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vgabndo
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The road to San Nicolas'
I'm very familiar with the road, but I haven't been over it since 2013. I've done it a hundred times in 3/4 ton pickups. If the worst spots haven't
had some fairly serious work, I question whether my new-to-me Toyota v-6 micro RV can "make the grade." A local friend says I can do it. Has anyone
driven a rig like this into San Nicolas?
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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JZ
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Is this the San Nicholas just South of Bahia Concepcion?
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vgabndo
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Yes, it is. I could have been more clear.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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David K
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Hi Perry, I drove it in 2017. It was very easy to drive. 2WD ok.
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JZ
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What's out there?
Wonder if you can cut over to Punta Pulpito. I tried to map it out on GE, but didn't make it all the way.
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JZ, photos and details in my Trip #2 report from 2017.
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Quote: Originally posted by JZ  | What's out there?
Wonder if you can cut over to Punta Pulpito. I tried to map it out on GE, but didn't make it all the way.
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yes you can - cool Obsidian veines
first half from San Nicolas is a bit rough for some
the drive along the beach is nice
Attachment: Pulpito.kmz (13kB)
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While I havent driven out to San Nicolas, I have taken my toyota RV all over baja down plenty of places with crappy roads, including San Basilio just
down the way
you should be able to go most anywhere a 2wd pickup can go, the departure angle sucks sometimes on short whoops or really rough transitions, worse
case you rip the chit tanks off and gotta go pull em up off the side of the road, a smelly and embarrassing endeavor but not the end of the world
running around down in Aguaverde
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[Edited on 8-26-2019 by defrag4]
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i did add some additional springs and airbags to carry the weight a bit more and get the saggy booty up in the air, these things are undersprung and
overloaded from the factory
feel free to hit us up on facebook to ask any questions related to your new yoterhome, weve been fulltiming in ours for the past 4 years, driven from
Florida to Alaska down to MX and everywhere in between.
https://www.facebook.com/homeonthehighway/
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4x4abc
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San Nicolas - San Sebastian
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San Nicolas - Punta Pulpito
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4x4abc
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ | What's out there?
Wonder if you can cut over to Punta Pulpito. I tried to map it out on GE, but didn't make it all the way.
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if you are adventurous with your bike, you could pioneer a track from San Basilio to Punta Pulpito.
The padres did.
There is an old mining road about half way going north
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advrider
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc | | Quote: Originally posted by JZ | What's out there?
Wonder if you can cut over to Punta Pulpito. I tried to map it out on GE, but didn't make it all the way.
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if you are adventurous with your bike, you could pioneer a track from San Basilio to Punta Pulpito.
The padres did.
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That sounds like some fun, any maps of said trail?
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| Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc |
yes you can - cool Obsidian veines
first half from San Nicolas is a bit rough for some
the drive along the beach is nice
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Excellent, that looks like a fun drive. Looks like that beach the furthest South might be good for camping.
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that's where I spent the night
tons of Indian tools close by
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here are the 2 sections I have scouted
Attachment: 4x4 rural1.kmz (2kB)
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Attachment: 4x4 rural 2016.kmz (3kB)
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Awesome, thanks for sharing...
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Hola 4x4 abc
Pulpito is on my list for this year. What is that last pocket beach like In the SE corner of your track. I would like to get my camper in there. Is
the road steep down into it? Good spot to camp out of the northerlies?
Thanks man
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| Quote: Originally posted by Mulege Canuck | Hola 4x4 abc
Pulpito is on my list for this year. What is that last pocket beach like In the SE corner of your track. I would like to get my camper in there. Is
the road steep down into it? Good spot to camp out of the northerlies?
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the 2 east arms (and beaches) are not worth driving
narrow ans scratchy
rocky, windy beach
Pulpito is good for Obsidian hunting
cool hikes to the top
best camping west of Punta San Antonio
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one of the east beaches
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