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Ken and Suzanne Cooke (The Desert Outlaw) led a Baja California run during Thanksgiving Week. We originally started with eleven rigs --three Wranglers, three Unlimiteds, three Cherokees, one Grand Cherokee and one Ford Explorer, but the Explorer had to return early because the owner’s daughter became ill.
Our group left San Ysidro, CA on Saturday, November 18, took the coast toll road to Ensenada and then down Highway 1 to El Rosario, where we spent the first night. The next day, we left the highway at Catavina and proceeded via the “Mission Impossible” trail about 20 miles to the ruins of Mision Santa Maria, an 18th century Spanish mission, where we camped for two nights.
This slideshow shows our caravan headed from Tijuana along the coastal toll road to Ensenada then via Highway 1 to a lunch stop at El Paloma restaurant in Santo Tomas. It shows the courtyard of the Baja Cactus motel in El Rosario where we stayed the first night. It also shows us proceeding down Highway 1 to the Mission Impossible trail, arriving at the ruins of Mision Santa Maria just after sunset. The next day, we hiked down the canyon to visit some rocky pools and to search (unsuccessfully) for some petroglyphs. On Tuesday, November 21, we returned to Catavina to purchase supplies and then headed toward Bahia de Los Angeles as the sun set.
The following video shows us heading down the Mission Impossible trail to Mision Santa Maria on Sunday, November 19.
This is a video taken during our return to Catavina on Tuesday, November 21.
Our group left San Ysidro, CA on Saturday, November 18, took the coast toll road to Ensenada and then down Highway 1 to El Rosario, where we spent the first night. The next day, we left the highway at Catavina and proceeded via the “Mission Impossible” trail about 20 miles to the ruins of Mision Santa Maria, an 18th century Spanish mission, where we camped for two nights.
This slideshow shows our caravan headed from Tijuana along the coastal toll road to Ensenada then via Highway 1 to a lunch stop at El Paloma restaurant in Santo Tomas. It shows the courtyard of the Baja Cactus motel in El Rosario where we stayed the first night. It also shows us proceeding down Highway 1 to the Mission Impossible trail, arriving at the ruins of Mision Santa Maria just after sunset. The next day, we hiked down the canyon to visit some rocky pools and to search (unsuccessfully) for some petroglyphs. On Tuesday, November 21, we returned to Catavina to purchase supplies and then headed toward Bahia de Los Angeles as the sun set.
The following video shows us heading down the Mission Impossible trail to Mision Santa Maria on Sunday, November 19.
This is a video taken during our return to Catavina on Tuesday, November 21.
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