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[*] posted on 8-29-2017 at 04:42 PM


Yes, with the taller tires the speedometer is spot on. I guess they make the speedometer read slightly fast to help you not get a ticket!
Stock tires have a fast speedometer but accurate odometer. 1" taller tires have an accurate speedometer but a slow odometer.




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[*] posted on 8-29-2017 at 04:53 PM


You have put a lot of work into this road guide. My only critique would be to use your original photos rather than the "color enhanced" versions. Baja is a beautiful place just as it is. No need to portray a technicolor version.



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[*] posted on 8-29-2017 at 05:46 PM


Thanks... my camera does not show the colors well on Nomad, at least to me... until I enhance them. Not all of the ones above have been. The last two, on the sand dune, for example: The first one is regular and the second enhanced. The sky looks truer to me in the second one?

In the guide, it won't be these Photobucket enhanced ones, but a photo sharpening tool that is in Word. However, unless it is an online only guide, when printed the photos are in black & white.

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[*] posted on 8-31-2017 at 09:22 AM


The fat tire bicycle couple from Canada that I met at Mission San Luis Gonzaga have completed their Baja journey and are taking the ferry to Mazatlan. Here is a YouTube video clip they produced from La Paz:





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[*] posted on 8-31-2017 at 10:34 AM


Great trip, DK!!

I did this same trip about 30+ years ago. I would not mind doing it again just to see what is changed.

Thanks for the great photos!!!




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[*] posted on 8-31-2017 at 03:50 PM


I just edited the first page by adding a revised road log from San Ignacio to San Juanico. I will work on the maps to change any of the notes I may have had that need it.

Because this route is very popular and often in question, I added the new road log to the Road Conditions forum, as well.

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it, right? ;)




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[*] posted on 9-1-2017 at 11:43 AM


OK, maps have been edited and a map from San Juanico south to Las Barrancas with the GPS track over the new highway route included.



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[*] posted on 9-3-2017 at 07:25 AM


Wowsers, I am so lucky! If I waited to September for this research trip, I would have not been able to get to all the places I did!



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[*] posted on 9-6-2017 at 05:38 PM


Enthralled would be an understatement.
This is the next best thing to actually being there. :bounce:
Wonderful writing/reporting. Un mil gracias...
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[*] posted on 9-6-2017 at 06:03 PM


Quote: Originally posted by El Burrito Grande  
Enthralled would be an understatement.
This is the next best thing to actually being there. :bounce:
Wonderful writing/reporting. Un mil gracias...


Welcome to Nomad, I am so happy you enjoy my work... Almost hate to call it work! I am in the process of writing the road guide now. It always helps to post here when I get home to help organize the photos and visualize how it may look or be changed to look better.

I hope you look at TRIPS 1-5 also posted in 2017, if you are interested in those areas, too. Obviously, when this is all in guidebook format it will be far easier to use!

Thank you for taking time to comment! I look forward to your trip reports here, too!




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[*] posted on 9-10-2017 at 07:39 AM


2017-2018 Baja Bound Road Guide & Map Research Trips
On Tacoma World, original size and no watermarks: http://www.vivabaja.com/Tacoma_Travels/

TRIP #1 (San Felipe to Punta San Francisquito via L.A. Bay): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85374
TRIP #2 (San Ignacio to Loreto, Ligüí, San Javier, Comondú, La Purísima): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85756
TRIP #3 (Mexicali to San Felipe, Valle Chico, Matomí, Parral, + El Rosario area): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85989
TRIP #4 (Valle de Trinidad crossover, San Quintin to Laguna Manuela and 7 Sisters coast road): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=86376
TRIP #5 (Central Baja: El Arco, El Barril, San Francisco de la Sierra, Abreojos, Asuncion, Tortugas, Eugenia, Pronghorn Reserve): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=86781
TRIP #6 (Southernmost Baja: San Ignacio to San Juanico, Loreto to Cabo San Lucas, San Evaristo, and more): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=87323
TRIP #7 (Pacific North and San Pedro Mártir Mountains): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=87976
TRIP #8 (Hwy. 3, Tecate to San Felipe + Hwy. 5 update): http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=91029



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[*] posted on 11-21-2019 at 11:51 AM


I received a u2u asking about Mission Guadalupe. So, bumping this trip report up for that Nomad to find it. He asked for the mission GPS. While there are wall and foundation ruins all over the hillside, this was the mission church location:
Lat: 26.918549
Lon: -112.406078




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[*] posted on 11-21-2019 at 12:20 PM


David, if you would provide 26.918549, -112.406078
one could could copy and paste into Google Earth




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[*] posted on 3-14-2021 at 03:01 PM


Quote: Originally posted by David K  



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[*] posted on 3-14-2021 at 03:12 PM


Bookmarked this thread. There are several months worth of travel for me in just this one trip.
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Quote: Originally posted by Skipjack Joe  
Bookmarked this thread. There are several months worth of travel for me in just this one trip.


Glad you can utilize it!

Baja is a land full of adventure and these Baja Bound research trips offer just a tiny taste of the variety of places that exist with plenty more to discover!

The new Atlas will make exploring more fun and someday the Road Guide will help to...




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[*] posted on 6-5-2021 at 10:32 AM


Here on Nomad, the Photobucket images are no longer sized to fit the page and have watermarks, but not where I also shared the trip report on Tacoma World... odd?? I have been paying to prevent that.
Here is the trip report, as it should appear: https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/2017-baja-expedition-6-s...




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