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StuckSucks
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Baja Mexico kayak and mountain bike adventure
Excellent trip - do you have photos to share?
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TMW
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That's an adventure for sure. Why did you pick the route you did for the mountain bike section?
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Maron
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Nice report
thks
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Udo
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Really nice adventure...you'll reminisce with your kids later on.
Udo
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BajaFreddy
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Nice report!
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micah202
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geoffff
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How were the road conditions biking west of Loreto? See any major washouts a 4x4 truck wouldn't be able to handle?
Also looking forward to photos 
-- Geoff
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Don Jorge
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Thank you
for taking the time to share your trip with us. Good to see youth acting their age.
Please post more details and pictures too.
�And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry
years. It was always that way.�― John Steinbeck
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"Nature bats last." Doug "Hayduke" Peac-ck
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Santiago
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DJ: Now that's funny right there.
I think a lot of us 'older folks' lament the passing of the old Baja (I never experienced it myself w/ my first trip in the early 1990s) but to a
young person, this is their 'old Baja'. We sometimes forget that I think.
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TMW
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Quote: Originally posted by seasider  | | Quote: Originally posted by geoffff | How were the road conditions biking west of Loreto? See any major washouts a 4x4 truck wouldn't be able to handle?
Also looking forward to photos
-- Geoff |
Hi Geoff,
There were a few long hills that involved pushing our loaded mountain bikes but unless something has changed, you will have no problems with a 4x4 on
any of our route.
Another gringo driving a rental car passed us on the San Javier to Comondu section. A while later he had turned around and this time stopped to chat.
He mentioned we were going to have a difficult time ahead and that he had got stuck on the hill(later we saw the ruts and rocks he had bounced the
rental car over).
Before he left he said that he would only attempt this in a rental car and when I suggested using a 4x4 he gave me a bit of a glare and sped off.
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If I remember right going from San Javier to the Comondu there are a couple of hills that can be difficult. Coming from the Comondu to San Javier is
more downhill and easier. I've been driving 4x4 trucks so long that I sometimes forget what is easy for me is difficult for people in cars.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by Santiago |
DJ: Now that's funny right there.
I think a lot of us 'older folks' lament the passing of the old Baja (I never experienced it myself w/ my first trip in the early 1990s) but to a
young person, this is their 'old Baja'. We sometimes forget that I think. |
What is old is new again.
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BajaBlanca
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David K is the guy to ask about resizing photos! One has to go to an outside site such as photobucket, resize and then copy here.
Excellent reporting and I am really looking forward to the mountain bike portion of the trip since the bike club here in our little village of La
Bocana (not the one you mention BTW- we are in Baja Calif. Sur) has recently decided to spark up again! A trip like that might be something they can
work towards.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca | David K is the guy to ask about resizing photos! One has to go to an outside site such as photobucket, resize and then copy here.
Excellent reporting and I am really looking forward to the mountain bike portion of the trip since the bike club here in our little village of La
Bocana (not the one you mention BTW- we are in Baja Calif. Sur) has recently decided to spark up again! A trip like that might be something they can
work towards. |
This is the first post on the Baja Photo Gallery forum:
There are many photo hosting sites, Photobucket.com is one used by many here, it is free for basic membership and very cheap for advanced.
1) Create an album for your trip or subject on Photobucket.
2) Click Upload (top center) to transfer photos from your PC folder to your Photobucket album.
3) Click on the gear symbol on the right corner of the box you see on the screen...
4) Select 800 (full size) or 640 (large size) for Nomad posting...
100x75 is the Avatar size, fyi.
5) Click SAVE!
6) Select photos you want to share on Nomad (or other forums) by pressing the Choose Photos & Videos button (or for the entire folder of photos,
click Choose Folder).
Once done with uploading photos, make your post here on Baja Nomad and add photos using the IMG link from the choices of links for each photo in your
album. Copy and paste that link in your Nomad thread, double spacing between links. Add a caption to the photo if desired... Click Preview Post to
check your post... if okay, click Post Reply.
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woody with a view
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Awesome.
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ehall
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Awesome adventure. Thanks for sharing. Great pictures too.
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TMW
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Beautiful pictures and awesome adventure.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by Santiago |
DJ: Now that's funny right there.
I think a lot of us 'older folks' lament the passing of the old Baja (I never experienced it myself w/ my first trip in the early 1990s) but to a
young person, this is their 'old Baja'. We sometimes forget that I think. |
The guys in the pics got as much gray hair as you!
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BigBearRider
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Freaking fantastic! (Are you allowed to say that?)
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AndyP
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| Quote: Originally posted by seasider |
The bight we camped on is in the foreground. Puerto San Francisquito can be seen in the background.
[Edited on 2-22-2016 by seasider] |
Thanks for posting this, what an awesome trip! The biggest waves I've kayaked through in Baja were off the point between those two sandy coves in the
foreground of your picture. We didn't see them coming until we were in them, but some combo of strong current and wind made a narrow band of steep,
~8' waves, luckily not breaking. We ended up having to paddle way off shore before we could get safely turned around to make it into the cove. The
entire time I was expecting one of those monsters to break right over us and swallow us up... it was a hairy few minutes I'll never forget.
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Tomas Tierra
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Great stuff seasider!
Looking forward to the Lopez Mateos portion of your adventure
TT
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