Sharksbaja
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Addressing the edge
I had a little game to play plying the transcarrera. I was watching how wide wheelbase motorhomes manage and negotiate the narrow lane. This game is
very intertaining.
WATCH:how the motorhomes manage to keep their mirrors!
SEE: how every inch of tire width matters!
APPLAUD: as they survive a harrowing curve!
 pass with caution
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Bruce R Leech
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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Sharksbaja you must have got stuck behind some motor homes on your way back north.
Glad you survived
Bruce R Leech
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bajaden
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Just give me the sauce. Damm the torpedos, full speed ahead. Houston, we have a problem. Play it again Sam." Where in the hell are all the indians"
(origional quote by George Armstrong Custer at the Little Big Horn). A friend of a friend told me. Honest Injun. And they answered George's question.
Ahh I love the smell of napalm in the morning. Nada...
I'm starting to sound like a loose cannon. "But then, a loose cannon is better than no cannon at all" Napoleon Bonaparte 1801. Well, maybe thats not
the exact quote. My sources are al little old.
I don't know why, but I feel better now. BS going out, fresh air going in.
At a feast of egos, everyone leave\'s hungry...
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Bedman
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Now you see it!!
South on our last trip..
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Bedman
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Now you don't!!
North on our last trip...
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Bruce R Leech
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yes but that is on the wrong side. what did you do hit a sign or something?
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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Bedman
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Oops, sorry Bruce. I guess that does require an explantion.
Came up to a Big Rig. He was traveling slow and winding through a canyon. We emerged from the canyon and had a nice straight downhill, 1 mile
clearing. He clicked on his left turn signal for the car behind him to pass. Car passed no problemo. My turn, his signal still on and I pull out to
pass him. He slows down to 25 or so and I'm along side him gaining speed as I begin to pass. He looses concentration?? and drifts across the center
line  The pucker factor kicks in and just befor he drifts into me he begins to
pull back into his lane and our mirrors collide. I pulled off at the next turn off and we have a few words. He's trying to tell me it was unsafe for
me to pass!!?? I asked "Why did you slow down and turn on your turn signal??" No response. Then he tells me "it was too narrow that he HAD to come
into my lane!!" ?? So, I ask "what if another truck was coming at you?, would you have hit him?"
He wanted me to pay him $50 dollars cause his mirror was out of adjustment and already held in place with Duct tape! Not broken mind you. Just out of
position. I told him we would meet at the Policia in Catavina. He agreed and pulled out first and was hitting it hard. Pulled away from me doing 70-75
and never stopped in Catavina. Never saw him again.
Bedman
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