Adventures with Fred and Carolyn
Today I’m in the Sierra de San Pedro Martir mountains in the center of Baja about 120 miles south of Ensenada. This range includes Picacho del Diablo the highest peak in Baja at 10,125 ft. The University of Mexico built and operates an observatory at elevation 9,300 ft on the mountain adjacent to Picacho. No … Continue reading “Sierra de San Pedro Martir”
Canyon Tajo is a rock climbing site a bunch of us frequented years ago. It’s located in the Sierra Juarez mountains of Baja about 22 miles south of the US border. I last visited Canyon Tajo some 30 years ago and wanted to see how much it’d changed. I crossed into Mexico at Tecate. Carolyn … Continue reading “Finding Canyon Tajo”
Heading for the town of San Ignacio Bahia Gonzaga is a spectacular place to wake up. We took a long walk along the beach. Just a handful of others were about. We crossed paths with a very nice young woman, Linda, with her rescue dog. She and her boyfriend, both from Texas, had acquired a … Continue reading “Baja Bound – Day Three”
Scenic Desert Drive to San Felipe and Bahia Gonzaga At breakfast in our Valle de Guadelupe motel, I asked Safira, our host, where we could find aciete de olivo (that’s olive oil), with the help of Google Translate! She directed us to Olibaja, one of the local olive oil producers and just a mile or … Continue reading “Baja Bound, Day Two”
Anticipation! The COVID-19 lockdowns have kept us close to home for over a year. Now, watching the infections and deaths declining, and being fully vaccinated, we are more than ready for a trip away from home, away from the oh-too-familiar scenery. We are off to a Baja adventure, much like our many past junkets. Our … Continue reading “Baja Bound, at Last!”