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Don Jorge
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Central Desert Flower Update?
Planning a trip. Does anyone have a current report or estimate on peak of flowering for the Central Desert Region of Baja. I know it is coming soon
and any info would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Jorge
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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Joaquin Suave
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Wait a minute!!!
Your supossed to be the expert in flowering plants!
Have a fun trip you Bat Rastard!
Let me know if you desire to stay a night or 2 at the rancho...
I'll write you a note for the boys.
J.S.
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Pompano
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Don Jorge....flowering in central Baja..
My wife and I just returned from a quick trip to San Diego and back to Conception Bay. We saw lots of flowers everywhere...a very colorful desert
landscape..and many varieties of flowers. This picture does not do them justice.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Pompano
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flowers in central Baja...........
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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DianaT
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Not great photos, but they show the green and flowers at the end of January. Have never seen it so green.
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DianaT
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Picture by Santa Ynez Rancho--Catavina
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Hook
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Hola, Don Jorge,
fellow SJC resident.
Cant speak to Baja as I wont be down until March but Anza Borrego is sure going off. The best early season the old timers can ever remember; looking
to be even better than the El Nino years. Even the late bloomers like the Desert Lily are abundant. But they predict the peak will be in Feb., not the
usual March peak.
Possibly some conclusions for the northern and central Baja deserts can be drawn from these observations.
I am going for the Prez Day weekend, somewhere below Scissors Xing. Still no charge for primitive camping in ABDSP.
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Don Jorge
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Thanks everyone for the info. Looks like now is good. Even the local hills and mountains are going off early as I discovered Sunday. Wow, this year
is going to be a fun trip!
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Mexray
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We had rain last week here in Mulege area
The end of last week it rained off-an-on all night long, with some heavier 'pours' on our palapa roof...sounded great...it appeared to travel
north-west from here, so the desert up towards SI and BOLA sould have gotten a nice 'sip' of agua to brighten up the flora...
Alas, we're heading back north this Thursday, so will have a first-hand report to offer in a few days...
Here's a pic of life on Bahia Concepcion this week....
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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Hook
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More rain possible
this Thursday and Friday in northern Baja as a sub-tropical system is expected to come on shore from the southwest.
This could extend the peak in Alta and Baja well into March!
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BajaVida
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will someone to something to make it last until early April?
we'll be in BOLA on 4/8
No se apure y dure.
Don\'t hurry and you\'ll last longer.
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Barry A.
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Yeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
We will be spending 3 weeks in Anza-Borrego (Borrego Springs) starting on Pres. day weekend-------been waiting for a "bloom" like this for years. This
is going to be great!!!! Thanks, Hook, (and others) for the heads-up. Barry
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Hook
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Barry A.
Where you gonna be on Prez Day? At the main campground?
Have you seen the Desert USA wildflower report recently? Good info on where to go. The usual spots in the north are good but it's tough to beat the
variety of the south.
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Barry A.
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Hook
Not familiar with the "Desert USA Wildflower Report".
We are lucky enough to have the use of a hacienda at the old "de Anza Country Club", a couple of miles north of the main Palm Canyon Campground. We
will be driving an old-style 4-dr '89 White Isuzu Trooper 4x4 with a small luggage rack on the top.
Our plans are not set in stone, yet, but tentatively we will arriving in Borrego Springs mid-day on Sunday, 2/20. There are a lot of loose ends that
we have to clean up before leaving our home in Redding, CA (way up north) so who knows if we will stick with this plan, but we hope to. Thanks for
asking.
What do you all drive?
Barry
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Hook
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Oh, sure, the De Anza area.
Look for signs of fast-moving water that came through last year. Believe it may have taken out some homes in De Anza. Also caused much damage in the
main campground itself, including the destruction of some of those stone structures they had in there.
Here is the wildflower link:
http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html
....and this place has nice dining.
http://thepalmsatindianhead.com/
I drive a Ford F-350 with a Lance but will probably just park it at our camp in the south part of the park. A friend is supposed to bring his H-2
Hummer along and that is what we will use to get around. Although, I expect we will do more hiking than anything. Still, never been in a Hummer.
Probably point him up or down Carrizo Wash and see how it does.
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Barry A.
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Hook----
Hook----we heard about the floods----my sisters house in de Anza survived, so we are still "in luck". We will keep our eyes open for a hummer----they
are not hard to see (-: -----
sorry to hear about the "stone structures" being damaged, or destroyed-----I camped in those stone structures back in 1945, and for the years after,
and I really have some good memories----they protected us more than once from the hellacious winds that can come down Palm Canyon. Oh,
yeahhhhhhhh!!!!
Barry
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Don Jorge
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More rain! This is going to be an epic year for desert bloom. We are going to the central desert region Feb 25- March 3.
Going to Anza tonight for a few days.
Be safe!
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
"All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E.P. Box
"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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Hook
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Another 3/4 inch
reported in the CAnebrake region overnight.
This is going to be incredible!
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BornFisher
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The desert out toward Arbreojos was a carpet of gold 2 weeks ago. I`ll try to post a pic here.....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Hook
reported in the CAnebrake region overnight.
This is going to be incredible! |
Canebrake? Are Marvin and Aletha neighbors of yours?
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