David Kier's guest appearances

David Kier

The Answer is Yes

Slow Baja

Boyd Jaynes

Cameron Steele

Geoff Hill

Mike Pearlman

Sarah Beck

Collin Corrigan

Pete Springer

Graham Mackintosh

Roger Mears

Jerry Fetta

John Solomon

Danny Dreyer

Javier Plascencia

Doug Smith

Jim Beaver

OwlTail

David Kier is a historian, cartographer, and expert on the Missions of Baja. As a young boy in the early ’60s, he began traveling to Baja with his parents. Wedged between his parents in their Jeep Wagoneer, a copy of Gerhard and Gulick’s Lower California Guide Book in hand, Kier provided turn-by-turn navigation. The experience burned the dirt roads and landmarks into his young mind and created a love of maps and Baja that has lasted a lifetime. Kier published his first Baja guidebook as a high schooler in 1973, followed by an updated edition in 1974. The Old Missions of Baja &amp; Alta California, 1697-1834, co-authored with Max Kurillo, was published in 2012. Kier wrote his detailed tome Baja California Land of Missions in 2016, now in its tenth printing. In 2020, Kier and Max Kurillo co-authored Old Missions of the Californias with updated information. In this conversation, Kier takes us on a fun and energetic dive into the Missions’ rise and fall in Baja. Visit David Kier’s website here. Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook

David Kier is a historian, cartographer, and expert on the Missions of Baja. As a young boy in the early ’60s, he began traveling to Baja with his parents. Wedged between his parents in their Jeep Wagoneer, a copy of Gerhard and Gulick’s Lower California Guide Book in hand, Kier provided turn-by-turn navigation. The experience burned the dirt roads and landmarks into his young mind and created a love of maps and Baja that has lasted a lifetime. Kier published his first Baja guidebook as a high schooler in 1973, followed by an updated edition in 1974. The Old Missions of Baja &amp; Alta California, 1697-1834, co-authored with Max Kurillo, was published in 2012. Kier wrote his detailed tome Baja California Land of Missions in 2016, now in its tenth printing. In 2020, Kier and Max Kurillo co-authored Old Missions of the Californias with updated information. In this conversation, Kier takes us on a fun and energetic dive into the Missions’ rise and fall in Baja. Visit David Kier’s website <a href="http://www.vivabaja.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>. Follow on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bajadavidkier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Follow on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/David.Baja.Kier" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

On A Mission With David Kier

David Kier is a humble historian who has been traveling to Baja since the early '60s. With a copy of Gerhard and Gulick's Lower California Guide Book -known as the "Baja Bible," he sat between his parents on the bench seat of the Jeep Wagoneer as their trusted navigator. He read the map, followed the odometer, the "bible," and kept his father abreast of what to expect on the road ahead. On his first trip, they drove to the fishing village of San Felipe and South to Puertecitos. The goal was Gonzaga Bay, but that was fifty miles further over the toughest road in Baja. When the locals said the road was impassable, his father thought of the fish he was going to catch, dropped the Wagoneer into 4Lo, and five hours later, they arrived. Kier continued making Baja trips with his parents, including an epic tour of 800+ miles on dirt down to the tip in 1966. The journey was so dusty and difficult that they took the ferry to Mazatlan to drive paved roads home. In 1973, he turned 16 -to celebrate, he and a buddy took his Myers Manx to Baja. It would be his first of many trips to come. There were two more firsts that year; he went to the Baja 1000, where Bill Sanders and Pete Springer won in a Land Cruiser FJ40, and he published his first book titled Baja and the Transpeninsular Highway. In this conversation, Kier shares stories of those early travels and subsequent trips for The Old Missions of Baja and Alta California 1697-1834 his book with Kurillo and Tuttle. And his latest book Baja California -Land Of Missions.  Visit David Kier's website here Follow on Instagram Follow on Facebook

David Kier is a humble historian who has been traveling to Baja since the early '60s. With a copy of Gerhard and Gulick's Lower California Guide Book -known as the "Baja Bible," he sat between his parents on the bench seat of the Jeep Wagoneer as their trusted navigator. He read the map, followed the odometer, the "bible," and kept his father abreast of what to expect on the road ahead. On his first trip, they drove to the fishing village of San Felipe and South to Puertecitos. The goal was Gonzaga Bay, but that was fifty miles further over the toughest road in Baja. When the locals said the road was impassable, his father thought of the fish he was going to catch, dropped the Wagoneer into 4Lo, and five hours later, they arrived. Kier continued making Baja trips with his parents, including an epic tour of 800+ miles on dirt down to the tip in 1966. The journey was so dusty and difficult that they took the ferry to Mazatlan to drive paved roads home. In 1973, he turned 16 -to celebrate, he and a buddy took his Myers Manx to Baja. It would be his first of many trips to come. There were two more firsts that year; he went to the Baja 1000, where Bill Sanders and Pete Springer won in a Land Cruiser FJ40, and he published his first book titled Baja and the Transpeninsular Highway. In this conversation, Kier shares stories of those early travels and subsequent trips for The Old Missions of Baja and Alta California 1697-1834 his book with Kurillo and Tuttle. And his latest book Baja California -Land Of Missions. Visit David Kier's website <a href="http://www.vivabaja.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a> Follow on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/bajadavidkier/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Follow on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/bajamissions/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

Author And Historian David Kier Reflects On Fifty Years Of Baja Travel

Take this unique opportunity to hear from author David Kier and how he has documented the Missions of Baja California. This is a fascinating history lesson and a great start to understanding some of the unique beauties Baja has to offer. After this show you will want to get in your 4x4 and head south.

Baja Sessions with special guest David Kier the Author of "Baja California Land of Missions"