July 10, 2010 --- Bahía de los Angeles => Parque San Pedro Martír

Last Update: Saturday, November 19, 2016

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So what started off as going off to Baja for three weeks to clear my head, feel the warm rays of the summer sun on the Tropic of Cancer and do a little networking for Baja job opportunities has turned into a 10-week sojourn including settling down for the month of June in my own little cabaña near the Villa del Palmar resort in Cabo San Lucas.

 

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Ever wonder why Los Cabos and other select Mexican destinations come into being and grow like crazy? It's not luck or coincidence. It's all very well-planned. Thanks to Fonatur, the "institution responsible for the planning and development of sustainable tourism projects." And with respect to the Baja Peninsula specifically, there is the vision of the Escalera Nautica, the Nautical Ladder --- a mega project; canceled "as is" in early 2010.
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The previous evening ... bizarre. Or watch the video.

 
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Sunrise south of Bahia de los Angeles HIGH-resolution file 00:32 10±
Sunrise south of Bahia de los Angeles LOW-resolution file 00:32 1½±
     
Driving San Pedro Martir HIGH-resolution file 4:16 80±
Driving San Pedro Martir LOW-resolution file 4:16 12±
     
Full Moon at San Pedro Martir VIMEO 3:02 N/A

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After getting up at 5:45 (I thought it was still 6:45 because I crossed a time zone change), the four of us had a leisurely breakfast. The I knocked-down, packed up, help launch the inflatable kayak and got on my way.

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Matthew Bargin during morning kayak launch.

jul10_115.jpg (165550 bytes)Oh yeah, we found a small dead scorpion on the picnic table. Good reason to sleep in a tent, even inside a house, and keep things zippered.

After our communal breakfast, I departed Camp Gecko at 7:15. It took until 7:55 to drive the 5 miles into LA Bay back down that awful road. Stocked up on ice and headed back to Highway 1. Big jack rabbit! pan_jul10_bahia_de_los_angeles.jpg (311415 bytes) jul10_121.jpg (678427 bytes) jul10_122.jpg (672841 bytes)
I'm missing the South Africa FIFA world cup semi-final match.

 

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The marine park office. jul10_125.jpg (1511619 bytes) jul10_126.jpg (617197 bytes) jul10_127.jpg (522727 bytes) jul10_128.jpg (650539 bytes)
The drive from the Sea of Cortez was, once again, both magnificent and uneventful, passing through the Catavina boulder fields, the high country, el Rosario, the community of Costa Rica and stopping south of San Quintin at Fidel's for a few hours of very windy suntanning. pan_jul10_playa_pabellon.jpg (242488 bytes)

See this complete section of highway (it's quite magnificent) on the Southbound drive.

jul10_135.jpg (666201 bytes)Between San Quintin & El Rosario is a beautiful stretch of coast, including the hamlet of Costa Rica, where they sell rocks!
Then on up the road before nightfall, through Vincente Guerrero, Camalu to the San Telmo turnoff. may04_189.jpg (132413 bytes) may04_193.jpg (320491 bytes) may04_192.jpg (108534 bytes) may04_194.jpg (54664 bytes)
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Up the newly paved road, I encountered the obligatory stray (wild?) horse. Awesome beautiful drive. jul10_143.jpg (613083 bytes) jul10_144.jpg (672783 bytes) jul10_145.jpg (668262 bytes) jul10_146.jpg (651695 bytes) jul10_147.jpg (647121 bytes)
I didn't make the park gate before sunset, when they closed and stayed in a campsite at 7,000 feet with a large family from Tijuana.  jul10_148.jpg (642787 bytes) jul10_149.jpg (637907 bytes) jul10_150.jpg (644986 bytes) jul10_151.jpg (637095 bytes) jul10_152.jpg (634902 bytes)
Through the farming community of San Telmo and past Rancho Meling. jul10_153.jpg (615994 bytes) jul10_154.jpg (632412 bytes) jul10_155.jpg (616704 bytes) jul10_156.jpg (649650 bytes)
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