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Gonzaga Bay road !!!

cj5orion - 12-25-2010 at 08:28 AM

For anybody coming down.....
I hear the "dirt pile" barrier is gone,but you still need to turn off the pavement and hit the "old road" at the same spot !!!

David K - 12-25-2010 at 08:34 AM

Well, let us know the truth when you can, okay?

fishsticker - 12-25-2010 at 08:50 AM

A friend of mine used the new section last week.

Marc - 12-25-2010 at 09:17 AM

I must say that I am a proud member of the "THAT ROAD" club. Pre pavement days.:cool:

David K - 12-25-2010 at 09:21 AM

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Originally posted by Marc
I must say that I am a proud member of the "THAT ROAD" club. Pre pavement days.:cool:


(from the Road Conditions forum):

The good old days!

BryanMcKenzie's post on 1993 vs. 2010 Mex. 5 motivated me to pull out the photos from my earlier trips to Gonzaga... before pavement and BEFORE the graded road of 1986... back when it was a 'Jeep Trail'... and after 1974, no longer maintained as the truck drivers now came to Gonzaga from Hwy. 1 through Calamajue Canyon (until 1983 when the Laguna Chapala-Puerto Calamajue graded road was built).

April 1974 (I was 16) and my friend Pat and I took my dune buggy on a Baja loop trip down the Pacific side and back up the gulf side. Side trips were made to Mision San Fernando and El Marmol/ El Volcan.

I have two photos between Gonzaga and Puertecitos:





In 1975, I repeated the trip with another friend Mike and two other vehicles joined us. Two photos north of Gonzaga Bay:


Can you see the 2 burros?



In 1979, I was a co-driver in the Baja 1000 and I pre-ran the first section I was to drive (San Matias Pass to El Crucero) in my 4WD Subaru... The road to Gonzaga was very torn up from lack of care for over 5 years. I made it to Gonzaga that evening, but without an exhaust!




(skinny and shaggy 22 year old me, but having a blast in Baja)





El Huerfanito Island.

mcfez - 12-25-2010 at 11:10 AM

Wow! :o:o:o:o:o:o

DavidK...
That your young son ?

:P

cj5orion - 12-26-2010 at 07:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Well, let us know the truth when you can, okay?


I wont be on the road for another 2 weeks.....
I'm jus passing along the info as I heard it.
With no warning sign indicating the end of road.....well...fiqure it out !!!!! :o

David K - 12-26-2010 at 06:06 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
Wow! :o:o:o:o:o:o

DavidK...
That your young son ?

:P


No Deno... that be me, in 1979.

David K - 12-26-2010 at 06:07 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by cj5orion
Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Well, let us know the truth when you can, okay?


I wont be on the road for another 2 weeks.....
I'm jus passing along the info as I heard it.
With no warning sign indicating the end of road.....well...fiqure it out !!!!! :o


Have fun and looking forward to your report... maybe take a photo looking across the new bridge, where the pavement had ended since last April?

mcfez - 12-27-2010 at 09:33 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by David K
Quote:
Originally posted by mcfez
Wow! :o:o:o:o:o:o

DavidK...
That your young son ?

:P


No Deno... that be me, in 1979.


Was pulling your leg David! :-)

That new section of road by was suppose to be opened a few months ago...
Someone here at BN said he talked to the Engineers and got a confirming answer "it be opened in two weeks". :o