> I really don't like those omnibus books that cover great swaths of > territory. You know the ones: "A Guide to kayaking all the way around > Vancouver Island," or "Alaska to Baja." They can be dangerous-)... . One that I partucularly don't recommend as a source of logistics, is "Adventure Kayaking: Baja" by Andromeda Romano-Lax (same as other books by this author). It lists landmarks in miles (nautical? have no idea), probably, miles of her actual trip, or, may be miles of the highway along the coast, rather than in GPS coordinates (how did she measure miles? what was the compass bearing to mile X or Y landmark and from how far offshore?). Estuary San Luciano near St. Rosalia she recommends as " If the estuary is flooded, you can paddle it 0.5 mile inland, arriving at an RV park/campground". It's not an estuary a.k.a. river mouth, just an inlet with sea water, (arojo in Spanish). Its mouth is blocked with rocks, leaving few inches of water between and above them, with breakers, even at high tide and low wind. And you can't "arrive" to the RV park/campground by water - the arojo ends about 80 yards from the campground, and then there is a steep hill with RV park located at the top, and if you climb this hill through some old thorny bushes (older than age of this lady, so it couldn'be overgrowth occured after the book had been printed), - you'll see solid 7ft high fence around the campground, with the entrance at the opposite side, and not much trail around the fence. There were also some other nice "campsites" suggested, - like unprotected beaches exposed to the north. As I've found later, she paddled together with epxerienced husband or friend, so didn't have to make any important decisions, and sometimes wrote from other people's words (like, "there is an RV park over there, if you look in binocular"), and this was in June or July, without much wind. > at the end of the day, never > pass on a good looking camping site (or lunch site) for one that you think > is just ahead or just a few miles more. I wouldn't agree more. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Jan 29 2005 - 12:03:58 PST
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