Baja Finale
San Ignacio lagoon San Ignacio is a lovely palm oasis town in the middle of the desert. We camped for a pittance at Los Petates right on the lagoon. Visited the lava-block mission church, started in 1728 and finished in...
Baja California Sur, continued
Summer in Baja must sizzle, but in winter it’s a lovely place to visit. We last talked about La Paz and environs. Now we’ll head south yet again and round the tip before heading north toward home. Took a look...
Baja continued; around La Paz
I’d love to see a speeded up, time-lapse video of the thousands having their pictures taken with the La Paz sign. La Paz has been the capital of Baja California Sur (BCS) since statehood was granted in 1974. With a...
Chasing summer in Baja, Chapter 2
Geologic colors on way to LA Bay We had almost no cash because the bank lines to the US were down in San Felipe, so we converted all the dollars we brought along into pesos. Gas is about $5/gallon and...
Chasing Summer in Baja California
View of from our canyon camp on the return journey. Super bloom extends into Baja Norte The California super bloom spread south to Baja Norte as shown in the above picture. However, that happened much later. For now (early January)...
Ecuador III and final
Hola Amigos! In the last blog post I managed from Ecuador we were still on the west coast. It is clear now, the recent devastating earthquake may have destroyed much of what we saw. We are very sad for people...
Ecuador II
Ecuador is like a vertical Ireland. It’s very green, is divided into small farms, and has many self-contained communities. Plowed fields reach almost to the tops of the mountains. How they manage to avoid severe erosion, we haven’t a clue....
Ecuador
Plaza art in central Quito Ecuador is a great place to get away from winter’s weather with one small caveat. This South American country straddles the equator and our winter is Ecuador’s rainy season. We initially solved this dilemma by...
Amphibians of Boulder County:
Western Chorus frog Springtime brings the frogs and toads out of hibernation. We hear them croaking near vernal ponds. They must have clean, calm water to complete their life cycle. All frogs absorb water through their skin from wet grass,...
Spring Fling in Arizona
Just wanted to post a few pictures from a quick spring trip to Arizona for the few who are interested. We lucked out on the weather, leaving Colorado ahead of a snow storm and enjoying two weeks of lovely temperatures...