SFMCjohn
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Yes, you learn a bunch with 25 guys running around ...
proud of you guys out exploring the Green Door area,
that cowpath looked gnarly on a XR-L! :thumbup
Bahía de los Ángeles, 2017 ...
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Yes, you learn a bunch with 25 guys running around ...
proud of you guys out exploring the Green Door area,
that cowpath looked gnarly on a XR-L! :thumbup
SFMCjohn
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:thumbup:laughing
... Cary and I bumped around Baja for
a couple of months years ago ... :afm199
SFMCjohn
13
... that's just a polite way of pointing
out we were on "caution heavy" KLRs, right? :laughing
SFMCjohn
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SFMCjohn
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Pozo Alemán
... we stopped at the neat ghost town of Pozo Alemán
on the way out and on the way back ... it is about
500 yards off the main road between El Arco and PSF,
about two miles east of El Arco on the main road ...
... here is a link to some fun info and old pics
of the ghost town on Baja Bound:
https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/pozo_aleman.php
... here's the google satellite view ... as you are
heading east the small graveyard is visible on your
left and you can see several of the buildings beyond
that if you are going slow enough ... :ride
Here are Kalle's pics:
The ambitious two-story adobe house ...
... more two-story adobe ...
... storage caves carved into
the banks of the arroyo under
a well preserved adobe building
that may still see use ...
... got out there with Norcalslowpoke and Haaank, too ...
cool place to take a break and explore a bit
and imagine life in old Baja ... :ride
... here is a link to some info on
Baja Bound regarding the nearby
Painted Cave of El Carmen
that I guess BARF Baja has been
searching for for three years:
https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/painted_cave_of_el_carmen.php
... maybe we'll find the cave paintings in 2018!
arty
... we stopped at the neat ghost town of Pozo Alemán
on the way out and on the way back ... it is about
500 yards off the main road between El Arco and PSF,
about two miles east of El Arco on the main road ...
... here is a link to some fun info and old pics
of the ghost town on Baja Bound:
https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/pozo_aleman.php
... here's the google satellite view ... as you are
heading east the small graveyard is visible on your
left and you can see several of the buildings beyond
that if you are going slow enough ... :ride
Here are Kalle's pics:
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
The ambitious two-story adobe house ...
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
... more two-story adobe ...
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
... storage caves carved into
the banks of the arroyo under
a well preserved adobe building
that may still see use ...
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
... got out there with Norcalslowpoke and Haaank, too ...
cool place to take a break and explore a bit
and imagine life in old Baja ... :ride
... here is a link to some info on
Baja Bound regarding the nearby
Painted Cave of El Carmen
that I guess BARF Baja has been
searching for for three years:
https://www.bajabound.com/bajaadventures/bajatravel/painted_cave_of_el_carmen.php
... maybe we'll find the cave paintings in 2018!
arty
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SFMCjohn
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It's an easy, fun place ... :thumbup
I'm motivated to try to find the
cave paintings ...
arty
Eric B
Know-it-none
I'm motivated to try to find the
cave paintings ...
I have some tracks for some cave painting. Perhaps they can help.
SFMCjohn
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... we got up early in Mulege and headed out
a day before the group so we could take our
time and take two days to make the
southern route via Loreto and San Javier
to San Juanico ... we hit the cell phone tower and
searched for legendary hot springs in Bahia de Concepcion
before riding in circles for a couple of hours in
Loreto ... :laughing
... the Jesuit mission in Loreto and the beginning of
the Camino Real ...
... the paved road to San Javier was spectacular ...
... the mission in San Javier ...
... we then made our way back to the turn off
to San Jose de Comondu which was also
beautiful ... it was also an exciting road for me
on a loaded KLR ... :ride
... found a cool campsite at the top
of the road with views to west and east ...
arty
... lots of wood for a campfire ...
... camp ...
... and sunrise the next morning ...
... and off to Comondu ...
... more KLR excitement ...
... Kalle is down there somewhere ...
... these two days were the highlight of the trip for me ...
I'd never seen San Javier or Comondu or La Purisima and I wanted to
camp out at least one night up in the super-rugged and picturesque
mountains of central Baja ...
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SFMCjohn
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That would be fun ... :thumbup
Baja Bound makes it sound like
it's a mile off the main road,
eight miles from Rancho Piedra Blanca ...? :dunno
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SFMCjohn
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... the water crossing at El Horno ... big flowing creek ...
... we saw a bunch of bicycle people doing the
Baja Crest Trail ...
... all the pretty horses ... :ride
... the church in San Jose de Comondu ...
... Kalle's pics on the road to Comondu ...
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Motorcycle RN
Pretty Vacant
I'll show up to BOLA early next time!
