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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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’ […]
Memorial Day Weekend in El Rosario 5-27-05 To 5-29-05
Mision Nuestra Señora del Rosario de Viñadaco Founded on July 20, 1774 as the first Dominican mission in (Baja) California. In 1802 the spring went dry, so the mission moved down the valley to its second site close to the river, known today as ‘Rosario Abajo’. To La Bocana Beach Using the high and dry […]
Shell Island Memorial Day ’08
Shell Island Memorial Day ’08 The beautiful sand coast south of San Felipe is a favorite Baja camping destination. The barrier island created by tidal lagoons between Percebu and Bahia Santa Maria has been my favorite place to beach camp for over 30 years… I named it ‘Shell Island’. One fine Baja beach! Before finding […]
Memorial Day Weekend May 2009
This year, Josh and Kelly joined Elizabeth and I for some beach camping out on Shell Island… Km. 26, south of San Felipe. Shade is important in the desert! We love the beach… and there is plenty of beach here to love! Elizabeth gets some reading relax time in. Josh tries fishing at low tide. […]
Memorial Day 2013: Shell Island (Between San Felipe and Puertecitos)
With only a couple exceptions, we typically go to Shell Island over Memorial Day weekend. The weather is great, the sea water is not as warm as we like best, but okay for short swims, and we mostly need to get away from civilization by the time late May rolls around. We had not planned […]
The 2006 Baja 500 + Mision Santa Catalina
The 2006 Baja 500 + Mision Santa Catalina The weekend of June 2-4, 2006 was the running of the Baja 500 off road race out from Ensenada into the mountains and Pacific coastline of northern Baja. Our friend Roy ‘The Squarecircle’ invited us to assist him at a radio relay near Valle de la Trinidad […]
6-18-06 Shell Island & Matomí Canyon
A weekend in Baja on a beautiful beach, good food in a desert village and a trip up the entire Arroyo Matomí road… That’s what Elizabeth and I did last June, 2006. Porpoise bones? Elizabeth with one of the bones… Another beautiful day in Baja! Looking south a low tide… Shade is important, and easy […]
L.A. Bay, San Borja, & Cataviña Pictographs in July, 2003
On June 28, my daughter Sarah and I drove south to enjoy a week vacation with friends at Camp Gecko. A one day excursion to Mision San Borja and two visiting stations of that mission (Santa Ana and San Ignacito) was made. On the way home (July 5), Sarah took several photos of the colorful […]
July ’04: Camp Gecko, La Gringa, Las Animas
Our 4th of July weekend, 2004 vacation was great. Not because of any great desert discoveries, but because it was shared with good friends, and my two children, and we had perfect weather. We did visit Las Animas for the first time and will return there. We were in Baja for five days. My son […]
Baja-Rosario Cultural Festival and over to ‘Shell Island’ Summer Vacation July, 2005
Baja Nomads take a desert tour from El Rosario The squarecircle, Surfer Jim, Bob H, Hook, Frigatebird, Santiago, Baja Nomad, Nicolita, Neal Johns, follow David K and Baja Angel on a drive into the Baja desert. El Cardonal : 30°8.09′, -115°33.68′(WGS84) At the site of an abandoned ranch next to a large cardón forest, we […]
7-21-06 Baja-Rosario Cultural Festival
The second annual festival in El Rosario was lots of fun for all who attended! Antonio Muñoz (‘BajaCactus’) addressing the attendees of the second ‘Baja-Rosario Cultural Festival’ at the second site of the Rosario mission. Cowboys (vaqueros) from San Quintin and ‘Nomads’ from California at the opening ceremony. Antonio talks with Anthony and Rob of […]