smoked a bearing on my utility trailer in San Quintin
i was right in front of the turn-off for the
El Pabellon RV Park at about 2pm in the afternoon
nice place that you can stay right on the sand
there is an internet store right there so
i sent an email to susan telling her i was safe just down for a while...
limped the trailer to the camp and
talked to the operator Jose
he let me store the thing behind the office
i told him i would be back friday for repair
i then off loaded the expensive stuff i had
imported and continued to mulege
i arrived at 12pm just in time for new years!!!
drove back friday and Jose of the El Pabellon RV Park
had taken my trailer to his house
AND repaired the bearing with one he had in the garage...WOW!!!
what a great guy!!!
hooked up and drove home to mulege
arrived at 9pm
ONLY in mexico!!!
didn't see diver and family at all...Russ - 1-4-2009 at 08:11 AM
I know sometimes you just have to get home but that was a lot of night driving. And on New Years eve.Glad you're safe! But sound?Iflyfish - 1-4-2009 at 11:12 AM
Viva Baja e Viva Mexico!
IflyfishBajaGringo - 1-4-2009 at 11:19 AM
Thanks for sharing that Bob. It's nice to remind ourselves once in awhile of many of the positive things that keep us down here. In the few months
that I have been coming to San Quintin while building the new place we have met so many great folks who have literally opened their doors to us and
made us feel like part of the family.
Glad to know things worked out - Happy New Year!!!Bob and Susan - 1-4-2009 at 04:01 PM
one thing i learned while driving on New Years eve is...
there are ALOT of New Years BON-FIRES along the road...
WOW!!!
and russ...you are right... but...home is home805gregg - 1-5-2009 at 08:10 AM
I know the El Pabellon, did you notice the watch all you stuff at night notices? The only place I've had things stolen at night.Vince - 1-5-2009 at 11:28 AM
Brings back the memory of the time I was towing my '65 Boston Whaler, 17 foot, from the border to Coyote Bay. The car was full of kids and equipment,
the boat had a load also. In San Quintin, the trailer tongue, where it attaches to the ball, broke. The chains caught it. I limped to the nearest
welder. He welded the tongue back together, reinforced it with steel plates, and we continued on our way. This was in 1973. Those guys are master
mechanics and problem solvers. I still have the boat in Coyote Bay, the trailer lasted another 10 years. I had too much weight forward in the boat.
Not the first or last time they have rescued me!Skipjack Joe - 1-5-2009 at 11:28 AM
Quote:
Originally posted by Bob and Susan
one thing i learned while driving on New Years eve is...
there are ALOT of New Years BON-FIRES along the road...
WOW!!!
We saw a lot of bon-fires around san quintin also. As far as I could figure out they were burning tumbleweeds.
We spent Christmas Day dodging tumbleweeds on highway 5 going to baja. I saw a sedan in my rear view mirror with a tumbleweed the size of a sofa
pinned to it's front bumper. Those things are agressive. They'd appear out of nowhere and it was usually hard to outrun them.sourdough - 1-7-2009 at 05:54 PM
Ahh, memories! In '79 heading north from Juncalito, we hit an asphalt pile with our 16' travel trailer while avoiding a pothole. It ripped the axle
off the left side of the trailer. A trucker stopped and helped us get it off the highway (yes, there was a nearby turnout!).l Using his own tools, he
took off the broken leaf-spring and directed me to El Rosario 30 miles down the road. We left my brother with the trailer and were able to find a
replacement part at the local dump. Upon our return, my brother informed us that every big rig going by slowed down until he waved them on.
We had neither the jacks or the wrenches to install the springs. Once again a trucker stopped and he and his young protege worked for two hours until
the job was done. They would not accept any money for their help. I do try to return the same courtesy when I drive the peninsula.
Sourdoughdesertcpl - 1-7-2009 at 06:02 PM
we had the same thing happen to us about 10 years ago,, I was pulling a 24 foot 5th wheel,, broke my springs going into mulege,, in the moutains,, no
place to turn off the road,, the truckers,, stopped all the traffic for us,, then pulled up and offered help for us,, but we was able to chain the
axle up and get into town,, they was ( the truckers) we very nice
