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Taco de Baja
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Took a right at Cataviña....
Had a nice trip to the un-named coast at the beginning of the month. Water temps were nice and ranged from 67 to 75. Had some decent waves, good
weather; no rain this year, thank goodness. Ice lasted a total of 11 days for our dedicated beer and soda cooler and 12 days for the food cooler, not
bad for a 13 day trip! Fishing really sucked, couple of small 8 inch Bonito, a needle fish, and several baby halibut in the 6 to 16 inch range. No
breakdowns or flats. Saw a couple other campers, but no fishermen stopped by as in years past. Night skies were brilliantly clear, especially before
moon rise; saw some awesome meteor falls including one that was a bright green streak (second one I’ve seen. The other one was on this coast too), and
a large one that broke into about a dozen pieces as it fell. Saw lots of lightning flashes from the t-storms over on the Gulf as well.
Reroute on the free road was easy going down early in the morning, but a PITA coming back. Mextrans in their infinite wisdom decided mid-day on a
Thursday would be an awesome time to repave the road and close it down to one lane and alternate traffic. Are they consulting with Caltrans?
Border wait coming home was the fastest I’ve had in decades. 20-25 minutes once we were in line. It took longer to get to the border as the police
had closed off the road that parallels the fence near the top of the hill, and were rerouting traffic through TJ. Just as we got up to the reroute,
they re-opened the main road, and we were on our way. Could have been even faster, but one of the guards had an attitude and was grilling everyone
who went to his station, and opening and inspecting vehicles too. The guy spent over 5 minutes with my sister. I got the other guard and all he
asked was “Anything to declare?” I was through in 60 seconds.
A photo montage follows:
The Drive in.
Cardon forest.
Left or right? 
At the coast.
Warm water! Just a tad colder than it was in 1997 when it reached 78 during the last super El Niño.
Party Wave! 
Remote beach, only real access is hiking.
Which way did they go?
Fun in the sand.
The gulls liked the baked almejas we fed them on this walk.
Cool find on a hike.
Poor old guy must have liked eating rocks. Those are some worn teeth!
Would have loved to bring it home, but not worth the hassle of violating the Marine Mammal Protection of 1972, and any Mexican laws….
We were up there!
View from a ledge.
There were 3 to 4 of these trawlers running day and night the entire time we were there. This was the largest, that got close enough to photograph.
But we could see their lights at night and hear the rumble of the engines over the water. They even had a helicopter that swung by to check us out a
couple of times. May be why the fish are gone.  
Toxic yellow water, about ¼ mile long slick several miles from our camp. Maybe from the trawlers….?
A squadron of Pelicans. Yep, that’s what they’re called. 
An attempt to photograph Scorpio. As well as some light painting.
Shade house at night with Cassiopeia off to the right.
A nightly visitor to our spot. Only one this year, at least only one photographed at a time.
Sniffing at our shade house. My nephew’s feet are about a foot away from Mr. Yote’s nose. 
Desert camp spot on our last night.
A “little” visitor to our desert camp.
Sunset, last day in the desert.
Sunset with Jesus clouds, to end the slide show.
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desertcpl
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very nice,, thanks
secret spot
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BajaBlanca
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verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry nice.
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Ateo
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What an awesome trip. Loved the photo with the kid high up overlooking the "area". The night time photos of the coyote are cool. Thanks for all the
photos, except the spider one. That freeks me out even though it's just on the computer screen.
Thanks!
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Maron
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Great trip and photos, thanks for sharing.
Ron and Mary Ann
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woody with a view
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really fun down there this time of year before the masses arrive!
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bajajudy
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That sure looks like a good time
Thanks for sharing!
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jbcoug
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Thanks for sharing. Loved the party wave! Cool family experience.
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BajaParrothead
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Great pics. Thanks for sharing. Were you using a trail cam for Wiley?
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Paulina
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Great family fun, thank you for posting.
P>*)))>{
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monoloco
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Nice report! I believe the fishing boats you saw were tuna seiners, not trawlers.
"The future ain't what it used to be"
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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great family vacation and pics...the party wave made me smile too. whoa...I have never ever seen worn down teeth like that in the skull...what the...?
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BajaRat
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Thanks for the lift 
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Bajaboy
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three more weeks...kids are reminding me every day...thanks for sharing
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Whale-ista
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Great photos, great memories. Thanks for sharing.
And thanks for leaving the skull there for others to appreciate. Perhaps the big Lobo Del mar was chewing on lobster and abalone.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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David K
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Super report and photo Brooks! Thank you.
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Mexitron
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I was there in spirit (heh, I was the coyote...). Great pics, we'll need to do some more night-time photography next time, always fun. Bummer on the
trawler.
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bigmike58
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Excellent trip report!!
This is the type of post that I appreciate while NOB !!
It's almost as satisfying as that cigarette after,,, Well you know..
Shouldn\'t one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare check or Sec.8 housing?
........... I had to pass one to earn it for them!
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Taco de Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaParrothead
Great pics. Thanks for sharing. Were you using a trail cam for Wiley? |
Yep, a simple IR wildlife camera. We attached it to a 2x4 and stuck that in a bucket of rocks so it can be moved to different spots on different
nights.
It's an old one, so a lot of photos don’t come out real well, these were the best; but, it's still fun to see who's lurking in the dark, and when they
visit (it's usually several times of the night and morning). One year I think the pack was at least 5 strong.
I also did a time lapse with my smart phone where it took a photo every 15 seconds, and then stitched it into a movie [app name is “Lapse It Pro”]
Really cool to see the tides change, the clouds build and simmer down, and all our activities over an 11-hour period reduced down to a ~2.5 minute
clip….However, I’m not going to share that one as it shows more landmark details than I care to share  . But I highly recommend trying it out. I did have to do a battery change half-way through.
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
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pappy
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nice brooks!
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