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That is a much travelled road, and if there were damage from the race it is probably fixed by now for the festival up there starting on Dec 1. A few
days before the race it was no problem in my CRV, with little water left to cross from the rain.
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Oh dear! I hope I'm not leading anyone into a bad driving situation!!
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I motorcycled that road last week, a little rough and lots of water in the crossings. Greener than I have ever seen it in the arroyo. On the way
back out I met two graders coming in, this weekend is the big festival there so I'm sure the road will be OK since they get a couple thousand people
up there for the celebration. I'll have some more local back road reports in the next two weeks.
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KurtG, I would be interested in a report on the new section that SCORE ran from near hwy 1 where the road to La Purisima is, down to where it joins
the San Javier road. I wanted to prerun it but wasn't able to. Also if it is a private section not open to the public.
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I'm surprised to hear of deep water. I drove the road several days before the race, and some vados were wide, but not deep. There has been no rain
since then, so I would expect to find less water now. I have no idea how the race impacted the road, and so did not comment on post race conditions.
Not surprised to hear of graders, because they always clear the road for the heavy traffic for the festival, and so I think a passenger car could make
the trip, although I don't have current first hand info.
KurtG, did you ride the road from Rancho Viejo to Comundu? Don and I took that road 2 years ago, and it was so beautiful-- pristine high desert
country-- truly a road less travelled. A long stretch soon after San Jose de Comundu had a high center that made for some tedious driving. Another
very short section was was steep, narrow, rocky and single lane on the edge of a high cliff, and it was scary getting our SUV through that part. I've
wanted to drive that route again, but the one rocky part makes me hesitate, as it seems dangerous. There is a brand new blue and white sign at Rancho
Viejo pointing the way to Comundu, and I can't imagine that they would sign that road without having repaired the dangerous stretch. I'd appreciate
any info on current conditions up there.
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"I love the subjectivity of travel reports. :>"
Larry, I think the deepest vados had no more than 10 inches of water if that much. But 10 inches would look very different from the motorcycle
perspective.
Hmmmm... in that case KurtG's perspective on that cliffhanging stretch of road I asked him about may be very different from my Honda perspective!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paula
I'm surprised to hear of deep water. I drove the road several days before the race, and some vados were wide, but not deep. There has been no rain
since then, so I would expect to find less water now. I have no idea how the race impacted the road, and so did not comment on post race conditions.
Not surprised to hear of graders, because they always clear the road for the heavy traffic for the festival, and so I think a passenger car could make
the trip, although I don't have current first hand info.
KurtG, did you ride the road from Rancho Viejo to Comundu? Don and I took that road 2 years ago, and it was so beautiful-- pristine high desert
country-- truly a road less travelled. A long stretch soon after San Jose de Comundu had a high center that made for some tedious driving. Another
very short section was was steep, narrow, rocky and single lane on the edge of a high cliff, and it was scary getting our SUV through that part. I've
wanted to drive that route again, but the one rocky part makes me hesitate, as it seems dangerous. There is a brand new blue and white sign at Rancho
Viejo pointing the way to Comundu, and I can't imagine that they would sign that road without having repaired the dangerous stretch. I'd appreciate
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Water was not especialy deep, only got my boots wet in the very last one before San Javier. I have done the road to Comondu and then on to San Isidro
many times but not for over a year. I plan to try it next week, I went in a short ways from Rancho Viejo and there was a washed out arroyo with a
wide water crossing. Since there had been no work done there (despite the nice new sign) and since that road gets worse as it goes north I decided to
wait a bit. There are a couple of bad grades going north on that road. One uphill that is always a bit rough at the top but which rewards you with
an incredible view back to the south and then a downhill that can be very rough after storms. Saturday another rider and I are going to cross the
penninsula from Mulege to San Juanico by way of Arroyo Raymundo and then continue south to La Purisima/San Isidro and then east to Hwy 1. Those roads
are said to be rough but passable.
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KurtG, I thought that nice new sign might be too good to be true. Thank you for the update on that road, as it is a favorite of mine. Well, if they
do fix it it could lose some of it's splendor, as more traffic would serve to change that pristine atmosphere.
Have a beautiful and safe and safe ride on Saturday.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
KurtG, I would be interested in a report on the new section that SCORE ran from near hwy 1 where the road to La Purisima is, down to where it joins
the San Javier road. I wanted to prerun it but wasn't able to. Also if it is a private section not open to the public. |
I only know what was on the SCORE map, the route joined Hwy 1 at K51 and then stayed on the highway until the turn inland at Loreto and then on to San
Javier.
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| Quote: | | Saturday another rider and I are going to cross the penninsula from Mulege to San Juanico by way of Arroyo Raymundo and then continue south to La
Purisima/San Isidro and then east to Hwy 1. Those roads are said to be rough but passable. |
Completed a fairly difficult ride, quite rough in the mountains between Mulege and the Pacific. Found a new road that comes out at Cadaje rather than
the old one that goes to La Ballena, more difficult but more interesting scenery. A quick lunch at the Scorpion Bay Cantina and then on to La
Purisima/San Isidro and the hardest part of the trip. Between the hurricane and the race the road east to Hwy 1 is very rough starting with the steep
ascent just east of San Isidro which is really torn up. I usually do that 60 km stretch in about an hour and this time it took more than twice as
long, lots of 1st and 2nd gear rock hopping which put a little strain on my 62 year old self. Total loop was about 200 miles with about half that
being quite rough. No mishaps, falls or flats and thanks to Iboprofen no serious aches or pains. I did, however, sleep 10 hours last night!
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