Loreto is surrounded by seven islands, which lend themselves to abundant snorkeling, diving, fishing, whale/dolphin/manta watching, sailing, SUP. and beaching opportunities. It’s a water paradise with sea temps in the 80s in July, August and September. The peninsula itself is a long finger of land surrounded wrapped by the Sea of Cortez on the east [...]
Archive for the ‘Environment’ Category
Island Living
Posted: May 17, 2012 in Baja Living, Casa de Catalina, Coronado Island, Dolphins, Environment, Fish, Loreto, Oceans, Scuba Diving, Sea of Cortez, Snorkeling, SUP, Whales0
Only in Mexico
Posted: March 23, 2012 in Baja Living, Desert, Environment, Mex 1, TravelTags: cars, central deserts, Construction Rigs, Copper Mines, Mex One, Santa Rosalia, transportation, travel, vacation
Only in Mexico could the transport of a huge tank that utilizes the entire width of Mex 1 – the solitary two-lane highway that spans the peninsula – take place in the full light of day. No matter that traffic backs up for hours over the spiny mountain climb through the central deserts of Baja. [...]
Tsunami debris: Garbage wave could hit Hawaii, U.S. West Coast & Baja California
Posted: March 5, 2012 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Environment, Oceans, Waste Management, WeatherThe ocean does link us all,and whatever we toss into it, it simply floats through its cycles and currents. Think about her, before you toss random garbage, drain your car wash into the streets, or imagine that somehow, your actions don’t count … Fukushima (global-adventures.us): Massive amounts of debris are floating in the Pacific Ocean; [...]
beauty where we find it …..
Posted: January 18, 2012 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Birds, Buster, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Coronado Island, Desert, Dolphins, Environment, Estuary, Family & Friends, Fish, Food, Loreto, Moon Rise, Sailing, San Juanico, Scuba Diving, Sea of Cortez, Snorkeling, Sunrises, Sunsets, SUP, Surfing, Weather, WhalesTags: bountiful sea, Cabo San Lucas, cirrius, San Quintin, Sea of Cortez
For the uninitiated, there is little that can be said to fully express the beauty of Baja California Sur. From the moment one leaves the populations of Colonet & San Quintin, makes a requisite gas stop in El Rosario, and heads into the heart of undeveloped land of cardon, bojum, cholla, poloverde, cirrius and more [...]
Imagine : Barreling down a dirt road in the middle of nowhere (actually true) and beginning to believe that you really are in the middle of nowhere (it’s been nearly 100 miles on deserted dirt roads) when suddenly, you have to slam on the brakes and wait for the traffic to clear. First it’s the [...]
… too much time in baja! ….
Posted: October 13, 2011 in Baja Living, Beach Dogs, Casa de Catalina, Environment, Family & Friends, Food, Gardens/Plants, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, Sunrises(coming round again) You my have spent too much time in Baja if: You open the refrigerator and are stunned it’s not filled with Coronas. You can’t drink anything unless it has a slice of lime. It’s not a meal without salsa fresca and chips. You greet everyone with “Hola” or “Buenas Dias”. You keep [...]
Blue Mind …
Posted: October 8, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Environment, Sea of CortezTags: blue marbles, blue mind, oceans, one earth, sea turtles, Wallace J. Nichols
“This is Your Brain on the Ocean,” is a must read article about our ‘own’ Wallace J. Nichols – who’s research and perseverance has led to protection and enhancement of turtle nesting grounds in and around Loreto (okay, and the globe). The interview of Nicols by Jeff Greenwald for onearth, a survival guide for the [...]
sentinels
Posted: October 3, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Environment, Sea of Cortez, Waste ManagementTags: Turkey vultures
Known as ‘the cleaners’ of the desert,’ an appearance of turkey vultures circling overhead is a sure sign that something in the vicinity is dead. With haste and efficiency, the flock will find and eliminate all fleshy materials, and leave a skeleton and fur/skin in place of what was once an animal. On the beaches [...]
Conservation and the Plight of the Vaquita
Posted: June 4, 2011 in Baja Living, Clean Water, Desert, Dolphins, EnvironmentTags: Baji Dophin, Doplhins, Fishermen, Gillnets, Gulf of California, Science Conservation Symposium, Sea of Cortez, the Ocean Foundation, Vaquita
‘The last fallen mahogany would lie perceptibly on the landscape, and the last black rhino would be obvious in its loneliness, but a marine species may disappear beneath the waves unobserved and the sea would seem to roll on the same as always.” – G. Carleton Ray in “Biodiversity”, National Academy Press, 1988 Last week [...]
Morning Birthday Gifts
Posted: May 26, 2011 in Baja Living, Birds, Casa de Catalina, Clean Water, Environment, Loreto, Sea of Cortez, SunrisesTags: Eco-Alianzia de Loreto, Kay Wright, Mark Spalding, Science Conservation Symposium, sea turtles, the Ocean Foundation
Quiet seas and shimmering dawn. Early morning osprey calls. The whiz of hummingbird wings next to my face. The splash of hungry pelican. A brisk walk to a thought provoking seminar by Mark Spalding the Ocean Foundation on environmental governance, part of the three-day Simposio de Ciencia de la Conservación en Loreto (Conservation Science Symposium). [...]
