catfish
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Just Another Baja Adventure, March 2014!
I really want to thank Baja Nomads for the GREAT information I found & received for planning my first Baja ride! It was a BLAST!
The ride report with photos (& videos still in progress) is on advrider.com.
Here's a few photos;
Window Rock Trail
22-Day Trail
22-Day Trail
22-Day Trail
Window Rock!
Enjoy & thanks again!
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blackwolfmt
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Looks like a BLAST!!
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Taco de Baja
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Thanks for sharing, Looks like a lot of rain fell. Happy plants! That's the Baja countryside I really love.
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Ateo
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That rock hole is cool! Tons of green out there! Thanks for sharing!
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Tbone
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I have taken plenty of photos and video of way steep hill climbs and they all (with the exception of those taken from a distance) looked like no big
deal. Very hard to show just how steep a hill is.
Cool photos and report.
Mas Pacifico
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Skipjack Joe
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These are wonderful (sans motorcycles). Looks like you had a lot of fun.
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David K
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Just awesome... Love seeing boojum trees! Thanks for the look at the M/C trail... It is one of Bill Nichols trails, yes?
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BooJumMan
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Awesome!!
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tripledigitken
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That's some genuine single track riding. Thanks for posting.
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Meany
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Great back country shots...thanks.
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Whale-ista
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love the scenery. thanks for sharing.
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Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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catfish
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Just awesome... Love seeing boojum trees! Thanks for the look at the M/C trail... It is one of Bill Nichols trails, yes? |
The boojums are a trip! Yes, these were 3 of Bill Nichols older trails between Catavina, Bay of L.A., and the Pacific.
THANKS for your comments everyone! I used to get "Mojave Madness" every March. I think its "Baja Madness" now! ;-)
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Paulina
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That was a nice report, thanks for posting the link.
P>*)))>{
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Nice trip report, read it all on adv rider. Probably crossed paths down there. We were in a red jeep in the same areas(except the single track of
course)
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Sweetwater
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I've been watching the Adv report as well. We did a 14 day ride to and from La Paz just a few weeks earlier. I haven't had a single track bike but
might acquire one this summer, the byways in Baja are being paved and getting crowded. That's one sure way to avoid traffic.
We did run in to the group with Bill Nichols in San Ignacio during our trip. I would enjoy having someone who knows the terrain like that but the
group was huge. It seems that a smaller group is much better. Did you produce your own GPS trax for your trip?
[Edited on 4-19-2014 by Sweetwater]
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pappy
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killer photos-the countryside is looking healthy! did you use a helmet mounted go-pro ?
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tiotomasbcs
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Awesome. I love the area, too. Never traveled east, tho. Living vicariously! Almost missed this post--pays to cruise around thru back pages.
Thanks. Tio
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catfish
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THANKS everyone for your comments! :-)
| Quote: | Originally posted by Sweetwater
I've been watching the Adv report as well. We did a 14 day ride to and from La Paz just a few weeks earlier. I haven't had a single track bike but
might acquire one this summer, the byways in Baja are being paved and getting crowded. That's one sure way to avoid traffic.
We did run in to the group with Bill Nichols in San Ignacio during our trip. I would enjoy having someone who knows the terrain like that but the
group was huge. It seems that a smaller group is much better. Did you produce your own GPS trax for your trip?
[Edited on 4-19-2014 by Sweetwater] |
It wasn't until I got the Beta in 2011 that I finally had a dirtbike I felt confident enough on to go play *anywhere*!
Bill is a trail-building genius. He's 74 this year & still building Baja trails! I'd love to meet him, but I bet he has quite the following now on
his ATR (Arizona Trail Riders) club rides. I just wanna learn where his singletrack trails are, so I can go play there too!
Our group of 4, with 2 having 6+ gal tanks, worked well. Anders, Jim, & I had ridden together many times before. I had ridden with Ken twice in
the past year. 4 to maybe 6 is a good group size for Baja.
I've read MANY dirtbike Baja ride reports. Most go to the same places. A few hint at locations of cool trails. Some will share their tracks if asked
in private messages.
So yes, I built the gpx file of tracks & waypoints collected from ride reports & tracks of others. I also use the E32 map and Google Earth.
When they all agree, I'm confident in the route. If the track does not follow a E32 line, I get all excited that it might be singletrack! ;-)
| Quote: | Originally posted by pappy
killer photos-the countryside is looking healthy! did you use a helmet mounted go-pro ? |
The Pacific-side mountains were definitely greener that the sea-side mountains. I think the rain was about 2-3 weeks before we came thru.
Jim & I had small digital cameras for most of the photos. Mine is a Canon Powershot ELPH300HS. Nice, small, & takes GREAT photos. Later in the
ride report, Anders is still posting youtube links to the GoPro video footage he took on the ride.
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Bob H
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Fantastic trip report and photos! Rain = happy plants !!
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David K
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Another look at a great trip report on the Bill Nichols' Trail!
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