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A Baja Thing

roverdude - 4-21-2006 at 11:09 PM

We need more off-roading in Baja shots. So here you go...

That was us during the kids Spring Break near Meling on this past years Baja 1000 course.

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:24 AM

On the road to Malarrimo beach

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:25 AM

Brother Charley getting ready for a ride on the beach.

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:27 AM

Camping near the beach in the wash.

woody with a view - 4-22-2006 at 09:28 AM

the shrine on the way to spot x.

woody with a view - 4-22-2006 at 09:31 AM

spot x

Road to Mision Santa Maria

David K - 4-22-2006 at 09:35 AM

This is a very photo worthy trail!


Coming down the Widowmaker, 13 miles east of Santa Ynez...








A special Baja place, 14.5 miles east of Santa Ynez





a mile east of the mission, returning from a hike to the petros which are at the end of the failed road to Gonzaga effort...





Climbing up the Widowmaker, heading out...


TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:38 AM

Along the Sea of Cortez

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:40 AM

Camping at San Rafael

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:42 AM

The road to El Arco.

woody with a view - 4-22-2006 at 09:47 AM

somewhere, out there.

woody with a view - 4-22-2006 at 09:49 AM

cardon forest (the squeeze).

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 09:50 AM

Just when you needed it.

TMW - 4-22-2006 at 10:04 AM

Not off road yet but getting there.

Maps are out but

John M - 4-22-2006 at 02:47 PM

........we're not REALLY lost!!!

John M

PabloS - 4-22-2006 at 03:36 PM


25 years ago



Hunting lobster

lagoon at San Sabastian....1980-90

Pompano - 4-22-2006 at 05:25 PM

camping on th beach

Bruce R Leech - 4-22-2006 at 05:27 PM

camping on th beach

surfer jim - 4-22-2006 at 06:30 PM

off roading....and "secret" surf spots....I love it.....(anybody got the GPS numbers for "spot x"....?)

Bruce R Leech - 4-22-2006 at 06:44 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Pompano
...and took the panga to the San Marcos island gypsum mine.

A mite dusty, but very interesting tour with Baja vet, Blackjack, as a guide.


San Marcos???

Ken Cooke - 4-22-2006 at 10:41 PM

Clearing downed tree in Venado Blanco Rd. - Sierra San Pedro Martir:




End of Venado Blanco Rd. in Sierra San Pedro Martir - Rancho Viejo:



Taking the rough road to the Observatory:

still, out there

woody with a view - 4-23-2006 at 06:54 AM

santa ana howling! 80 degrees in december? another reason i love baja----

[Edited on 4-23-2006 by woody in ob]

David K - 4-23-2006 at 08:22 AM

THIS is a great thread!

Viva Baja!!!

bajalou - 4-23-2006 at 08:38 AM

Tied to post some yesterday before going to watch the CODE McMillan 500 off road race - but couldn't get it to work, So had to go back and check a Email I had sent telling someone else how to do it - wow - where can I find my memory - Just ordered and installed 1G more in my laptop - can I do the same for my head????

Esperanza Beach




Agua Caliente Canyon








CODE 500

bajalou - 4-23-2006 at 10:04 AM

I'll try a few of the cars in the CODE McMillan 500 yesterday







Taken from a hill just south of RM 212

Tomas Tierra - 4-23-2006 at 11:14 AM

Ladies and Gents.

Thank you all for the great photos!! Having just returned from El Capitan state beach for two nights with my Daughter, this thread is just whatI needed to re-assure myself that I do indeed enjoy camping, just not in upper california!! What a zoo!! every spot full to the brim with motorhomrs, fifth wheelers and the like..generators till 11:30pm, and again at7:30am,YIKES!! Never see the people outside of these units..I guess the kids are playing x box, dads watching nascar, and moms cooking in the microwave...family camping fun??...

That's more like it!!

Tomas Tierra - 4-23-2006 at 11:16 AM

surfer jim - 4-23-2006 at 11:49 AM

I hear you Tomas...."camping" now means a motorhome...or a "condo"....for most people....but these NOMADS....we know better....:bounce:

Baja's crowded site's

Tomas Tierra - 4-23-2006 at 12:30 PM

This is the most crowded camp ground I've been to in Baja..
Kuyima, La Laguna....Love it there.



Woody, tisk tisk tisk, your not supposed to post photos of old k38 like that!!

My 'Baja Condo'

David K - 4-23-2006 at 01:30 PM

At least this is the most I need for a week on Shell Island... from about 1983.




Or, my own spot at San Francisquito... was great!




[Edited on 4-23-2006 by David K]

"holiday Inn" my version

jack - 4-23-2006 at 04:13 PM

woody with a view - 4-23-2006 at 06:09 PM

Quote:

tisk tisk tisk, your not supposed to post photos of old k38 like that!!


k-38 on STEROIDS:lol::lol::lol::lol::cool:

Who needs a tent?

roverdude - 4-23-2006 at 10:06 PM



bajataco - 4-23-2006 at 11:09 PM

Fun pics! :cool:



Mision Santa Maria







Laguna Hanson...




Calamaju?...



San Felipe...

Ken Cooke - 4-24-2006 at 08:28 PM

Here's my San Felipe photo:


cpg - 4-25-2006 at 06:17 PM

Los Animas

bajaandy - 4-25-2006 at 06:43 PM

Near Spot X

bajaandy - 4-25-2006 at 06:44 PM

On the way to Spot X

bajaandy - 4-25-2006 at 06:46 PM

On the way home from Spot X

bajaandy - 4-25-2006 at 06:51 PM

Not Spot X, but a pretty cool camp anyway.

bajataco - 4-27-2006 at 07:32 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by bajaandy
Not Spot X, but a pretty cool camp anyway.


Wow, that wall behind your camp looks incredible! Nice sand too :coolup:


We need to get some of the racers to get in on this thread :cool: a little air would make for a fun candid shot :spingrin:

woody with a view - 4-27-2006 at 08:03 PM

Quote:

Having just returned from El Capitan state beach for two nights with my Daughter, this thread is just whatI needed to re-assure myself that I do indeed enjoy camping, just not in upper california!!



tomas, hope it looked like this-

if not, then maybe something like this...

woody with a view - 4-27-2006 at 08:05 PM

Tomas Tierra - 4-28-2006 at 10:17 AM

That's a negative Woody, it was flaaaaaaaaaaat...and noisy!

Mike Humfreville - 4-28-2006 at 11:04 AM

If I remember correctrly that toilet is located in the dry lake (Laguna Salada) on the road to Guadalupe Canyon. Thanks for the great photos.

Shaking off the Polvo

oladulce - 4-28-2006 at 01:04 PM

I was trying to recall what the heck I was doing in this photo and it occurred to me- this was the Polvo trip.

In El Ni?o years when the esteros were full and flowed in to the ocean, we couldn?t get very far when we drove down the beach. To get to Punta Santa Domingo (the bluffs in the background) from Punta Peque?a (San Juanico), you had to take the inland road.

On this excursion we learned about the 3 mile stretch of babypowder-fine moondust on the mesa at Santo Domingo before you get back to the coast. In our very exposed buggy, we drove completely immersed in a polvo cloud for about an hour and a half on this 95? day. Had to drive slow because we couldn?t see past the front of the buggy and we took a few wrong turns which added to the trip.

We laughed at first, but think I was trying not to cry towards the end (but we won?t mention that part). I don?t know how you racing guys in open vehicles can handle this stuff for hours on end because, as I recall, it suc?

was extremely uncomfortable.

Neat place once we got there.

Tomas Tierra - 4-28-2006 at 02:52 PM

I see boards on the roof.....care to divulge??

oladulce - 4-28-2006 at 06:21 PM

Those are for shade Tom?s.

bajalou - 4-28-2006 at 06:44 PM

That red buggy looks almost as clean as if it just came from a car wash