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Boojum tree near La Cuesta de la Ley

David K - 7-6-2025 at 08:26 AM



Top of the cuesta:



[Edited on 9-29-2025 by David K]

David K - 9-29-2025 at 11:39 AM

Edited as the Post Images link wasn't working (for me, anyway) and replaced to links from my Central Baja trip album on VivaBaja.com
https://vivabaja.com/p617/

AKgringo - 9-29-2025 at 12:11 PM

Is that the grade between San Francisquito and Rancho Piedra Blanca?

David K - 9-29-2025 at 02:17 PM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
Is that the grade between San Francisquito and Rancho Piedra Blanca?


Yes, now paved with concrete (since at least 2016). In 2012 and 2001, my previous drives over it, it was graded dirt. In 1983, my first drive over it, it was a bit more challenging.

The old auto club guides warned of its difficulty... and why it got the name "the grade that rules'!

Photo from the 1962 guide:

1962Cuesta-1.jpg - 56kB