The fishing guide had told the boys that fishing would still be no good today due to continued winds so we decided to visit the nearby Mission. Mision San Francisco de Borja Adac. Down a dirt road, it was at least an hour trek back even in Bill’s very capable jeep. Beautiful drive in the middle of typical Valle de los Cirios landscape. The Cirios cactus have curving arms that swoop in crazy and illogical directions. The guide who toured us around the Mision is part of the same family who have stood as caretakers of the Mision for 4 generations. His knowledge of the Mision and the surrounding area was inherited and passed down. His father had been the one to discover some of cave paintings in the area that we went to see later that day. They were discovered as he went in search of his cows grazing in the area. We were dubious that the cows could be happy in a valley mostly full of cactus and very little other vegetation, but apparently they eat the fruit off the cactus as well as the inside of the smaller cactuses. They are happy cows in in their forrest of cactus with a canopy of sunbaked blue. The tour of the Mision itself and the cave paintings were a full day. We had planned poorly and had no snacks with us so we scurried back into town in the late afternoon for food.
The Adventures of the Grolar Bear and Malachi the Wonder Beast