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Trip report questions?

fishbuck - 3-5-2019 at 03:41 AM

On the top of Trip Reports it says there are answers about trip reports in Questions and Answers.
The link doesn't work right or something.
Anyway.
What is the "standard" Baja Nomad format for a trip report?
Would should it include.
I mean, I know things like pictures.
But pictures of what? How many.
What is import info? Road reports, fishing, whales, flowers?
Maybe a restaurant report.
What restaurants are people interested in?
Etc.
Ok, let's hear it.

hermosok123 - 3-5-2019 at 08:14 AM

All of it, you never know what would apply to the folks taking your same route. Information if valid is gold and the more recent the better.

Marc - 3-5-2019 at 08:45 AM

All of it with pictures in between.

bajaguy - 3-5-2019 at 08:46 AM

And don't forget the GPS co-ordinates
Quote: Originally posted by Marc  
All of it with pictures in between.

David K - 3-5-2019 at 09:26 AM

Mike, just go read some trip reports to see how they are made. A trip report is where you share about your trip, either during or after. Photos are nice but optional. Mine tend to be pretty detailed because I enjoy reliving my trips with words and photos and maps and the feedback is positive.

TMW - 3-5-2019 at 12:05 PM

Make sure the write up doesn't run on and on without breaks. Simple paragraphs of several lines will do. The reader needs a break to adjust to what is being said. A paragraph of 3-6 lines+/- with a picture or two or three will do then repeat.

Here is David K's trip report from Jan. 2017 check it out.

http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=85374

fishbuck - 3-5-2019 at 12:17 PM

Ok thanks. I'll study a few of them and try to get all the good stuff.
I never think of it while I'm doing the trip.
But always have a few photos and try and cobble together a report from them after.

[Edited on 3-5-2019 by fishbuck]

David K - 3-5-2019 at 01:26 PM

It is mostly to share with us after your trip... as many of us camp where there is no Internet or camping is why we are there and Nomad is for when we are not!

In school, we got to share "What I did on our Summer Vacation", remember?

Well, a Nomad trip report is kind of like that but we love details! Like how was the road, how was the food, how were the rooms, what did you see or do... People want to know about cops and military checkpoints, the gas stations, the taco stands. What motivates you to go to Baja on this trip, etc.

As Tom said, double space paragraphs as one big blob of text is very hard to read and enjoy. Break up long paragraphs and double space or insert photos with a caption saying what the photo is of or where it is.

fishbuck - 3-5-2019 at 02:19 PM

Very good, thankyou.

David K - 3-5-2019 at 02:55 PM

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck  
Very good, thankyou.


Mike, on my website, I put up the links to my 8 Baja Bound Trip Reports, hosted on Tacoma World, if you want to see how that forum looks compared to Nomad... It really is about the same, but without as many sidebars or comments added in: http://www.vivabaja.com/Tacoma_Travels/

fishbuck - 3-5-2019 at 03:10 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck  
Very good, thankyou.


Mike, on my website, I put up the links to my 8 Baja Bound Trip Reports, hosted on Tacoma World, if you want to see how that forum looks compared to Nomad... It really is about the same, but without as many sidebars or comments added in: http://www.vivabaja.com/Tacoma_Travels/


Bookmarked thanks...
Now if I could afford one of those $50,000 Tacomas...

JZ - 3-5-2019 at 03:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck  
Ok thanks. I'll study a few of them and try to get all the good stuff.
I never think of it while I'm doing the trip.
But always have a few photos and try and cobble together a report from them after.

[Edited on 3-5-2019 by fishbuck]


No trip report is complete w/o drone footage.

David K - 3-5-2019 at 03:16 PM

You don't need that... $35,000 for new fully loaded Off Road TRD 4x4 or less for a used one.

Your vehicle is how you get around and reliability is why we pay more for a Toyota product... they don't leave you stranded. Naturally, a used one must have had the servicing performed so it will last. They finish the new car break-in period at around 100,000 miles! LOL

fishbuck - 3-5-2019 at 03:17 PM

I want a drone to follow me around at all times and record everything...
Maybe not the Lady Bar part...:coolup:

fishbuck - 3-5-2019 at 03:20 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  
You don't need that... $35,000 for new fully loaded Off Road TRD 4x4 or less for a used one.

Your vehicle is how you get around and reliability is why we pay more for a Toyota product... they don't leave you stranded. Naturally, a used one must have had the servicing performed so it will last. They finish the new car break-in period at around 100,000 miles! LOL


I am already sold and I hope Toyota sends you money! Or a new truck for trip reports.
I take your "old" one.