TravelTakesYou
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Whale of a visit
In Feb will start in Loreto and drive north in a rental car to witness the whales. With Baja in our souls we will stay in Santa Rosalia, north to
Guerrero Negro, San Ignacio lagoon, La Parisma and return to Loreto. Three weeks.
Any suggestions for roads to travel or avoid, restaurants, hotels or B&B. Appreciate any and all comments of don't miss or stay clear. Finding
this site available and reading the old and new postings is amazing.
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Welcome to Nomad!
There aren't a lot of roads from Loreto en route to see the whales on the Pacific coast, besides Hwy. 1 unless you rent a jeep or other ORV.
The town of San Ignacio is known for its beautiful mission, so take time to wander there and enjoy the view. La Huerta hotel is a good choice for a
place to stay in town if you will not be camping at the lagoon.
Shari Bondy will set you up with lagoon camping and/or hotels in Guerrero Negro, and provide great guiding on the water.
I'm sure others will have suggestions/ideas. Have fun!
\"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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shari
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It sounds like a fantastic trip...each lagoon is quite different! We have a base camp at Ojo de Liebre at Guerrero Negro so come out and visit us. You
can see what we do at www.whalemagictours.com so just let me know if you want some help setting something up.
Just a side note...try to avoid any lagoon on Presidents Day Weekend as they are packed and the whales are over stressed. Happy Whale Watching folks.
Here is my daughter slobbering on a whale!
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Russ
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Shari, that's a great whale whisperer photo.
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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shari
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thanks Russ...as you can imagine I have hundreds of photos of Sirenita being a whale hog!
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thank you for the personal touch responses. We will make a visit to the camp. Your website is slow today but will keep trying. Love the picture!
For the first time out we will take Hwy 1 since we are renting a car.
welcome any other ideas if you have the time.
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David K
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See the first Spanish missions of California:
Quote: Originally posted by TravelTakesYou  | thank you for the personal touch responses. We will make a visit to the camp. Your website is slow today but will keep trying. Love the picture!
For the first time out we will take Hwy 1 since we are renting a car.
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Your trip will take you from the place where California began, at Loreto. What is meant is the first permanent population of people who called the
land California, began at Loreto in 1697. The mission, Nuestra Señora de Lorerto Conchó, California's first is where the 48 California missions began,
as did the Camino Real mission trail that connected all the missions.... south to San José del Cabo, and north to the San Francisco Bay region.
Within 25 miles of Loreto are the second and third California missions, San Javier (1699) and San Juan Bautista de Ligüí (1705). San Javier is the
jewel of the California missions and you can see the fully intact and open example of Jesuit mission construction from the 1750's. Ligüí was not so
successful and only a cross marks a spot near where that mission once stood.
On your way north to see whales, you pass the fourth mission, Santa Rosalía de Mulegé (1705) another intact Jesuit mission, visible from the highway
and accessed from just south of the bridge.
The next mission you can easily visit is in the center of San Ignacio, founded in 1728 (the 11th mission of California) with construction of the giant
church completed by the Dominicans in 1786.
La Purísima is home to the 6th California mission (1720), but sadly only some rubble and a few crypts mark the site in town.
A look at these missions: http://vivabaja.com/bajamissions
Here are some pictures:
Loreto (bell tower added 1955)
San Javier
Ligüí, last visible foundation rubble, 2001.
Mulegé
La Purísima, in 1906
San Ignacio
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This humpy trying out for an insurance company ad made me feel pretty small in my kayak last Saturday off Isla San Roque.
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Great shot, Ross!
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Great shot Ross and close enough to scare the living daylights out of you.
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rossman OMG
what a great shot!
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Travel Takes You - three weeks is plenty of time to sneak on over to see us! we are an out of the way village and love to meet newcomers.
check out the website located below for LA BOCANA HOTEL and have a wonderful whale encounter.
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