all the plants you saw !! thanks for taking the time to share.
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Thanks much... great photo's and appears all had a great time .. .
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David K
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Thank you Harard,
Did you drive up and see the mission site at Calamajue this trip? I would like to see photos to compare to my visit in 2002...
It is the short road that crosses the arroyo and goes up the opposite side where the road drops into Calamajue coming south from Coco's.
Not much there, but it was an important site during mission and mining times.
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4x4abc
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David,
no we did not check the mission ruins.
Did you ever check out the gold mine on the north side of the canyon? The air strip is still in place.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by 4x4abc
David,
no we did not check the mission ruins.
Did you ever check out the gold mine on the north side of the canyon? The air strip is still in place. |
The first location for the next mission north of San Borja proved unfit because
the water was so mineralized it prevented agriculture.
After 7 months, the mission was moved.
GPS: 29°25'16.3" 114°11'42.4"
No, didn't see the mine... but I have seen the runway on Google Earth and in an old copy of Airports of Baja. The Camino Real heads northwest from
there and through a canyon to the valley on the other side (just south of Coco's). You can see an old mine road grade leading towards Laguna Chapala
from there, too.
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