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Beagle
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Great Pics. Did the Subaru just get off the path on the flats or were they generally soggy all over? Sounds like you had some built up Karma to cash
in. Yay for the locals!
Be safe
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David K
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The photos are not sized to 800 pixels (or less), as that is the limit here without distorting. No worries, it is all in the learning curve. Just glad
you are trying to share photos. The site host (Doug) may step in and size them to fit...
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TheEL
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Quote: Originally posted by Beagle  | Great Pics. Did the Subaru just get off the path on the flats or were they generally soggy all over? Sounds like you had some built up Karma to cash
in. Yay for the locals!
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The subaru tried to follow in my tracks and got high centered. I was following some tracks that looked ok but I was wrong. I guess the rule of thumb
is go around the edges of the salt flats. I think if I checked out the tracks with binoculars I would have went a different way. Kind of hard to tell
out there.
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David K
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After staying along the edge of the salt flats, the final one (south of El Datil) had me finally take the more used/ short-cut track...
There was no sign of mud/ water. Well, out of sight, and almost to the end of the flats, was a bog down (was it from the Subaru?)...
It was no problem, but added some sticky mud to the sides of my truck, after so many mud-free miles before that spot!
This was Wednesday, August 2.
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David K
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San Ignacio-San Juanico-Las Barrancas
I made mileage notes on my glove box (torn) AAA map. If the numbers are hard to read or unclear from where to where, then here is the run down of the
written in numbers:
San Ignacio Plaza-El Patrocinio road: 19.0 miles
El Patrocinio road-End of Pavement: 11.4 miles
End of Pavement-Village Bypass (signed San Jose de Garcia): 4.6 miles
Bypass fork (right branch)-La Laguna Village: 6.2 miles
La Laguna Village-Salina Road/High Road Fork: 5.9 miles
Fork to ex-Desalinization Plant/ Osprey Poles: 15.2 miles
Osprey Poles0-El Datil: 7.6 miles
El Datil-Ranch near road fork: 13.3 miles
Ranch-Junction with High Road: 6.8 miles
Junction-La Ballena: 5.1 miles
La Ballena-Cadeje: 6.3 miles
Cadeje-San Juanico: 8.5 miles
San Juanico-Las Barrancas: 30.2 miles
NOTE: I may have some editing yet to do, but believe the numbers are correct. Use them for general interest, I make no guarantee you will have the
same readings.
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TheEL
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | After staying along the edge of the salt flats, the final one (south of El Datil) had me finally take the more used/ short-cut track...
There was no sign of mud/ water. Well, out of sight, and almost to the end of the flats, was a bog down (was it from the Subaru?)...
It was no problem, but added some sticky mud to the sides of my truck, after so many mud-free miles before that spot!
This was Wednesday, August 2. |
That wasnt us. Although we did get stuck on the final salt flat outside of El Datil, the subaru got stuck in the early part right down the middle. We
traveled through there on the 27th of July.
We both drove to Insurgentes the next day for a power wash to get all that salt off of the undercarriage. The guy did a great job. If anyone ever
needs it, its after the HWY 1 Loreto turnoff on the left. White and red building.
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David K
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Car washes are critical, especially on the final day. U.S. Border officers can deny your vehicle entry if TOO MUCH 'MEXICO' (ie dirt/mud) is attached
to your vehicle! LOL I guess they think organisms live in that salty mud?
I had mine washed Monday morning at my usual place in San Felipe (south of traffic circle a few blocks, east side of the street headed to
airport/Puertecitos).
On Hwy. 1, in El Rosario, at Popeye's car wash, next to Pemex.
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