When she was diagnosed with gallbladder cancer, Edie Littlefield Sundby was given three months to live. In response, she beat the cancer and decided to walk the 800-mile Alta California… Read more »
The Mission Walker: Trekking El Camino Real
Posts Categorized: Off the Beaten Path
Kayaking Bahía Concepción to Loreto: Part 1
Bahía Concepción to San Juanico By Graham Mackintosh The latest stage of my kayaking the Sea of Cortez got off to a great start. I stopped at Bahía de los… Read more »
Cerro San Bruno
By Dave Kelly, co-author of “Hiking Loreto” Strolling down the Malecón in Loreto and looking north, one can’t help but see the large rolling peak looming over the… Read more »
Kayaking South from Bahía Concepción
By Graham Mackintosh A year ago I set off before dawn from Bahía de Los Ángeles and paddled my somewhat overloaded sit-on-top kayak down to Mulegé and Bahía Concepción. For… Read more »
The San Pedro Mártir and Lidia
By Graham Mackintosh Northern Baja California’s Sierra de San Pedro Mártir is one of the least visited conifer forests in North America—a “sky island” surrounded by chaparral and desert. Not… Read more »
Loreto’s Isla Coronado
By Dave Kelly, co-author of Hiking Loreto Isla Coronado can be seen to the north of Loreto and is located in the Bay of Loreto National Marine Park. It is… Read more »
Favorite Baja Summer Destination: Sierra de San Pedro Mártir
By Graham Mackintosh For over 20 years I’ve been enjoying summer camping and hiking in Baja’s oldest National Park – the spectacular Parque Nacional Sierra de San Pedro Mártir. I even… Read more »
The Patchen Cabin
By Graham Mackintosh Less than a mile off the highway just south of Cataviña, and close to the campground and runway at Santa Ines, there’s a humble cabin inconspicuously nestled… Read more »
An Off-Road Exploration of San Juanico, San José Comondú, and La Purísima
By Carla King Travelers who visit us in Posada Concepción study our atlas trying to find a good route across the peninsula to San Juanico, San José Comondú, and La Purísima. All… Read more »
Among the Wildflowers
By Graham Mackintosh What a great time to visit Baja! After so much rain its deserts and mountains have undergone a remarkable transformation. Almost every vista capable of bearing vegetation… Read more »