A future Baja Nomad has just returned from a trip to L.A. Bay via Gonzaga Bay... Before going to sleep, he sent me 6 photos to share...
EDIT: 6 more photos added to this group...
Military Check between Papa Fernandez' road and Alfonsina's Pemex.
Alfonsina's Pemex
Turnoff after Pemex (Alfonsina's)
Batch plant / Encampment
Km. 153, End of Pavement, 2 miles south of Pemex
Approaching Arroyo Santa Marķa crossing/ bridge construction (5 miles south of Pemex)
Rebar at bridge
Footings for bridge
Rebar for bridge
Looking south from start of bridge
Footings
(BIG THANK YOU for the pics!)
[Edited on 3-28-2014 by David K]Bob H - 3-27-2014 at 10:02 AM
Wow... great photos. Thanks.beachbum1A - 3-27-2014 at 10:07 AM
WHAT! An "official" military check point? I think we all like the oldie one much better.willardguy - 3-27-2014 at 10:10 AM
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Originally posted by beachbum1A
WHAT! An "official" military check point? I think we all like the oldie one much better.
bet the soldiers
won't mind the shade this summer! StuckSucks - 3-27-2014 at 10:18 AM
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Originally posted by beachbum1A
WHAT! An "official" military check point? I think we all like the oldie one much better.
Agreed.
David K - 3-27-2014 at 10:56 AM
mtnpop - 3-27-2014 at 12:47 PM
Made this trip last Thursday from the south... out of Mulege..
our odometer had it at 34 miles from Hwy 1 to the new pavement... We made it in almost straight up 2 hours.... quite a few washouts along the sides
and not too many big nasty rocks to negotiate around...
most told us to deflate the tires to 20# to make the trip,,, we got in a hurry and left normal pressure... no tire problems but pretty rough ride.. I
was not sure about deflating that much and taking a chance on the tire sidewalls.
Made it from Mulege to SanFelipe in about 10 hours...
Had to really watch thru the new mtn cuts for rocks on the highway... some of them were pretty big....
only saw one big 18 wheeler 'lowboy with escorts' hauling a big tank just north of Coco's....
More photos, End of Pavement, Arroyo Santa Maria, Coco
David K - 3-27-2014 at 06:48 PM
Rebar ( 1 1/4 + or - )
Road crew. Happy guys...the one showing his GUNZ said it would be completed by September
Workers
Workers
Looking north from end of road ( note Pemex and new Checkpoint in background ).
The Man, The Legend, Coco
The New Restaurant at Gonzaga (Rancho Grande)
David K - 3-27-2014 at 07:00 PM
Thank you future Nomad for these photos!
Have seen this place for years but never stopped.
Good food and decent prices. Great service.
The proprietor said it had only been open for 5 days on Wed. 3-26-14.
Thank you amigo!
[Edited on 3-28-2014 by David K]David K - 3-28-2014 at 10:12 AM
The new restaurant looks pretty fancy for Gonzaga! Best wishes to the owners!bufeo - 3-28-2014 at 10:21 AM
That looks to be the former store at Rancho Grande. Am I wrong?
Allen RDavid K - 3-28-2014 at 10:34 AM
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Originally posted by bufeo
That looks to be the former store at Rancho Grande. Am I wrong?
Allen R
Next door, from the photos... There was a cantina/ taco stand there, but it seems that there are new owners and they turned it into a real restaurant?
I welcome the many Gonzaga Nomads to provide the details.willardguy - 3-28-2014 at 10:35 AM
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Originally posted by bufeo
That looks to be the former store at Rancho Grande. Am I wrong?
Allen R
you are correct, it had relied on business from the road crews but the taco bar under the palapa
took care of that!bufeo - 3-28-2014 at 11:45 AM
Thank you, willardguy. I thought that covered area...and even some of the interior...looked familiar. The bar looks to be where the "spirits"
were kept before.
So, does this mean there's no more tienda?
Allen RThe Wonderer - 3-28-2014 at 12:45 PM
Allen,
They built a "super market" next door a few years ago. Its about twice the size of the old place, and pretty well stocked. Covered patio outside is
about 3x the size of the old patio. Its still a great place to enjoy a cold one and watch the world go by.
Hope all is well w/ you and Diana.
Stuartbufeo - 3-28-2014 at 01:01 PM
Hey there Stuart. Nice to hear from you. Gee, we miss our friends at "the" beach. We've certainly traveled more, though. (U2U sent.)
Thanks for that info. Hard to imagine all the development going on down there. I hope it's not a flash in the pan.
Allen RDavid K - 3-28-2014 at 01:37 PM
Bufeo, in the second restaurant photo, you can see the Rancho Grande 'Suoer Market' entrance, set back a little from the restaurant. It's been like
that for several years. The third photo is the store entrance.
For others: The Rancho Grande market has food, ice, liquor... and in back in a separate building a tire service center and used tires for sale.
July, 2012:
I bought a tire from them in 2003, as well... 265/70-16.
[Edited on 3-28-2014 by David K]willardguy - 3-28-2014 at 02:19 PM
new to the ranch, when you walk in to your right there's two pay phone booth's you can sit down and call home. I think its VoIP?redhilltown - 3-29-2014 at 12:10 AM
Obviously these were photoshopped because it appears to be very good signage and even one battery operated one!!!!!!bufeo - 3-29-2014 at 07:20 AM
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Originally posted by willardguy
new to the ranch, when you walk in to your right there's two pay phone booth's you can sit down and call home. I think its VoIP?
Next there will be taxi service to San Felipe. Maybe there already is.
Allen Rbufeo - 3-29-2014 at 07:22 AM
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Originally posted by David K
Bufeo, in the second restaurant photo, you can see the Rancho Grande 'Suoer Market' entrance, set back a little from the restaurant...
Yep, I saw that. Thanks. [I presume you meant to type "Super Market" and are not trying to cast aspersions on the owners. ]
Allen RDavid K - 3-29-2014 at 08:59 AM
Yep, the darn o is too close to the p on the keyboard for my fat fingers!
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