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TMW
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Excellent report and pictures. Thanks
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David K
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10-4 TW...
I took photos of the quad and the battery in it (that Coco needs replaced)... I know that M/Cs are your thing... Is there anything special about the
battery type that you can think of should any Nomads heading south might assist Coco with getting a new one?
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TMW
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Main thing is for it to fit and have the same crank capacity.
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Ken Bondy
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Fabulous report David. Loved every word, every photo!!!
carpe diem!
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BajaBlanca
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this is so fun ! I feel like we are traveling with you day by day .... very kind of you to provide great detail for newbies who have not traveled
Baja before.
you guys did do a LOT of driving ! holy smokes.
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jbcoug
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David,
The report is great. Your information is so helpful. I'll be putting it to use planning my own trip. Looks like you are having a fabulous time! Keep
it coming, we are waiting anxiously.
John
\"The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.\" Andy Rooney
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El Vergel
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Whelk eggs?
Hi! What a beautiful trip. Thank you so much for sharing the vibe!
What is a whelk?
[Edited on 7-31-2012 by El Vergel]
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by El Vergel
Hi! What a beautiful trip. Thank you so much for shainng the vibe!
What is a whelk? |
My pleasure... when are we going to look for more lost missions again??
As for whelks, and their eggs:
http://www.okeefes.org/Whelks/Whelks.htm
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by jbcoug
David,
The report is great. Your information is so helpful. I'll be putting it to use planning my own trip. Looks like you are having a fabulous time! Keep
it coming, we are waiting anxiously.
John |
OK... let me get right back on it... The photos and sites get a lot better... Baja is a wonderland, and even to me, it is like going their for the
first time, each time I have gone (since 1965)... Every trip you see something new!
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David K
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DAYS 3 & 4 (Mon. and Tue.)
Monday, July 16 (Day 3): We awake to a beautiful day on a tiny little bay on the bigger Bahia Concepcion. There are 9 palapas or
cabañas made of palm leaves on the white sand beach. A large family on vacation is at the palapa on the north end and we are using the palapa at the
south end. We basically are in vacation-rest mode now for the next 48 hours… and the ills of civilization are 600 miles away. Glorious weather,
wonderful sea water and we do as little as possible knowing soon that our friends Steve (‘Bajatripper’) and his wife Zully will be showing us plenty
in, and around La Paz! That afternoon, we go to the nearby restaurant at Playa Buenaventura (just south over the bridge from the closed, rundown hotel
on the same beach). We visit with the friendly owners Mark and Olivia who offer us use of their Internet (we weren’t in that great of a need yet) and
cold beers (we did enjoy those). We also treat ourselves to their famous cheeseburgers with all the fixings.
Tuesday, July 17 (Day 4): More of the same great Baja beach time!
That afternoon, we drive to Mulege (Moo-le-HAY) for dinner, ice, and top the gas tank. Our favorite beach restaurant ‘El Patron’ was closed, so we try
the place next door, ‘Pancho Villa’s’ and there was just one other table occupied. Business is way off in Baja, as well as back in America! We order a
shrimp dinner, and while it was good, it was less than what we had received at El Patron, in years past. We got gas at the pump in the middle of town
and bought a block of ice at the ice plant just south of Mulege, across from the newer gas station.
The only issue camping on a tropical beach are mosquitoes. We heard that Bounce fabric softener dryer sheets repel bugs, so we stick them in our
pockets. It did seem to work, but when we were unprotected they did bite us a bit. We also have the citronella candles and Raid area fogger. Daytime
temperatures were never over 95º along the coast and the water was great, not too hot but not chilly, either.
Now some photos:
Playa La Perla on Bahia Concepcion (just south of El Requeson).
Our new easy up tent is great… windows all around that can be closed and it is tall enough to stand in.
Our view from the tent.
The palapa is open on the inland side, a bit backwards unless it was to block wind off the bay?
We have these floating chairs, which are perfect in the Sea of Cortez.
Is there any better way to enjoy a cold Tecate Light?
At Mark and Olivia’s Playa Buenaventura Restaurant, just north of El Requeson.
The cheeseburger in paradise, they are great!
The next day, we saw some of the damage from the flash flood along Mulege’s river. This was a few years ago, and has still not been fixed.
Our shrimp dinner at Pancho Villa’s on the north river road.
Back at Playa La Perla for the evening.
The next morning, we will head for La Paz!
Stay tuned…
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El Vergel
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Ahhhh!
Awesome times in the paradise of it all!
Killer Tent!
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CortezBlue
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Your travel log has been great. I think you should add some outlined maps and I would like to know what the temperatures were in the day and at
night.
Seriously, this is your core knowledge and if you stayed on this path and stopped correcting everyone it would benefit everyone.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
Seriously, this is your core knowledge and if you stayed on this path and stopped correcting everyone it would benefit everyone.
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But then, we'd all be misspelling place names and, one could argue, that wouldn't be very beneficial to anyone.
Great trip report, David, and nice photos. I'm dying to find out if you guys found that cave with the paintings on the road out of El Arco.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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David K
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We did! :-)
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Cypress
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David K, Thanks for the report and pics.
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Marc
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Made a copy of the first part. I am taking it with me in October.
[Edited on 7-31-2012 by Marc]
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elbeau
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
Your travel log has been great. I think you should add some outlined maps and I would like to know what the temperatures were in the day and at
night.
Seriously, this is your core knowledge and if you stayed on this path and stopped correcting everyone it would benefit everyone.
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Seriously? U gunna complain about your beef with DK's other posts in the middle of his cool trip? lame.
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RnR
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The palapa is open on the inland side, a bit backwards unless it was to block wind off the bay?
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Exactly! If you return to La Perla between Nov and March you will appreciate the orientation of the palapa. And, there are no mosquitoes to be
found.
Love the photos. Great storytelling!
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Skipjack Joe
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When ramuma learns to make burgers like that I'll be in his corner.
BTW, you realize how much fat is on that plate?
And fried onions, too ........ Mmmmmmm..Mmmmmm (as Andy Griffith used to say).
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David K
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10-4 that... the onions are carmelized... Way to go Mark ('burbs') on the Cheesburger in Paradise!
Fat? I am on vacation! LOL. Seriously Igor, wait until you see the healthy meal we had in Loreto, in my next installment (Day 5)... The fruit salad
was so awesome, we couldn't wait to pass Loreto again on our way north to have it again!
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