Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Looks Like Home, But It’s Not…

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We woke up this morning to a view that could have been home.  The sky was grey, and the sun was peeking through the clouds over what could just as well have been Puget Sound.  However, when we stepped outside and found it in the mid 60s we knew we were still in Baja.  We’ve had some cold days, and lots of windy ones, but this is the first that has come in grey. Maybe we’ll even have rain. We doubt it.

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Yesterday we returned to the San Bartolo waterfall, one of our favorite short hikes in the East Cape area. Last year we went here with Lynn and David. See link HERE

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This year access was a bit more difficult.  A barbed wire fence has been constructed across the ATV path that leads from the closest truck parking location to the waterfall.  Since ATVs are no longer pushing back the rampant bamboo, it has now largely overgrown the path, making it necessary to walk up the streambed to get to the waterfall.

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The happy result was that we had the place entirely to ourselves for two and a half hours, and we very much enjoyed a picnic lunch, reading our books and laying in the sun or shade. You know how much trouble we have finding time to relax in the Baja, so we felt we’d scored a good one.

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