scooleygirl - 4-27-2009 at 12:03 AM
For those of you who traveled down the washboard dirt road to Punta Abreojos would appreciate seeing these images of the abandon VW Bus that was a
nice landmark of letting us know that we only had 25 more miles of this shaking, rumbling, dusty dirt road ride.
These photos were taken October 10th 2005.
This was the last time I drove down the unpaved dirt road to Punta Abreojos. Many times I cursed that dirt road. If you were towing a trailer, It
would shake, rumble and almost make you tumble on some of the curvy down hill rocky washboard dips. We lost endless licenses plates from just the
mere vibration shaking of the the dirt road.
I have to say I'm glad I was able to have experience driving on that dirt road. My family and I have so many stories of the gnarly dirt road
adventure we faced every time we drove on that dirt road.
We bought a brand new 19' Wilderness Lite Weight Trailer to use for our vacations down there. OMG! On our first trip down there in our new trailer
we lost gadgets off our trailer and of course our license plate. We towed that trailer from San Diego to Punta Abreojos a total of three times. The
road literally cracked our trailer the third time we pulled it down there. We patched up the crack when we got back home to San Diego and luckily
found a buyer to buy the trailer from us. LOL
I miss the VW Bus landmark but I'm glad I have photos to remind us how it use to be.
You can click here to view more images of the VW Bus:
http://www.sharoncooleyphotography.com/VW_Bus/Photos.html
You can click here to view images of Punta Abreojos:
http://www.sharoncooleyphotography.com/Baja_California_Sur/B...
I hope you enjoy the images I have posted on my website!
Sharon Cooley
htnfool - 4-27-2009 at 06:09 AM
Great memories. that's what makes BAJA such a special place.
Great pics...
Packoderm - 4-27-2009 at 06:38 AM
I remember a photo of that bus being used in an advertisement in the four wheel drive magazines about 20 years ago. Even though I hadn't yet been to
Baja at that time, the picture captured my imagination. They should make a special exemption for the VWs when it comes to clearing them out for scrap.
Paulina - 4-27-2009 at 07:23 AM
Roadside art object for certain!
rts551 - 4-27-2009 at 07:28 AM
Alas, the new road made it easy for someone to come take it for scrap.
Fred - 4-27-2009 at 08:31 AM
Thanks for the photos. Looks like my current bus. Right Dennis. Maybe a great place to get parts.
vw bus
pappy - 4-27-2009 at 09:38 AM
boy that brings back some fond memmories.thanks for that!
jodiego - 4-29-2009 at 10:32 PM
Is that a corgi on the surfboard in one of your albums?