Enjoying St. Patty's Day at Malibu Beach, Baja |
Sunset, Malibu Beach, Baja |
Heavy spring rains produced green hills and a wet crossing of the Santo Tomas River. |
Dennis and Boojum Tree |
Entering Valle de los Cirios, the Valley of the Boojums |
Boojum Tree, Fouquieria columnaris, a relative of Ocotillo |
Cardon Cactus, Pachycereus pringlei |
Cardon Cactus |
Moonset, Cardon Cactus |
Earthglow lights moon, flashlight lights Cardon |
Cardon silhouette by starlight |
Hemileuca Buck Moths were attracted to our blacklight. |
Western Pipistrelle bats were flying around catching the buck moths. |
Centruroides scorpion we found using ultraviolet light. |
Sean photographing Elephant Trees |
Elephant Tree |
Elephant Tree |
Old Man Cactus |
Bahia de los Angeles, on the Sea of Cortez |
Bahia de los Angeles |
Bahia de los Angeles |
A fisherman goes out at dawn |
Sean, Marlin and Dennis tidepooling |
Brittle Star on a sponge |
Nudibranch |
Sponge |
Scallop |
Western Zebra-tailed Lizard |
Desert Night Lizard |
Another Centruroides scorpion |
Ameican Oyster Catchers |
Last sunrise on Sea of Cortez |
We were in Baja at the peak of wildflower season |
Sunset same day on the Pacific |
Our campsite at San Ignacio Lagoon |
Whale watchers heading out |
Mother Gray Whale |
Baby Gray Whale |
Going under our boat |
Red Diamond Rattlesnake |
Leave this to the experts! |
Red Diamond Rattlesnake |
San Ignacio River, the view from our campsite |
Western Banded Gecko |
Side Blotched Lizard |
Red-spotted Toad |
Heading into the highlands |
A well protected pictograph site |
Pictographs |
In search of a campsite before dark |
Our Campsite |
Datura flower |
Campsite in the Cataviņa boulder field |
Our friends the Boojum and Cardon |
More evidence of a wet spring |
Cardon Cactus flower |
Flower with a heavily laden bee |