Layover Day at Punta Pilares, April 1st 2007.

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Don Fleming and his new friend at Punta Pilares
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Breakfast tacos with eggs donated by 'The Girls'
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Calm water the next day on the north side of Punta Pilares
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The reef in front of our camp at Punta Pilares
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Rocky beaches south of Punta Pilares
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The old road to Punta Pilares is washed out in many places
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Our campsite viewed from the old road to Punta Pilares
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More reefs south of Punta Pilares
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Kate DesLauriers looking at the foundation of the Superintendent's House
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The old marker at the Superintendent's House
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Doug Hamilton on the foundation of the Superintendent's House
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Kate DesLaurier examining the cistern for the Superintendent's House
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The new lot marker for the mining town near Punta Pilares
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Doug Hamilton in the ruins of adobe houses at the mining town
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Pillars that used to hold up a water line
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The big beach in front of the mining town
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Foundations of the ore processing buildings
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The big beach in front of the mining town
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Foundations of the ore processing buildings
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Foundations of a bridge to the mining town
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Slurry pipe that deposited cones of sand
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Baseball cap with California logo in English
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This cistern dates the mining town at 1943
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More mining town house foundations where the road goes inland
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Andrea Wolf and Herbe Howe heading back to camp from the mining town
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Foundations of the ore processing buildings
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The foundation of the Superintendent's House
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Doug Hamilton took the high road home
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Doug Hamilton repairing his broken kayak rudder
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Gravel beach on north side of Punta Pilares
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Palapa with furnature in fish camp on north side of Punta Pilares
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Pile of rocks on the north side of Punta Pilares
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Sandy beach on north side of Punta Pilares on a calm day
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End of box arroyo above Punta Pilares
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Our camp at Punta Pilares viewed from above
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The intrepid kayaker on the old road past Punta Pilares
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