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Mula
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Bay of Concepcion Peninsula
A friend and I would like to go on a camping trip to the peninsula of Concepcion Bay, but want someone to go with us who knows the place, history,
etc.
The paintings, Baja Patty, the old mine, the ranch at the end, when to get a few clams for dinner, snorkeling, etc.
Anyone got any suggestions?
Thanks
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Cypress
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Talk to Pompano.
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Mula
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He's gone for the season, already.
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It's a one way road in and a one way road out.
[Edited on 5/4/2012 by Cypress]
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there are many roads in but only one road out 
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David K
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Please take photos to share! The manganese mine looks interesting and I always wondered why Erle Stanley Gardner never mentioned it when he explored
the area in 1966... He went there because there were no roads shown on maps of the time, out there. Gardner's team even made a runway over there for
Capt. Muņoz to fly in to!
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Mulegena
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We're going tomorrow night for the Mega-Moon and some beach camping and snorkeling out towards the point.
Taking the 4x4; not a bad road, but my little Toyota pickup had to turn back a couple months ago just before Jingle Beach.
Will let you know how we did.
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Cypress
You sort of sound like that Hotel California Eagles song!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Cypress
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Many here must appreciate Gardner's motivation to see where there were no roads. We crossed through the (safe then) flats on the south of the Bahia
heading for San Sebastian because on page 287 of Jack Williams' Magnificent Peninsula he said the road had turned him back twice in a pick-up truck!
I was driving a half ton bubble top Ford van, and although Cathy got out and walked un tramo we made it fine. The best part, and unique, we saw both a
deer and a bobcat within a mile of each other and within a few miles of the Bahia. Never since for either!
A New connecting road from the one to San Sebastian, to the southerly road from El Rosarito to San Nicolas was cut-in a couple years ago. It runs
north/south. It was pretty rough on a dirt bike. It comes out just west of the big striped butte on the San Nic road. No clams that direction though.
[Edited on 5-5-2012 by vgabndo]
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Mula
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Mulegena,
Damn, I wish we would have known you were going, we sure would liked to have joined you.
If you make another excursion that way, we sure would like to go.
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We run it fairly frequently on Quads. It is a very interesting area and the plants are different than I have seen in other parts of the peninsula.
The cave scratchings are Ok, but not one of the finest examples. There were about 4 students last time that were doing a study on the Catarina
scallops and it was fascinating to talk to them and see what they were doing. They were about straight across from Bob and Susan's place.
It is not safe to park in the old abandoned campground anymore as it is almost 100% sure that your vehicle will get broken into. We always park in
the little fishing village just west of there and pay them a few bucks to watch the vehicles.
Lots of shell mounds from when they were doing more scallop hunting and shell harvesting .
Scenery is fantastic.
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Ged and I went out there last year, here is a link to the trip report.
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=51730#pid6038...
For some reason the link starts in the middle of the post, you have to scroll up to the start...
[Edited on 5-5-2012 by dtbushpilot]
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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chuckie
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Second on the theft problem, almost 100% that you will get broken into..We were over there last week, by boat...Another caution, watch for
Rattlesnakes...Having said all that, IT IS a great trip...
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Another vote for taking the trip. We did it in the 90's in my Toy pickup (4x4). It was a day trip and we went out to the mine. Not one vehicle did
we see all day after turning off Mex 1.
Like Vag we saw a bobcat. We had just left the mine on the Cortez side and were coming through a narrow section back to the bahia when we spotted it
just ahead of us on the road. It stayed in front of us, then we stopped and watched it for a few minutes slowly disappear up the slope.
Great side trip and one that I'd like to do again, only next time I'd camp a few days out there.
A few years later I got the Baja Almanac and when reviewing the area we had traveled I noticed that just north of the mine there is Punta el Gato!!!!
(page 37 O/2)
Ken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
...I noticed that just north of the mine there is Punta el Gato!!!!
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Should've called it Punta El Gato Roberto. <groan>
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David K
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Just edit out everything after the thread number 51730:
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=51730
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Please take photos to share! The manganese mine looks interesting and I always wondered why Erle Stanley Gardner never mentioned it when he explored
the area in 1966... He went there because there were no roads shown on maps of the time, out there. Gardner's team even made a runway over there for
Capt. Muņoz to fly in to! |
Because he was sworn to secrecy on penalty of death not to divulge the secret American underground missile site that's there. The whole
WWII-manganese-mine story was just a cover for its construction.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Please take photos to share! The manganese mine looks interesting and I always wondered why Erle Stanley Gardner never mentioned it when he explored
the area in 1966... He went there because there were no roads shown on maps of the time, out there. Gardner's team even made a runway over there for
Capt. Muņoz to fly in to! |
Because he was sworn to secrecy on penalty of death not to divulge the secret American underground missile site that's there. The whole
WWII-manganese-mine story was just a cover for its construction. |
Now that is believable!  
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