Baja California

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Valle de los Cirios, Baja California — May 1997

An hour’s drive on Mexican Federal Highway 1 passed El Rosario takes you to Valle de los Cirios. The landscape is desert with occasional rock outcroppings and some of the largest cactus in the world. I simply refer to it as the redwoods of cactus. (Those who have seen redwood tress will know what I mean.) As you drive through, pull over and hike around the giant cactus; some of the cacti are so old that they have formed bark near the ground. It is truely spectacular.


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Boulders inValle de los Cirios, Baja California — May 1997


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Girls and cactus, Baja California — May 1997


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Chilin’ on the beach in Baja California — May 1997


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Little people with huge cactus, Baja California — May 1997


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Persistent tree, Baja California — May 1997


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Valle de los Cirios, Baja California — May 1997


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The morning after, Baja California — May 1997


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4x4 van, Baja California — May 1997


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She stepped in tar, Baja California — May 1997


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Help, we’ve stepped in tar! — Baja California — May 1997

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