Explore Baja from Space! More and more of Baja is covered by high resolution photos by satellite. Find your favorite camp site, follow roads and note their GPS location (WGS84), then go to them on your next trip south. Go to www.wikimapia.org and zoom in on Baja (or anywhere for that matter) and if it is a high resolution region, see houses, trees, cars on the highway, mission ruins, the Camino Real, etc.!

RECENT TRIPS Oct. 3-6, 2009: 4 days of relaxation on Shell Island. Photos on BajaNomad.com Baja Trip Reports forum. July 18-25, 2009: 8 great days in Baja... San Ignacio, Bahia Concepcion, Loreto, Ligui, San Javier and more! See the 9 part trip report 'Baja 709' on BajaNomad.com's Baja Trip Reports forum. July 3-5, 2009: On Shell Island... Photos on BajaNomad.com Baja Trip Reports forum. May 22-25, 2009: Memorial Day Weekend at Shell Island was great. See photos at http://community-2.webtv.net/boojum2/509 December 31-January 3, 2009 Baja New Years at BajaLou's turkey party, BajaRob's, L.A. Bay, Finding Choral Pepper's lost mission site! November 15-18 vacation to Bahia Santa Maria at BajaRob & Connie's. See link below! Halloween Weekend 2008: Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs with friends Steve and Val. See link below!

Choral Pepper's Lost Mission Site FOUND!

First reported in July, 1966 Desert Magazine, these walls, and other ancient man made structures have been a quest of mine for many years!

Elizabeth checks out the many rock circles on top of the mesa we found on January 2, 2009.

Past 12 months: Trips and Links July Vacation to Loreto and much, much more! web page coming... ------------------------------------------------------------------- July 3-5 Shell Island on July 4th Weekend. Photos on the BajaNomad.com Trip Reports Forum. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- May 22-25 Shell Island on Memorial Day Weekend: http://community-2.webtv.net/boojum2/509 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dec. 31-Jan. 3 Baja Lou hosts a turkey eating party/ South to Bahia de los Angeles and Las Animas to see the lost mission site discovered in 1966 by Erle Stanley Gardner's party and reported by Choral Pepper. Possibly the location of a mission never finished called Santa Maria Magdalena, as shown on a 1757 map. Photos on new web page: http://vivabaja.com/109 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Nov. 15-18 South of San Felipe. Photos and trip report on the Baja Nomad Trip Reports Forum: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=35409 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Oct. 31- Nov. 2 Guadalupe Canyon Hot Springs. Photos on the Baja Nomad Trip Reports Forum: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=35050 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug. 30- Sept. 2 Shell Island, Gonzaga Bay, El Rosario: http://vivabaja.com/908 --------------------------------------------------------------------- July 18, 2008: Elizabeth and I were married in Las Vegas! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Earlier trips listed at http://vivabaja.com

Got GPS? More and more Baja explorers are using GPS navigation to find or record places in Baja. I have a growing list from my travels and a few came from friends: http://community-2.webtv.net/thebaja/bajagpslist

Got the latest Baja Books? Baja books can be ordered direct from the author or publisher at the links here: http://vivabaja.com/davidslinks.html (scroll down to the book authors' section). >< Herman Hill the gringo prospector of Bahia de los Angeles has a great new book: 'Baja's Hidden Gold' telling of his life and his searching for gold in central Baja, including lost Jesuit treasures! Order from http://Amazon.com (see cover below). >< Graham Mackintosh's fourth Baja adventure book is here! 'Marooned With Very Little Beer' about Graham's two month stay on Guardian Angel Island and his discoveries on the waterless, desert island. http://grahammackintosh.com >< Bruce Barber's "...of Sea and Sand. A Drama of Two Living Deserts" will fill your brain with knowledge of the desert around San Felipe, including the many canyons along the sierra. This one is great... full of details on the hundreds of exciting and exotic places found in the San Felipe desert from Laguna Salada to Matomi, the Pinacates in Sonora, and more! Send $12.95 to Lavalands Publishing PMB 480, P.O. Box 9019 Calexico CA 92232-9019 >< The late Mike Humfreville's wonderful Baja personal story book covering his and Mary Ann's two long vacations at Bahia de los Angeles, seperated by several years, is a must read: 'In the Shadow of the Volcano' published by Sunbelt. Order yours from www.SunbeltBooks.com

Herman Hill's New Book

Rare Maps of El Camino Real...

Drawn in 1954 by the author and map maker for the Lower California Guidebook, Howard Gulick. Never before published... a sure joy for Baja history buffs: http://vivabaja.com/ECR/page12.html

The maps follow a report on locating the mission trail which starts at: http://vivabaja.com/ECR

Thank You! Please return frequently as I am updating or changing this page often. I welcome questions, suggestions, and contributions: info@vivabaja.com Do utilize the message boards for more travel details or to meet other Baja amigos: http://vivabaja.com/davidsmessage.html Baja Nomad and Fred Metcalf's have the most activity. To return to my main Baja site: http://VivaBaja.com

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