Layover Day Circumnavigating Isla Coronados, April 9th 2007.

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Isla Coronados from our camping beach
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Approximate location: 26.1269N / 111.35098W.

Camping on the last arroyo beach before the congestion of Loreto
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Approximate location: 26.12708N / 111.35062W.

Cliffs south of our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12354N / 111.34433W.

Structure on Punta El Bajo De Tierra Firma
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Approximate location: 26.11364N / 111.32622W.

Dolphins swimming past me
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Approximate location: 26.10834N / 111.31382W.

Isla La Chollita
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Approximate location: 26.10429N / 111.30689W.

Clear shallow water ofer the Punta Tierra Firme spit
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Approximate location: 26.09706N / 111.29798W.

The Punta Tierra Firme spit is part of Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.09744N / 111.2979W.

Isla La Chollita viewed over the Punta Tierra Firme spit
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Approximate location: 26.09749N / 111.29775W.

Approaching Isla Coronados proper
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Approximate location: 26.1095N / 111.26211W.

Rock gardening around Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.11804N / 111.26024W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12579N / 111.25895W.

Rock gardening around Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12615N / 111.25887W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12641N / 111.25885W.

Panorama of wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12665N / 111.25893W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12948N / 111.26234W.

Rock gardening around Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12939N / 111.26251W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13096N / 111.26236W.

Rock gardening around Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13248N / 111.26264W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13375N / 111.26275W.

Sleepy sea lion on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.1342N / 111.26251W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.1342N / 111.26251W.

Mexican tourists viewing the sea lions
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Approximate location: 26.13431N / 111.26228W.

Sea lion on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13431N / 111.26228W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13435N / 111.26211W.

Sea lions on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13441N / 111.26204W.

Sea lion jumping into water on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13504N / 111.26191W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13506N / 111.26211W.

Pelicans on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13624N / 111.26316W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13665N / 111.26485W.

Recreational kayakers paddling around Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13688N / 111.26496W.

Wind carved sandstone on Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13667N / 111.26801W.

The only cave I found on Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13598N / 111.26861W.

Cliffs of Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13686N / 111.27363W.

North point of Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.13493N / 111.2791W.

Starting down the west shore of Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12615N / 111.28573W.

Sandy beaches on west shore of Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.11828N / 111.28777W.

Landed on a small sandy beach on Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.11897N / 111.28734W.

The old informative sign, in Espanol only
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Approximate location: 26.11897N / 111.28734W.

A trail on Isla Coronado, where could it go?
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Approximate location: 26.11897N / 111.28734W.

Answer, to a shrine for Our Lady of Guadalupe
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Approximate location: 26.11897N / 111.28734W.

Landed on a small sandy beach on Isla coronados
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Approximate location: 26.11897N / 111.28732W.

Back on the mainland, I found Andrea Wolf hiking up the beach
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Approximate location: 26.11573N / 111.34463W.

I also found Herb Howe on a hike
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Approximate location: 26.12296N / 111.34798W.

Red rock shore near our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12465N / 111.34892W.

Back to our camping beach after rounding Isla Coronados
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Approximate location: 26.12712N / 111.35064W.

Doug Hamilton climbing straight up out of camp
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Approximate location: 26.12688N / 111.35098W.

Kate DesLauriers keeping cool in camp
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Approximate location: 26.12688N / 111.35098W.

Tenacious tree growing out of the cliff
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Approximate location: 26.12914N / 111.35407W.

Mild waves breaking between rocks
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Approximate location: 26.13006N / 111.35397W.

Tenacious tree growing out of the cliff
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Approximate location: 26.13081N / 111.35405W.

The end of the beach near our camp
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Approximate location: 26.1312N / 111.35386W.

Looking back towards our camp from the end of the beach
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Approximate location: 26.1312N / 111.35386W.

Nest in a pocket in the cliff
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Approximate location: 26.12841N / 111.35386W.

Man made wall of rocks, but what for?
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Approximate location: 26.1274N / 111.35345W.

The arroyo behind our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12592N / 111.35386W.

Kate Deslauriers in the arroyo behind our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12517N / 111.35453W.

Flowering trees in the arroyo behind our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12521N / 111.35448W.

Kate Deslauriers in the arroyo behind our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12424N / 111.35487W.

Flower in the arroyo behind our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12476N / 111.35463W.

Rattlesnake in the arroyo behind our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12564N / 111.35405W.

Calm water over the reefs next to our camp
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Approximate location: 26.12675N / 111.35081W.


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