Sunday morning drive along the Sea of Cortez

 50 mile NW to Coyote Point and 50 miles back, 26 on shoulder-less macadam  24 on corrugated dirt.  Yes it says 2 hours,  took me 3 hours each way.

Pano pic from SE, right  to NW, left

A nice project for someone.

This guy  helped guide me off the the beach and back onto the road.   I had driven on the beach to see what was around the next corner, around the next corner,  around the next corner, till I couldn't see any way back to highway.  Smaller bikes are popular,  this one was very nice.

Shrimpers on standby.

Granja de Camarón  The link opens a economic study saying a lot,  what caught my eye was they farm shrimp and tuna locally.  The small harvest  of  shrimp goes to mexican consumers for a small price.  The Tuna,  the japanese are investing in it and the entire production gets shipped to Japan.

The Giant onshore shrimp farm looked like a flood wiped out the surface of the moon. Googling shows the shrimp farming business is suffering because of low prices of $5 lb,  this is not enough to pay for the diesel for the pumps,  shrimp 'seeds', and shrimp food.  So maybe this farm really is wiped out.

Some body had a clam party roadside. 

Whale bone found on beach. 22" tall, the green rocks are a sedementary sandy rock that striates the landscape for mile,  vibrant green in the shade.

Next the RofoMex Phosphate mine with its deep water loading wharf.  It is said that Red Snapper fish like to congregate near the boat launch.  Phosphate , a grey blah looking mineral,is essential for plants and animals  it provides a structure for our teeth and bones, used as a fertilizer in agriculture.  It is naturally occuring mineral, the biggest deposits in Morocco  and in the US in Florida.  Mexico is minor contributor, though this mine is huge.  I lived near a huge nitrogen fertilizer plant in in Iowa,  now I live near a huge phosphate mine.

This sign says "Take the bumpy dirt road to the right for the next 24 miles".  It did not lie.