How's Coco?

Bumping this up to the top...Inquiring minds want to know!

HOW IS COCO DOING???

I'd like to know myself how Coco is doing. Some Nomad must have a recent report.


Amo Pescar

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Originally posted by AmoPescar Bumping this up to the top...Inquiring minds want to know! HOW IS COCO DOING??? I'd like to know myself how Coco is doing. Some Nomad must have a recent report. Amo Pescar

I went thru Coco's twice on a recent trip a couple weeks ago and his place has survived his absence so far. While in GN I tried to locate him at a couple different motels as was posted here over the past two months and no luck. Someone responded to that report that Coco was back in Ensenada with his family, that was maybe two weeks ago.

Last I actually saw him was at the 500 and he had both his legs wrapped up from the recent surgeries.

Here's a couple paragraphs from another one of my posts here from a couple weeks ago...after returning...

"I drove the road south just over a week ago and north two days ago...same-same-same...it's a rough road for any stock vehicle.

We drove it in a built off road car with suspension and it was still jarring, but stock trucks & cars are beaten and shaken brutal by that road.

There is no one at Coco's Corner...no one to ask anything.

If you venture on that road in the summer time you should bring mucho water in case of a problem for all passengers including the dog...just south of Puertocitos there is heavy construction on the highway that is being paved which will open up the road all the way to Hwy 1. The pavement now goes south of Puertocitos on a raised high speed American style highway...they are making amazing progress. Sooner than later there will be a Starbucks at Punta Bufeo...Allen will soon have many neighbors and travelers near his remote beach villa...

The rocks are sharp and the washboard road is brutal..I know Mike H. is pointing his finger at me now, but anyone going down that road should carry two spare tires...I know Mike H. never carried a spare. RIP brother!

IMHO, in a few years, when that road is completed the trip from San Felipe to Guerro Negro will be a mere 6.5 hours and the Pacific side of the peninsula will suffer from the loss of the traffic. I never thought I'd say this but San Felipe will no doubt be a serious hub of travel, as is Ensenada now, in the not so distant future.

My recommendation if you are not a hard core desert traveler / survivor versed in "just in case situations" is to wait until the fall when the temperatures subside.

In both our trips up and down that road within the past 9-days, we saw only one vehicle on the road between Puertocitos and LA Bay in two complete trips...so you are on your own.

Travel safe"

[Edited on 7-31-2008 by Desertbull]

HEY THERE ZAC...

Thanks for asking about me! Mostly my work kept me away from Baja Nomad. I was on the computer a lot for work and just didn't want to stay on longer to visit Nomad or much of anything else.

I haven't been to Baja in a quite awhile. I'm really in need of a long trip down the peninsula, and visits with many Baja amigos.

Take it easy, Miguelamo

Prolly not bro...two amputated legs at the knees pretty much relegates him to the wheel chair and needed assistance daily...he was struggling before with one leg, now missing both legs gonna be pretty tough...but he's one tough Baja man that's for sure...

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Originally posted by Desertbull Prolly not bro...two amputated legs at the knees pretty much relegates him to the wheel chair and needed assistance daily...he was struggling before with one leg, now missing both legs gonna be pretty tough...but he's one tough Baja man that's for sure...