May ’04: Book Signing Party II
Pyramid Resort’s 2nd Annual Baja Book Signing Party May, 2004 Pyramid Resort’s Ocean View Photo by Baja Bernie’s friend Jim Callahan Carol and Hugh Kramer of Discover Baja Travel Club ( www.discoverbaja.com) with ‘Miguel Salazar’, author of the Baja Emergency Guide. Photos by David K, except those credited to Jim or Dennis. Baja Nomad ‘jide’ […]
Baja in May, 2003
Two weekend trips this month! First, to attend the Baja Book Authors ‘Signing Party’ at the Pyramid Resort, La Misión. Second, to explore an old road on Memorial Day weekend. Harry Crosby and Jimmy Smith, 5-3-03! Harry checks Jimmy’s cartoon name tag at this second meeting of two living Baja legends. They first met in […]
2003 Score Baja 500
At approx. race mile 80, my son Chris and I found a great spot to watch this year’s Baja 500. The first ‘500’ race began in 1968 as an Ensenada to Ensenada loop through northern Baja California. 35 years later the concept remains the same, but many of the vehicles have sure changed! First to […]
Baja 4-06: The Search for Santa Ursula (Also the Anita Espinoza Museum, Las Pintas, And la Lobera)
The weekend of April 7-9, 2006 my son Chris and I stayed at the Baja Cactus Motel in El Rosario to revisit friends and do some exploring. Visiting historic places in Baja is one of my passions. Santa Ursula was a water hole along the mission road through Baja. Las Pintas is a fascinating site […]
Guadalupe Canyon 4-05
Friday night, April 29, 2005 Elizabeth and I went camping to Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs. The canyon is reached 34 unpaved miles south from Mexico Highway 2, between Tecate and Mexicali. Two routes are available, one for wet weather is signed Cañon de Guadalupe, and is a graded road. The normal route is signed Laguna […]
Exotic Baja Canyons, With Jide (April ’04)
El Parral, El Berrendo, El Carrizo, Agua Caliente, El Cajon Three days (Easter weekend) in April, 2004 Baja Internet amigo Gerald Jide and I visited five desert canyons on the east side of the Sierra San Pedro Martir (southwest from San Felipe) and found palms, running water, hot springs, and more! Another Internet amigo (Baja […]
Baja 4-03: Mission Santa Maria/ L.A. Bay/ El Volcán Onyx Geyser
Amigos de Baja: Jim & Linda (‘fishuntr’), Ross & Rose (‘chicagoross’) and David K & daughter Sarah first attempt the ‘toughest road in Baja’ to explore the Mision Santa Maria region. After two days, we continue south to L.A. Bay and continue a great Baja trip. The following photos are from the camera of ‘chicagoross’ […]
L.A. Bay Area Adventures 3-30-02 To 4-6-02
Spring break in our school district started on March 30. Last year, my son went with ‘Amo Pescar’ and me to Baja, (see http://vivabaja.com/401). This year, my 11 year old daughter Sarah wanted to go to Baja… I couldn’t say no (I wanted to go, too)! I still had a lost mission to find and […]
Baja Adventure with David K, Amo Pescar & Chris, Apr. 8 To 14, 2001
Using Amo Pescar’s (Mike’s) new desert command unit (Ford F-250 4WD with Callen Camper), we went to many interesting and new sites in Central Baja California. Visit my web site for other Baja adventures and information at: http://www.vivabaja.com All photos by David K, Chris K or Amo Pescar. Scanned by Wild Bill. David K & […]
A Four Wheeling Day in Northern Baja, Hwy. 3 To Hwy. 1, In March 2005
We used the 2003 Baja Almanac, Map 1 for place names capitalized below: The point where we turned west, off Highway 3 was 15 miles south of Tecate at VALLE LAS PALMAS . GPS Map Datum WGS 84: 32°21.99′, -116°36.92′, elev. 944′ . Down the wide graded road we go until a left turn is […]
Feb. 2007 President’s Day Weekend
We explored the top half of the La Turquesa Canyon grade, stayed at Gonzaga Bay’s Campo Beluga and then spend the last night on Shell Island. We visited with friends Antonio Muñoz in El Rosario and Rob & Connie at Bahia Santa Maria. Hwy. 1 to La Turquesa Canyon View Between Km. 213 and 214, […]
2/06 El Rosario’s Petrified Forest & La Bocana Beach
In February, 2006, Elizabeth and I returned to the petrified ‘forest’ canyon. We first saw it the previous July (during the El Rosario Cultural Festival http://vivabaja.com/705/page6.html). We also went to La Bocana beach, logging the milages on both roads from town (see below). Getting to the petrified wood canyon… After receiving permission from the property […]
Feb.’05 San Felipe 250 Race Weekend
Feb. 26 & 27, was a fun weekend in Baja with Elizabeth! We arrived in San Felipe about midnight and were the guests of friends who have a beach home, some miles south. Just after the sun rose Saturday, I took this photo of the huge sand beach in front of where we stayed. Elizabeth […]
Matomí Group Trip – Feb. ’04
Presidents Day Weekend FEB. 14 – 16, 2004 Campo Nuevo Mazatlan Km. 32 south of San Felipe, Baja California. Saturday we visit Shell Island. Sunday we tour Parral and Matomí canyons. Monday we check out the sulfur mine, then head home. All Photos c2004 from Bob H, David K, ‘Mexray’, ‘Tunaeater’, and Edie H (the […]
1757 Jesuit Map of (Baja) California with Lost Missions
Padre Miguel Venegas created this map from compiled Jesuit documents. The northern half of the map is shown here, and includes six mission sites. Three are known and three may be lost? The second frame has the six missions marked. Near the top is a waterhole called ‘Aguaje de Santa Isabel’ (between Bahia San Luis […]