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Bajazly
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Be careful what you wish for!
Remember what Mama Espinoza said in 1973, when they paved the road through El Rosario, "Bad roads bring good people, good roads bring all
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Yeah, that was kind of the point, guess I forgot the snark tag, /s
Believing is religion - Knowing is science
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"Get off the beaten path and memories, friends and new techniques are developed"
Bajazly, August 2019
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boe4fun
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Take a look at a map, between Abreojos and San Juanico (Scorpion Bay) are huge lagoons. You begin the drive to San Juanico back at San Ignacio where a
paved road leaves town and runs for 30 miles then turns into a wide graded dirt road for 6 miles to San Ignacio Lagoon where the whale watching camps
begin. This dirt road also has a left fork that avoids the lagoon camps (signed San José de Gracia), 4.6 miles after the pavement's end. The distance
from the lagoon to San Juanico is 61 miles or about 107 miles from San Ignacio.
Want to see my maps that show these roads?: https://vivabaja.com/davids-2018-maps/[/rquote
I understand all of the above, been on that route (on the flats) a few times over the last several years. What I didn’t understand was Udo’s post
but maybe I misinterpreted. I thought he made it sound that there was a coastal route running from Bahía Asunción to San Juanito/Scorpion Bay!
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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David K
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Take a look at a map, between Abreojos and San Juanico (Scorpion Bay) are huge lagoons. You begin the drive to San Juanico back at San Ignacio where
a paved road leaves town and runs for 30 miles then turns into a wide graded dirt road for 6 miles to San Ignacio Lagoon where the whale watching
camps begin. This dirt road also has a left fork that avoids the lagoon camps (signed San José de Gracia), 4.6 miles after the pavement's end. The
distance from the lagoon to San Juanico is 61 miles or about 107 miles from San Ignacio.
Want to see my maps that show these roads?: https://vivabaja.com/davids-2018-maps/
| Quote: Originally posted by boe4fun | I understand all of the above, been on that route (on the flats) a few times over the last several years. What I didn’t understand was Udo’s
post but maybe I misinterpreted. I thought he made it sound that there was a coastal route running from Bahía Asunción to San Juanito/Scorpion Bay!
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Because you didn't include the entire posts/quotes it is not easy to recreate the quotes. The key, Paul, is to be careful not to begin your reply
until after the entire tag. It was accidental but using edit, you can fix these.
As for your original question, I think Udo was just answering with general graded road driving info and not saying there is a road directly south from
Punta Abreojos to San Juanico.
[Edited on 8-13-2023 by David K]
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BajaBlanca
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Our experience going to san juanico
http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=92280#pid1151...
I would never, ever recommend it. but, that said, I am a scaredy cat.
On a side note: someone here on bajanomad once wrote a a prickly driving situation where the wife got out and said "No reason for both of us to die
today LOL" I used that line the other day so THANK YOU to whomever
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Skipjack Joe
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The biggest issue on that road is the washboard, not clearance. The section between Asuncion and San Hippolito gets graded periodically but it
deteriorated very fast. The section between La Bocana and San hippolito is pretty bad. You have to air way way down to protect your car. There are gas
stations at both Abreojos and Asuncion so there is no need for a pump. Most gringos at Asuncion drive all the way back to the highway to avoid that
dirt road when going to Asuncion. The Mexicans haul ass over it ( which creates deeper washboards).
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shari
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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I would never take my Subaru on that road...just too rough and sketchy in spots and it really knocks out censors etc. and are rocks and the Subaru is
just too low and delicate.
I just sold it and bought a Dodge Dakota Sport which handled that road last week like a champ! less than an hour and a half and easy peasy in a good
truck. You dont need 4X4 but clearance and good suspension are cruciall.
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vacaenbaja
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Shari, check your U2, Thanks
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