3/5/2011 road trip

On March 4th we took a road trip to Punta Pescadero, a large hotel complex north of Los Barriles. There is paved road and about 15 km. of dirt road to get there. I understand it has a landing field for fishing clients who fly in for the fishing and the works. One photo is taken on the dirt part of the road, looking down on the Sea of Cortez. The pile of dirt along side the road gives a pretty good idea of what the road is like! I've also posted a photo of the arroyo, which as Roger pointed out, would be called a valley in other places. There is one of these arroyos to the north and one to the south of our park. When the monsoons/hurricanes come in late summer, these arroyos can be awash in water. It is amazing how close to their edges some people build there homes and palapas We also took a road trip yesterday to the village of El Triumfo for lunch with the 'baja buddies', Danny and Linda Peterson, Mike and Elaine Koehn, Roger and I. We had a great lunch at the restaurant there. I had to get a photo of the tree growing out of a stone wall. I've taken photos of this same kind of tree growing out of rocks in the arroyos, but this one is growing out of a wall! Somehow the tree starts growing somewhere on the wall, then sends more roots down to the ground, through the wall and where ever it can find a spot to wedge itself. How the wall holds up to this, is another question. I couldn't tell if the second root growth was from the same tree or another. The photos of the road down to Las Barriles is a good shot of the arroyo and Sea of Cortez. We are on our countdown now, planning to leave Los Barriles on 3/13. We are supposed to have calm winds and perfect kayaking weather for next several days. Hard to believe how fast the time has gone. I personally am having a hard time even thinking about leaving. Baja is beautiful! happy trails.... remember you can click on any photo to enlarge it.....