`07 Baja

Snow hits the mtns above Yucca Valley	a week later there's snow down to the foothills . . . time for us to leave	Morning of the 12th and we're camped at the "Slabs", preparing to leave the States	My traveling companion . . . lucky me!
Colors on the "Slabs"	Door view . . . first morning in Baja (we are on a hill)	we moved off the road to make breakfast	Door view from there
the next morning starts in the hot springs	my other, and long term, traveling companion	watching the sunrise from the hot pools . . .	. . .
. . .	back across the river . . .	. . .	. . .
and 30 miles of dirt track to the pavement	. . .	. . .	a view from the dirt track
Door view . . . somewhere out there is the Sea of Cortez and the mouth of the Colorado river	Door view . . . mud flats south of San Felipe	our camp there	visitors
nice legs!	just a look is all they wanted . . .	. . . and they're off	Ocotillo on the way to Puertecitos
the Sea of Cortez	view from our camp	water carrier . . .	. . .
Door view of our beach camp	the good life . . .	. . .	driftwood / firewood
beach treasures . . .	. . .	Sunset . . .	. . .
. . .	. . .	Sunrise the next day . . . storm clouds	chop on the water . . . and lots of wind
so we move inland for this sunrise door view the next morning		just can't stop working	turquoise being strung
	a smoke tree	elephant trees, their leaves glow in the sun
Milkweed?	our camp inland		the full moon setting
Door views from our inland camp . . .	. . .	. . .	some form of mining . . . maybe pumice
Grove of Ocotillo	the vulcanic ridge that we see from our camp	. . .	stone bowl
little shelters . . .	. . . caves . . .	the mountain above our camp	Our camp . . .
. . . from the top of the mountain	Where the waterfall starts . . .	. . . when it rains	Dawn on leaving day
the road south down the coast (looking north)	the western edge of the Sea of Cortez . . .	. . . and our goal, about 50 miles south . . .	. . . on that road!
a rig that didn't make it	Another climb, this one to the top	View from the top of the world	the other side
joining the "MAIN" road again	Sunrise . . .	. . . on the last day of Dec	Happy, with pockets full of shells
Views from the rocky point that was in front of the sunrise . . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
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. . .	. . .	the rock beach at our camp	Back on the road south
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