Baja, November 9, 2005: Day 1

On Day 1 we left Tucson and drove west to Yuma, AZ. We crossed the Mexican border that afternoon and headed for Cerro Prieto. After a brief stop at some interesting climbing dunes, we ended the day camped on a beach just south of San Felipe, along the Gulf of California.

Curtis Cooper talks about the geothermal power station at Cerro Prieto
Curtis lectures the group
A truck at Cerro Prieto
The Cerro Prieto Volcano.
Diana Smith catches up on her sleep.
Catherine Neish and Mike Bland in front of a climbing dune.
Climbing dune
The group explores mining debris near the dunes
Ingrid Daubar and Eve Berger examine an interesting rock
Some neat layering in the rocks
Eve Berger for scale