BajaNomad

Baja videos- Dirt Sunrise Adventures

jamiec - 3-1-2021 at 09:11 AM

Stumbled across this couple's youtube channel. They are driving from the US to Argentina and back. Of course, they went through Baja. Good filming/editing and I love how they meander down the dirt roads rather than racing down Hwy 1.

Good stuff.

Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBpvKZmPsMg&list=PLHLfAX...

David K - 3-1-2021 at 10:12 AM

Nice! Watching!!

Episode 4: Tecate > Laguna Hanson > Goat Trail (Valle de la Trinidad) > Mike's Sky Rancho > San Pedro Mártir.

Episode 5: Down the mountain to Cuatro Casas, Old Mill (San Quintín), San Quintín peninsula.

Episode 6: Beach near El Rosario > Seven Sisters (Bahía Corbin?). https://youtu.be/A3EaOcErLuE

Episode 7: In the "Never-Never" (Punta Blanco) > Guerrero Negro > Bahía Asunción (best fish tacos).

Episode 8: To San Juanico, via San Hipolito coast and San Ignacio. Pulls two locals out of the sand. https://youtu.be/Iaa0WUhLx88

Episode 9: Beaches near Magdalena Bay, Constitución, Baja Almanac to the rescue, help a stuck truck. https://youtu.be/4hXY3uYA9RI

Episode 10: Todos Santos, Pescadero, Cabo, Costco, Beyond Los Cabos beach. https://youtu.be/u3g-f6_3WPQ

[Edited on 3-2-2021 by David K]

AKgringo - 3-1-2021 at 10:16 AM

Thanks for the link, I look forward to checking out some of their posts. I wonder what their plan is for getting around the Darien Gap?

chippy - 3-1-2021 at 10:25 AM

They came back last year right before the covid mess. Shipped out of Uruguay to Texas. Really great vids of South America also.

AKgringo - 3-1-2021 at 10:42 AM

Quote: Originally posted by chippy  
They came back last year right before the covid mess. Shipped out of Uruguay to Texas. Really great vids of South America also.


I guess I should have checked a little further, I thought they were still on the road!

Do you happen to know what they did to get through Panama?

chippy - 3-1-2021 at 11:03 AM

Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  
Quote: Originally posted by chippy  
They came back last year right before the covid mess. Shipped out of Uruguay to Texas. Really great vids of South America also.


I guess I should have checked a little further, I thought they were still on the road!

Do you happen to know what they did to get through Panama?


They shipped from Panama to Cartagena Colombia.

advrider - 3-2-2021 at 07:44 AM

I've followed them from the start, they have been back in the US for about a year and still traveling. One of the best travel Vlogs out there. Very quick to answer questions and share information.
They are posting some cool stuff here in the Us now and will be at overland expo in the fall. They aren't afraid to take the road less traveled!

jamiec - 3-2-2021 at 08:56 AM

advrider- completely agree. Quite a few travel vlogs out there that are meh, these two are a wealth of knowledge and post very interesting content.

Their approach to traveling makes me rethink about all the time that I barrel to surf spots or to the mountains to snowboard all without slowing down to enjoy the ride and the scenery.

[Edited on 3-2-2021 by jamiec]

David K - 3-2-2021 at 09:07 AM

Make the most of the journey, and not so much of the destination!

advrider - 3-2-2021 at 10:00 AM

jamiec, they have helped us decide how we are going to travel as well, take our time and see the sights not just get to a location. Really enjoy their content.. Well said David!

kk6mbh - 3-2-2021 at 01:20 PM

Great interview with them on the Slow Baja podcast as well.

David K - 3-2-2021 at 01:29 PM

Quote: Originally posted by kk6mbh  
Great interview with them on the Slow Baja podcast as well.


https://slowbaja.com/podcasts/f/tim-and-kelsey-huber-80000-m...

kk6mbh - 3-2-2021 at 02:03 PM

And David's wasn't bad either :biggrin:

David K - 3-2-2021 at 02:57 PM

Quote: Originally posted by kk6mbh  
And David's wasn't bad either :biggrin:


Ahhh... thank you! I have made two so far. Michael Emery comes to my home to get me to talk (not hard to do)! When a Toyota pulls up with 'SLOW BAJA' license plates, I know who it is.

I am trying to get Michael and Graham connected for what will be an amazing podcast.

David K - 3-2-2021 at 03:22 PM

Here is the map of Kelsey and Tim's adventure: https://www.dirtsunrise.com/video-map

Their website: https://www.dirtsunrise.com/

kk6mbh - 3-2-2021 at 04:08 PM

I'll look forward to that podcast with Graham. Just checked out his ebook on a week trip to Baja in February. Amazing.

Spoiler alert on the Kelsey and Time/Dirt Sunrise podcast - after driving North, Central and South America to land's end, their favorite locale is still Baja. I did the drive as far as Panama and have to agree with them.

jamiec - 4-20-2021 at 01:27 PM

Some Baja 1000 pre-running:

https://youtu.be/KbSGn1IXHCc

BajaMama - 4-21-2021 at 12:16 PM

I like watching the Baja overloading videos - I have noticed that a lot of people use the roof top tents. What are the positives and negatives of these? We prefer the on ground tents with our ultra light cots. I am not interested in crawling up and down a ladder in the middle of the night!

advrider - 4-21-2021 at 02:45 PM

Crawling in and out is a deal breaker for me, plus we have two dogs that would make it a real pain. They seem to also take up a lot of space in a truck bed. When I was younger it might have had more appeal?
We like having an offroad trailer for the hard sides and not all of the noise you get in a tent on a windy night. Getting old I guess?

jamiec - 4-21-2021 at 03:05 PM

I camped in a ground tent for lots of years and have a camper shell now. I was talking to my friend recently about rooftop tents recently as he has one and his justifications are:

- Superfast setup and takedown. He can get the entire setup ready in about a minute. It used to take me much longer than that to get my ground tent set up especially if it was dark.

- built-in mattress rather than needing to inflate an air matt

- Up off the ground, if it rains there is no puddle to lay in or animals sniffing around your tent. True story, once I woke up at 3 am to go to the bathroom and there was a group of raccoons outside my tent tearing into a bag of chips that the kids had left on the table. As I tried to shoo them away, the group moved out of the way leaving a very hungry skunk eating Cheetos. I let him finish his snack.

- he said that his RTT doesn't take up space inside his car and he says that the durability of the RTT is better than a thin ground tent. We've both been in really high wind and he had no problem where I am not sure my ground tent would have made it through the wind. In the truck shell, I had no problem either.



BajaMama - 4-21-2021 at 03:49 PM

Great tent stories - it does take us about 10-15 minutes to set up or tear down our tent and "beds"- my husband found two Therma-a-rest ultralight cots that are pretty comfy, we do have a Canadian military trailer but not for sleeping in. We sure saw a lot of those roof tents on the Mojave Road last week as well as the Baja overloading videos.

BajaMama - on the Mojave Road

John M - 4-21-2021 at 04:41 PM

We may have crossed paths on the Mojave Road last week, we were there Wed, Thurs, and Fri.

We are leading a 4x4 club from COLORADO on the MR in early May

John M

BajaMama - 4-22-2021 at 09:06 AM

Quote: Originally posted by John M  
We may have crossed paths on the Mojave Road last week, we were there Wed, Thurs, and Fri.

We are leading a 4x4 club from COLORADO on the MR in early May

John M


We drove through 11, 12, 13. Was going to stay the night on the 13th but the wind was horrific so we ended up exiting and heading home. It was our first time, lots of quirky stuff.