eddiefromcali - 6-15-2005 at 01:23 PM
Anyone been to Valle de las Palmas? I'll be there in two weeks and would like some info about atv trails or maybe even a track?
[Edited on 6-16-2005 by BajaNomad]
Bruce R Leech - 6-15-2005 at 03:42 PM
welcome to the Baja Nomad Forum eddiefromcali. I don't know the aria But I am sure some one here will help you. you might try David Ks website ore do
a search on this forum.
David Ks website
http://VivaBaja.com
[Edited on 6-15-2005 by Bruce R Leech]
TMW - 6-16-2005 at 09:34 AM
Look above under Nomads Trip Reports and David K did one on a Serious off road day trip or some such name and he tell of a trip he made with the
squarecircle in the area you want to go. A lot of people go out east of Tecate to Rancho Santa Veronica and ride the trails around there, both MC and
ATVs.
Yes, here is the first part...
David K - 6-16-2005 at 06:11 PM
Eddie, go to the Trip Repors Forum, here at Nomad and go to : Serious Off Road Day Trip, just south of the border! posted a couple months ago... Here
is the first part... there are photos...
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Serious Off Road Day Trip, just south of the border!
Yesterday (Sunday, April 10, 2005), my amiga Elizabeth and I went on an off roading day trip in my Tacoma. We were invited by Baja Nomad
'TheSquarecircle' and his amiga Blanch in a 4Runner along with their friends Richard and Jeri in a Range Rover.
The plan was to begin with breakfast in Tecate... which was great at a place Squarecircle has been to before, west side of town ('Casa Vieja' see
Restaurant Review forum). The dirt roads today ranged from wide graded to very difficult rock and gully-steep climbing (LOW RANGE 4WD).
99% of this trip is covered on Baja Almanac Map 1. GPS is set at Map Datum NAD27 Mexico.
From Tecate, we headed south on Hwy. 3 about 15 miles to VALLE LAS PALMAS and turn right at 32-21.99', 116-36.87' elev. 944'... This is the wide
graded road heading northwest.
A sharp left turn was made at 32-24.85', 116.40.07' elev. 835' and we pass RANCHO SANTA MONICA. TheSquarecircle has been this way before and was
surprised to see the gate locked on the road we hoped to use, through RANCHO SANTA ALICIA.
As we are not about to give up with so little an obsticle, we seek another way around the ranch in order to continue west. The first road ended at the
edge of the flowing ARROYO LAS PALMAS. Richard was in front and got about halfway before sinking in the deep sand bottom river... He was able to back
out under his own power. The Range Rover had narrow/stock size tires... and any vehicle would not have fared much better.
We tried a second location where I drove across, but before I could report it was a dead end on the opposite bank, TheSquarecircle plowed into the
river (in 2WD)... with super big tires... as I was backing up to turn back. He burried the back tires, but only for a moment... Once the hubs were
locked, and 4WD engaged, he drove the 4Runner right out.
The third road we tried ended in a washout... Walking ahead to see if there was a way across, Richard discoverd something! Here is The Squarecircle
and Elizabeth (Baja Angel) looking down into the gully... (What do they see, that Richard discoverd?... Stay Tuned for the next report)...
eddiefromcali - 6-17-2005 at 12:40 AM
thanks guys! great forum you got going on here