Campo Nuevo past Punta San Carlos, August 18th 2011

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I ducked off the beach at Campo Nuevo between long southern swell
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Approximate location: 29.68922N / 115.58894W.

For a while the morning was foggy
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Approximate location: 29.61468N / 115.49789W.

The coastline south of Punta San Carlos was steep and intimidating
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Approximate location: 29.61554N / 115.49174W.

Large waves rose up and crashed around Punta San Carlos
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Approximate location: 29.61554N / 115.49174W.

The fish camp behind Punta San Carlos
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Approximate location: 29.61554N / 115.49174W.

The coastline south of Punta San Carlos was steep and intimidating
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Approximate location: 29.59635N / 115.42166W.

But Google Maps lead me to this very nice beach to camp on
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Approximate location: 29.59054N / 115.41728W.

The beach was littered with whale bones
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Approximate location: 29.56058N / 115.36979W.

But Google Maps lead me to this very nice beach to camp on
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Approximate location: 29.56105N / 115.3687W.

I guess I am not the only person foolish enough to land on this beach
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Approximate location: 29.56028N / 115.37024W.

My camp viewed from the ridge behind a little arroyo
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Approximate location: 29.56028N / 115.37024W.

The arroyo behind my camping beach
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Approximate location: 29.56026N / 115.37016W.

The intrepid kayaker up an arroyo on the remote Pacific coast of Baja
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Approximate location: 29.56026N / 115.37016W.

The next beach south was not as hospitable
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Approximate location: 29.56148N / 115.36863W.

Another view of my camp from farther up the ridge
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Approximate location: 29.56148N / 115.36863W.

The remains of a fishcamp
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Approximate location: 29.56166N / 115.36857W.

The scrample to get up into the arroyo
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Approximate location: 29.56166N / 115.36857W.

I walked up the north end of my beach
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Approximate location: 29.56166N / 115.36857W.

Do you see a smiling lizard in this rock?
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Approximate location: 29.56166N / 115.36857W.


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