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Great! I need to get back soon!
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Yes I gave him two new ones when we stopped by.
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Great report Tom, as usual. How did everyone do thru that area passed the sulfur hill on the no wimps trail. That blind, off camber part in
particular?
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What a cutie. How old is a colt like that? |
I don't remember if he said or not. That's Ron playing with the colt.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Santiago
Great report Terry, really outstanding. Maybe I missed it, but what was the reason for the breaks not working off road? |
It turns out to be an ABS issue. We thought it mine be our thoughts were the truck only has ABS on the rear and that gave us pause as to why the front
brakes didn't work. None of the shops we went to could look into it for several days which we didn't want to wait for.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by XRPhlang
Great report Tom, as usual. How did everyone do thru that area passed the sulfur hill on the no wimps trail. That blind, off camber part in
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We did good but there are some tight areas. We got lost once in the area and had to turn around. Doing the trail in reverse was pretty easy except in
that area and then a little later after the jct for Santa Barbara where I got lost again.
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Thanks everyone. It was a wonderful trip to be on. Still there are many other Baja places waiting for us to explore.
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Wow, what a great adventure, thanks for sharing.
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TW---which truck had the ABS brake issue? My Tacoma ABS went out on me last time in Baja, fortunately it was covered under a recall---they fixed it
for free---$2,600 worth.
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It was Fred's Nisson, I think it was either a 1993 or 1996.
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NICE TW, I always enjoy your reports...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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TW, Been a long time since we have got together. You need to stop by sometime on your way. If you need another old timer with a truck nest time let
me know I would love to get back to some of these places
Mick
Getting there is ALL the fun!
Ok being here is fun to
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Interesting. Thx
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| Quote: | Originally posted by MICK
TW, Been a long time since we have got together. You need to stop by sometime on your way. If you need another old timer with a truck nest time let
me know I would love to get back to some of these places
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That's great, you're on.
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Thank you for sharing! What a fantastic backcountry adventure.
Good to know about the (lack of) road beyond San Juan de las Pilas. I had highlighted that route onwards towards Mulege on my Baja Almanac as
something to try someday. Checking Google Earth, I see the San Pedro wash continuing on, but no obvious evidence of tire tracks.
Muelege to La Ballena as well is something I’d like to check out someday.
San Javier to Comondu – That was also very slow-going when I passed through in 2012, with lots of big rocks in the road exposed by erosion. Palo Chino wasn’t an abandoned ranch in 2012 – there were goats
and a pickup truck there. Looks like I took a photo of that same washed out stream crossing, too:
-- Geoff
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Road south of Palo Chino in 2012:
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geoffff great pictures on your 2012 trip. I plan to go up on top of El Pabellon next time I'm thru there.
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That's great that you posted this TW! After we met up S of Gonzaga we were behind you for a ways, I was driving in the little side roads off the main
one to avoid the rough. Then we saw you turn west off the main road just before the pavement and we wondered where you went, now we know! Never been
up there, will have to try it next time.
Mark
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Ummm, I've been to La Trinidad. My goal this last spring was to drive down from El Barril and get to the stone corral. I didn't realize there was a
track connecting the two.
Scary thought.
"The association of flowers and warm-blooded love is more than a romantic convention; it is based upon one of the great advances in the evolution
of life." Ed Abbey
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BornFisher
Radical trip report!! Going where not many others go! Thanks for the great write up and pics, sounds like a great crew! |
Read the quote above- great trip and what Baja is all about.
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