Notes from South of the Border

This section contains entries about our botanizing in Baja California written for the UC BEE (Oct 2012 to Aug 2021)
and The UC Bee Hive (2022-), monthly newsletters for volunteers and staff of the UC Berkeley Botanical Garden.

Click on any photo for a larger image.

Sierra Guadalupe and Sierra Zacatecas — More Scenery

Here are more scenery photos from our trip to the Sierras Zacatecas and Guadalupe west of Mulegé, BCS on Nov. 2, 2018. Plant photos can be found here. The account of our trip is on this page.


 

departure

Ready to go.

scenery

Looking northward into the Sierra Guadalupe range.

dune buggy

At Panteón de San Miguel.

grave stones

Grave markers were freshly painted for Day of the Dead.

dune buggy

Pitstop: time for some politics over a tasty ranch meal.

goats on ranch

 

rocky outcrop in desert

I found mosses and a fern on the shady slope of this rocky outcrop.

desert scrub

 

desert scrub

 

green desert scrub

Amazing how dense (and green) the desert vegetation can be here.

dirt road in desert

 

wetland in desert

 

dirt road and dune buggy

Eye level is right about at the horns. A steep hill!

pass on road

We've crested that steep hill. What a view!

dirt road and scenery

That's the road in front of us, rocky downhill and a sharp curve.

dirt road

 

water hole



scenery

 

scenery

Heading back, the last hill before the Mulegé Valley.

dirt road

 

scenery

 

scenery

Mulegé Valley just in sight on the far horizon, left side.

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