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Expedition Leader
You can never start to teach 'em too early.
Brooke (my pregnant wife) and I are headed into Baja Norte on March 18. 10 years ago, I experienced gray whale watching from a rusty, leaky boat the size of this desk from which I'm typing now. It was so thrilling, I want to do it again and my wife wants to go. Our little one is due in July, so it's likely we won't get a chance for a significant trip this summer.
So off we go now.
Some goals and targets include:
We will likely catch up with a few friends who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty.
"So many different colored boats I see
Are all leaky, lonely, and driftin'
Just like me"
This trip will cover Norte only. To see the whales, I'm not sure if we have to go all the way to Guerrero Negro or not (for a reasonable percentage of success, anyway). Input in that department is surely welcome.
Otherwise, here's to a happy corazon.
Mark
Baja is found on Earth:
Itinerary:
March 18th: Leave Phoenix area about 6:00am, cross at Algodonez or Mexicali; get to San Felipe to assess the situation; likely camp between Puertecitos and San Felipe.
March 19th:Continue down the coast, and re-connect with Mex 1 at Chapala; Head to Pacific Coast to camp somewhere near Santa Rosalita
March 20th:To Guerrero Negro by way of San Borja mission; Assess time for whale watching either at San Ignacio or at GN.
March 21th: Whale watching/exploration out to Santa Gertrudis
March 22th: Northbound - Camp at Punta San Carlos, south of Rosario
March 23th: Unsure . . . Northward. Likely a Hotel.
March 24th: Camp within Parque Nacional San Pedro Martir
March 25th: Cross the border at San Luis or Algondones again
Brooke (my pregnant wife) and I are headed into Baja Norte on March 18. 10 years ago, I experienced gray whale watching from a rusty, leaky boat the size of this desk from which I'm typing now. It was so thrilling, I want to do it again and my wife wants to go. Our little one is due in July, so it's likely we won't get a chance for a significant trip this summer.
So off we go now.
Some goals and targets include:
- Preparing little kid for a lifetime of Mexico travel
- Exercising my Spanish
- Seeing some whales
- Getting to the beach
- Tasting comida tipico
- Revisiting that funky little undefined thing that happens to our brain, nerves, and (dare I type it?) heart when we get on the road to embark on an adventure. Don't know what it's called, that feeling, that sensation, but I like it. That's the main reason to go
We will likely catch up with a few friends who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty.
"So many different colored boats I see
Are all leaky, lonely, and driftin'
Just like me"
This trip will cover Norte only. To see the whales, I'm not sure if we have to go all the way to Guerrero Negro or not (for a reasonable percentage of success, anyway). Input in that department is surely welcome.
Otherwise, here's to a happy corazon.
Mark
Baja is found on Earth:

Itinerary:
March 18th: Leave Phoenix area about 6:00am, cross at Algodonez or Mexicali; get to San Felipe to assess the situation; likely camp between Puertecitos and San Felipe.
March 19th:Continue down the coast, and re-connect with Mex 1 at Chapala; Head to Pacific Coast to camp somewhere near Santa Rosalita
March 20th:To Guerrero Negro by way of San Borja mission; Assess time for whale watching either at San Ignacio or at GN.
March 21th: Whale watching/exploration out to Santa Gertrudis
March 22th: Northbound - Camp at Punta San Carlos, south of Rosario
March 23th: Unsure . . . Northward. Likely a Hotel.
March 24th: Camp within Parque Nacional San Pedro Martir
March 25th: Cross the border at San Luis or Algondones again
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