Pat’s YouTube videos taken on the Baja Extreme 2016 tour

In September 2016, 4 well prepared 4×4 Toyotas set out to experience The Baja Extreme tour. My passenger (Pat Malone) made the following 7 videos during the 11 day tour: Here are ALL 7 videos from Pat of our tour: #1: San Felipe-San Borja: (6:14 min) #2: San Borja-Mulegé: (8:19 min) #3: Punta Concepción: (4:52 […]

Desert Magazine Baja California Articles 1939-1993

Preserved collection of the original DESERT MAGAZINES online, and FREE to view. 1937-1985 To read the old Desert Magazines: http://swdeserts.com/archive%20master%2037%2085.htm Another source to see all of the Desert Magazines: https://archive.org/details/desertmagazine 1993 American Desert magazine with Baja articles: HERE >>> Click on the year, the issue, and use your mouse to flip pages by clicking on […]

Roy, the Squarecircle

This page is a collection of photos from 2005-2012 showing Roy or photos taken by our friend, Roy ‘The Square-circle’ Hall April 2005: Off Road Day Trip, Hwy. 3 to Hwy. 1 at Cantamar April 2005: Pyramid Resort Book Signing July 2005: Baja-Rosario Cultural Festival Nov. 2005: Erle Stanley Gardner museum show, Temecula, CA. May […]

Feb. 2019: TV’s America Unearthed goes to Baja

What a rush! Not just that it was exciting… but that it was go-go-go, too! A friend (John Grasson) who writes about desert history and mysteries was contacted to help make part of a TV show episode about one of his interests. John knew I had some photos of a place in Baja related to […]

Aug. 2018: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #8

Highway 3, Tecate to Ensenada to Highway 5 then south to San Felipe and on to Laguna Chapala. Sierra Juárez road to Laguna Hanson and on to Highway 2. This has been a long time coming, to get the final Baja Bound research trip done, but Baja wins in the end! What I mean is, […]

2011-2014 Baja Trip Albums

April 2011: Lost Mission Expedition, Arroyo el Volcán May 2011: Shell Island, with Kristi, Josh & Jonna  July 2011: Shell Island, Gonzaga Bay, El Rosario, with Kristi Jan. 2012: Shell Island, Fossil Beds, Arroyo Grande July 2012: 15 Fabulous Days in Baja, to the tip and back! Sept. 2012: Tecate; meeting the governor of Baja […]

Guadalupe Canyon Entrance 11-05

In November, 2005, we followed Steve and Val to Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs. After doing some soaking, we explored the area outside of the canyon entrance…

Oct. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #7

Tijuana to San Quintín sites and the San Pedro Mártir mountain drive. What was supposed to be a 7 day, final trip, to collect data on the remaining areas of Baja of interest for the road guide and map project… turned out to be a 6 day trip and missed doing Hwy. 3 from Ensenada […]

Jack Swords Photos of the Missions of Baja California

Jack Swords, a certified INAH registered photographer, traveled to the mission sites to preserve them on film between 2000 and 2004. Twenty years later, we can compare the recent past with what can be seen today. These photos are all copyright protected ©. No reproduction without permission. LORETO in 2001 (founded in 1697, construction dates […]

Aug. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #6

Southernmost Baja (14 days/ 3,000 miles) DAYS: 1) San Diego North County to Shell Island (south of San Felipe), 298 miles (via Mexicali). 2) Shell Island to El Datil south, 396 miles. 3) El Dátil south to Lopez Mateos, 229 miles (via La Purisima & Comondú). 4) López Mateos to Dolores Overview, 201 miles (via […]

June 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #5

TRIP #5: Day 1 San Diego-Mission San Fernando, about 40 miles beyond El Rosario. Day 2 San Fernando to near El Barril. Day 3 El Barril to San Ignacio (via Mission Santa Gertrudis & San Francisco de la Sierra) Day 4 San Ignacio to Bahía Asunción. Day 5 Bahía Asunción to Bahía Tortugas + and […]

Apr. 2017: Baja Bound Road Guide Research Trip #4

TRIP #4 goal is to explore the remote Pacific Coast of Baja California between El Rosario and Guerrero Negro. On the way south, I will also be checking Highway 3 from Highway 5 to Valle de la Trinidad and continue from there on the dirt road to Highway 1, near San Vicente. DAY 1 Wed. […]