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thanks guys! this was definitely a bit different trip due to being so remote, which made it both challenging and fun! if anybody ever needs some GPS coordinates (I don't have tracks but can provide some main points) or advice on this place, just let me know.

glad I could bring them back! that area is quite amazing! more of my pics - http://s30.beta.photobucket.com/user/ua_taco/library/desierto%20de%20altar%202013?fromLegacy=true my friend's much better pics -...

The road had some deep ruts with tall bushes growing on both sides. It looked like this road could be very challenging if it was wet. This wasn't an official park road anymore, just a dirt trail heading through the desert. We came up on some semi-abandoned looking house with a water tank in the...

Next morning we packed up and headed to one last crater. From there we headed north across the dry lakebed towards highway 2.

All the cool shots above courtesy of... It was a fun 2-beer, 1-stepped-on-cholla hike! Once back at the bottom we started a fire, grilled a few sausages, and opened a few beers. It was really chill. The process of trying to finish off the cooler, since this was our last night, led to...

We were the only ones there. There was a table with a bench, a fire-ring and a nice area next to hills of volcanic rock that was protected from the wind. We locked the trucks up and went off to hike up the crater next to the campsite. The trail went up the ridge of the crater through fields of...

And then we reached the first big crater - El Elegante, that was formed something like 10000 years ago. It was really more amazing than what you can convey through the pictures, in part because it doesn't stand out like you would imagine from the surrounding landscape. You are just walking up a...

The park roads were really well maintained and there were areas with signs and explanations about the local mountains, flora and fauna, just like you would expect at a national park in US. The road surface was made of this black gravel - lava rock that has broken up over the years. For some...

Half an hour later we were on the outskirts of town heading for highway 8. We hit another military check, where friendly soldier greeted Jesse with "no drugs no problem". Somehow Doc seemed the most suspicious, probably because of the color of his Tahoe. All along the populated areas in Mexican...

We proceeded into the town, which turned out to be actually pretty big. After running a red light or two and some questionable driving techniques through local traffic we found our way to the malecon (the main touristy street along the shore). It looked pretty typical - nice seafood restaurants...

We headed into actual town, first on accident driving into the touristy "artisan" area. This worked out as Doc was hoping to find something local to bring home. While he disappeared in the depths of souvenir shops, Jesse and I got surrounded by local kids who wanted a $1 and spoke...

My original idea about Puerto Penasco was that it was like San Felipe of the mainland, I couldn't be more wrong. As we approached the city we could see skyrise resorts rising out of the flat landscape. We drove towards the tourist nest only to discover that every access road to the beach by...

In the morning we found that the tide mysteriously hasn't moved even though we now been watching the beach for over 12 hours - a mystery to resolve during another drinking night... On our way back towards the highway, somewhere along the cliff road we ran into a few fisherman dwellings. A tiny...

Eventually we started looking for a place to camp. Since this area is known for large tides we couldn't just camp on the beach. There were sand dunes and then just cliffs next to the beach with a road going up the cliffs once in a while. Eventually we found a road that took us from the beach...

We got lunch at El Delfin restaurant (there are signs in town pointing the way to it). This restaurant is a bit pricey for being situated in a small town, but I read somewhere about it before and the food didn't disappoint - we had some fish and shrimp tacos, fish ceviche tostadas, and a great...