There were pools in several places
A four day pack trip / with skilled and helpful local guides / Sierra San Francisco
Driving from Loreto / Sierra de la Giganta / Baja California
Afternoon scramble / Bahia de Concepcion / little bit of rain
Trincheras petros / at Rancho Puerto Blanco / west of Caborca
Loreto mission / just down the street from motel / near supermarket
South of Loreto / climbed up to a nice viewpoint / water all around
Many fine petroglyphs / Trincheras geometry / Northern Sonora
Garden
First hike south of Loreto
Interlocking frets done fancifully
San Ignacio / palm oasis in desert / mission crest emblem
Edge of the plateau / on a route to the canyon / World Heritage pictographs
Spiral bonanza
Afternoon clearing at Volcan Tres Virgines
Mission bells
Rectangular excellence
Into the canyons
Coming into San Ignacio
Junko, Nacho, Chema / Downward bound into the canyon / I walked behind them
Victor and Junko walking up to a great panel
Steep section of trail / Nacho calmly leading mule / steep trails, rugged land
Chema and the guides were knowledgeable, skilled, and helpful
Back down in Arroyo San Pablo
Pushing the Burros out of the canyon
Canon view from Cueva la Pintada
Chema
The sand had long since washed out of the arroyo
Canine figures view / under lip of the shelter Cueva Pintada
Cueva la Pintada detail and view
Working on around the bottom of the cliffs
Junko and a slow mule / the universal language / of mule get along
Boojum or Cirio (Fouquieria columnaris)
Manta Ray
Palm light
Near the mouth of the Mulege River
Rancho la Trinidad
Native palm and Mulege River from Mission
The Mission roof in Mulege
Vultures perched on a Cardon Cactus
Into the mountains
Pelicans
A hike from Playa los Coyotes
Coastal petroglyphs
Near Playa la Requeson
Fish-like petroglyphs
Loreto coastline