BajaNomad

Backoads to Commondu and Loreto

motoged - 2-10-2012 at 04:31 PM

A previous post asked about the road conditions regarding roads to Los Commondus and San Javier....scroll down this ride report to see those conditions:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=763227&page=2

Turn-off from #1 heading west:




The rocky road to Commondus:




It gets better....:biggrin:




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Paula - 2-10-2012 at 09:01 PM

Could that have been me? I'm always hoping for good news about the road from Rancho Viejo to Comondu. Looks like I'll be going the long way again when we take wine bottles over in March.:dudette:

Some really great pictures on your link! Maybe we should just get bikes:biggrin:

photos attached

msawin - 2-10-2012 at 09:14 PM

Did you notice the District 36 sticker in the photo link?
If your not associated with it, it will mean nothing to you. For me
it was mucho grande.

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Marty Sawin

David K - 2-10-2012 at 10:11 PM

The road west from Hwy. 1 is paved now and at last report was within 5 miles of San Javier.





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elizabeth - 2-11-2012 at 09:16 AM

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Originally posted by Paula
Could that have been me? I'm always hoping for good news about the road from Rancho Viejo to Comondu. Looks like I'll be going the long way again when we take wine bottles over in March.:dudette:

Some really great pictures on your link! Maybe we should just get bikes:biggrin:


Bikes???? Really??? With the number of wine bottles that go up there? I think the long way around was your better idea!

Paula - 2-11-2012 at 09:25 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by elizabeth
Quote:
Originally posted by Paula
Could that have been me? I'm always hoping for good news about the road from Rancho Viejo to Comondu. Looks like I'll be going the long way again when we take wine bottles over in March.:dudette:

Some really great pictures on your link! Maybe we should just get bikes:biggrin:


Bikes???? Really??? With the number of wine bottles that go up there? I think the long way around was your better idea!



Well, maybe a small trailer on one of the bikes?

motoged - 2-11-2012 at 11:18 AM

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Originally posted by Paula
Well, maybe a small trailer on one of the bikes?


Oh gawd....there goes the neighborhood....:biggrin:





bacquito - 2-11-2012 at 11:45 AM

Enjoyed the link-great pictures

LaPazGringo - 2-28-2012 at 01:11 PM

Read in the guidebook that the Comondús were "quaint colonial villages" and the road was okay. Ha! Here's a video we made of the "road." It's a 50 mile creekbed of boulders.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoASuZHbFgI

motoged - 2-28-2012 at 03:01 PM

Great example of the rough section....thanks;D

LaPazGringo - 2-28-2012 at 03:41 PM

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Originally posted by motoged
Great example of the rough section....thanks;D


I don't remember a section that wasn't rough. Very rough! And forgot to mention that the charm of the villages was lost on us. I don't see a reason to go back. I love San Javier but don't think we'll ever be back to either Comondú.

David K - 2-28-2012 at 04:16 PM

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Originally posted by LaPazGringo
Quote:
Originally posted by motoged
Great example of the rough section....thanks;D


I don't remember a section that wasn't rough. Very rough! And forgot to mention that the charm of the villages was lost on us. I don't see a reason to go back. I love San Javier but don't think we'll ever be back to either Comondú.


If you are interested... see the trip report by Shari on San Jose Comondu... excellent story and photos. Note, that a paved road from the south is being built into the Comondus, and isn't far away. The north road (to which the photos in the opening post show), the east road (to San Javier, Loreto), and the west road (northwest) to San Isidro and La Purisima are best done in a true 'Baja Prep'd Rig'!

The north road was the main Baja 'highway' before the paving of Mexico 1 (which by-passed Comondu) through Loreto, around 1971.

Some maps:

1962:



2003: