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San Juanico to San Ignacio, high road or low road this year?

philodog - 3-12-2023 at 11:03 AM

Any recent word on which is the better option this year?

RFClark - 3-12-2023 at 12:10 PM

Speak to Bonnie at the San Ignacio B&B. She Rides and they know the area.

Ignaciosprings@gmail.com

Also a great place to stay and they do dinner too!

AKgringo - 3-12-2023 at 12:51 PM

U2U sent....check your inbox.

David K - 3-12-2023 at 01:02 PM

Why is this a secret?
While the low (Salina) road was the preferred route when I traveled the area, in August 2017, it wasn't long after that the governemnt re-graded th high road and it was immediatly preferred as the fast route.

As we all know, graded roads do not stay smooth... rather it be bad suspenstion, wind, or just regular use, corregation (washboard surface) happens!

Lowering the tire pressure 1/3 and/or driving fast are popular ways to overcome the jarring.... until the grader scrapes the surface smoothe again!

So, which route is the current preference?
If the Salina route, then try to hug the edge of the desert when on the salt flats, and avoid short-cut, straight-ahead tracks... MUD happens out there!




[Edited on 3-12-2023 by David K]

Why s this a secret?

AKgringo - 3-12-2023 at 01:25 PM

David, I asked philodog a question that is nobody else's business! Isn't that what U2U is for?

David K - 3-12-2023 at 02:07 PM

Announcing a private u2u in a thread on this road, sparked some curiosity, that's all.
Hope he responds to you!

AKgringo - 3-12-2023 at 03:30 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  


I've never understood that. Don't people notice they have a U2U message waiting? :?:


Only if you are logged in! If someone is checking the forum from a device not associated with their ISP address, (like a work computer) they may not see any notifications. At least that is what an admitted Luddite like me thinks.

4x4abc - 3-12-2023 at 11:33 PM

Quote: Originally posted by David K  


As we all know, graded roads do not stay smooth... rather it be bad suspenstion, wind, or just regular use, corregation (washboard surface) happens!



why is it that you don't like science?

4x4abc - 3-12-2023 at 11:38 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  

Since we're on this, why do so many people publicly announce that they've sent private messages?

I've never understood that. Don't people notice they have a U2U message waiting? :?:


it get's even more complicated
on facebook you have to be asked by the other party to send a PM
uninvited PMs are considered rude
interesting new world

David K - 3-13-2023 at 09:27 AM

Quote: Originally posted by 4x4abc  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  


As we all know, graded roads do not stay smooth... rather it be bad suspenstion, wind, or just regular use, corregation (washboard surface) happens!



why is it that you don't like science?


Where do I say anything close to that??? I know your explantion and I don't have a problem with it. Others may think it is caused by something else. I just stated no matter what causes it, graded roads become corregated roads.
The more they are driven on, the quicker they beome a washboard, right?

Cancamo - 3-13-2023 at 11:02 AM

washboard in Spanish is "permanente"

WideAngleWandering - 3-13-2023 at 12:24 PM

That seems like an interesting word to use. I wonder why it is permenente. How is it used in a sentence?

¡Ay guey, este camino chingado es muy permanente!

Did I do it right?

David K - 3-13-2023 at 12:35 PM

camino corrugado

David K - 3-13-2023 at 02:30 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
camino corrugado

This from field experience, or some dictionary?


Simple translation of the two words, corregated road... I thought it may be more accurate than Cancamo's: washboard in Spanish is "permanente"

Cancamo - 3-13-2023 at 04:13 PM

Speak to any Choyero ranchero, they call washboard "permanente". Could be local word, just like many regional terms found only around here. That's what it is called here in BCS.

ie: Para viajar por encima del permanente, tiene que bajar el aire de las llantas hasta18 libras.

WideAngleWandering - 3-13-2023 at 09:17 PM

I can't say it makes sense to my gringo ears but that's not a requirement. Added to my vocab.

David K - 3-14-2023 at 05:55 AM

Great intel, thank you Cancamo.
Wouldn't it be cool if a Nomad living in Baja, who is bilingual, would make a post of these unusual names for things that are pure Baja in nature? lencho, perhaps?

RFClark - 3-14-2023 at 08:43 AM

L,

Based on my observations of women doing their hair, that do was done with a hot iron curler.

David K - 3-14-2023 at 09:49 AM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by David K  
...a post of these unusual names for things that are pure Baja in nature? lencho, perhaps?

Why? For whom?

Looking at the "Spanish Language" forum here, there doesn't seem to be much interest in the topic among this group...


Maybe because nothing very intersting (for the mostly English speakers here) has been posted, lately. This sort of thing is very intereting, I think.