SFMCjohn
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La Purisima
... we stopped for lunch and barrel gas in
La Purisima ... I'd heard the river valley was beautiful ...
this little nature path is five minutes from the main road
and gives you the iconic view of the river and butte
in La Purisima ... there was a fancy tourist pic of the butte on a board in
our lunch spot and I pointed at it and our waiter assured me
it was a five minutes away and walked me a block
to the start of the nature path ... :laughing
... the nature path over the river ...
the river was full of little fish in the shade
under the plywood walkway ... :cool
The water crossing west of La Purisima to get to
San Juanico ...
... we stopped for lunch and barrel gas in
La Purisima ... I'd heard the river valley was beautiful ...
this little nature path is five minutes from the main road
and gives you the iconic view of the river and butte
in La Purisima ... there was a fancy tourist pic of the butte on a board in
our lunch spot and I pointed at it and our waiter assured me
it was a five minutes away and walked me a block
to the start of the nature path ... :laughing
... the nature path over the river ...
the river was full of little fish in the shade
under the plywood walkway ... :cool
The water crossing west of La Purisima to get to
San Juanico ...
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SFMCjohn
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... we hunted quite a bit for
that spot, ha ... :rolleyes
super rocky up there,
but we found a place a couple hundred
feet from the road that had a bit of an old
fire ring and a rocky view promontory ...
the ground was soft so we could clear
the rocks and we both slept comfortably ...
arty... yes, there was just no way I wanted to
try to ride that route from Mulege to Scorpion Bay
in one day ... : |
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kalle
Well-known member
Price of Gas
The exchange rate is currently 1 dollar to 20 pesos. And there's 3.785 liters in gallon. So Pemex Gas (green) in El Rosario was 16.16 pesos/liter or $3.14/gallon. Barrel gas in La Purisima was 18 pesos/liter or $3.40/gallon. On the way back we paid. $3.19/gallon at Chevron in the US.
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
The exchange rate is currently 1 dollar to 20 pesos. And there's 3.785 liters in gallon. So Pemex Gas (green) in El Rosario was 16.16 pesos/liter or $3.14/gallon. Barrel gas in La Purisima was 18 pesos/liter or $3.40/gallon. On the way back we paid. $3.19/gallon at Chevron in the US.
Kalle Hoffman
San Francisco, CA
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OaklandF4i
Darwin's exception
John -
So glad you and Kalle joined the trip this year. Loving your trip recap with pictures!
IMO, the route from San Javier to Comundu really captures what Baja once was to me. Simple, beautiful, and remote. So few places left in Baja like it. Aqua Verde is another area further south, and its on my bucket list before a paved road gets built. And to be treated with such a gem as Comundu after the remote trek..... well.... I dont know how you can beat that. :thumbup
Isnt the Purisma river valley fantastic? The next village up the valley to the east is still lost in time, San Isidro. Most small homes are roofed with thatch, and many the walls too. I brought a small group up the middle route from Bahia de Conception through Mtns to San Isidro and on through La Purisma this year. Spectacular view to the west coming down the Mtns into the Purisma river valley. We had lunch from our bags in the shade of the church in San Isidro.
Looks like you found the dirt road north from La Purisma across the river crossing. :teeth It wasnt that many years ago where it was the main route from the south to Scorpion Bay (San Juanico). We took the same crossing and route until we hit the pavement again... but chose not follow it. Crossed over it and the coastal dunes before turning north on the coast and riding up the beach the rest of the way to Scorpion Bay. Only in Baja.......
I'm a little blue being home and already thinking of next year. :ride
Thank you for the pics!
So glad you and Kalle joined the trip this year. Loving your trip recap with pictures!
IMO, the route from San Javier to Comundu really captures what Baja once was to me. Simple, beautiful, and remote. So few places left in Baja like it. Aqua Verde is another area further south, and its on my bucket list before a paved road gets built. And to be treated with such a gem as Comundu after the remote trek..... well.... I dont know how you can beat that. :thumbup
Isnt the Purisma river valley fantastic? The next village up the valley to the east is still lost in time, San Isidro. Most small homes are roofed with thatch, and many the walls too. I brought a small group up the middle route from Bahia de Conception through Mtns to San Isidro and on through La Purisma this year. Spectacular view to the west coming down the Mtns into the Purisma river valley. We had lunch from our bags in the shade of the church in San Isidro.
Looks like you found the dirt road north from La Purisma across the river crossing. :teeth It wasnt that many years ago where it was the main route from the south to Scorpion Bay (San Juanico). We took the same crossing and route until we hit the pavement again... but chose not follow it. Crossed over it and the coastal dunes before turning north on the coast and riding up the beach the rest of the way to Scorpion Bay. Only in Baja.......
I'm a little blue being home and already thinking of next year. :ride
Thank you for the pics!
