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Heading south along
the coast we began to see the spring wildflowers, not too thick but here
and there. El Rosario for fuel and tortillas. Heading
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Coming into the Cataviña
Deloris said "look the Cardon is blooming" and everywhere we
looked most of the cactus varieties were blooming. We pulled off the
road and wandered the desert taking pictures.
A side trip to Mission San Fernando
Velicata ruins established 1769, revealed melted adobe ruins.
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beauty of Cataviña and head south for Bahia de Los Angeles. Stopped at
La Gringa in a fierce wind for a bucket of clams, then headed north
for a more sheltered campsite. Next morning with too much wind to cook
outside we decided to explore north. When we got as far as we could go
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We worked
our way south to town for some fuel (Diaz $3.00 gal) and supplies then
decided to head north in pursuit of Tinaja Yubay. More stops along the
way to look at the flowers and the wind continued to howl.
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following some direction I had obtained from the "Amigos"
message board we headed off into the desert in search of water. Alas
after liberally pin stripping our big dog (fat) Ford on the overgrown
roads we decided to go to El Desengaño for the night. |
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Desengaño exploration finished we
decided to check out La Costa Gonzaga y San Felipe. A camp in the
desert north of Coco's was relaxing but something was missing, NO
FLOWERS. Windy and hot weather had dried the gulf coast and withered
the flowers, not too much to see. We explored around Punta Final and
Molino de Lacy and found a few late bloomers. |
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