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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64595
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRob
We very much enjoyed your visit and hope that you will return in the fall. Rob |
Thank you Rob and Connie! You are very kind and great hosts... and you do a great job of introducing us to your neighbors!
You have a beautiful home and a beutiful 'friendliness' that makes any visit to your part of Baja something to look forward to!
Have a great summer!!
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Udo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 6337
Registered: 4-26-2008
Location: Black Hills, SD/Ensenada/San Felipe
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Mood: TEQUILA!
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The Easy-Up
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
David I see you upgrade it your shade!, no more 1/2 inch PVC.
Nice pix, so many trips to San Felo, and I haven't been to Shell island or Valle de Gigantes.lol |
Yes Jose, we splurged and got an easy-up canopy after Bajaboy and others made fun of my ultra simple PVC pipe & tarp canopy... (1" sch. 40,
by-the-way)... 
As you can see, using the 4 Costco soap buckets and bungees is still key to holding the thing down. Baja Angel recommends that I look into getting
sand bags to hold the bungees, because the buckets do consume space in my truck bed. Thanks for the nice words! |
Easy Up makes and sells a set of bags that one fills with sand to hold down the corners when windy. When I purchased mine they were about $25.00 for
four. Unfilled, they take up as much room as a four DVD's.
Udo
Youth is wasted on the young!
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stimbo
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Location: Crowley Lake, CA
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Tie Downs
If you want to eliminate the buckets and sandbags completely, here's a tip for beach camping. Go to your local construction job site and look around
for scrap plywood, 3/8" or 1/2" is very common and will work perfectly. You are going to need (4) pieces of plywood, roughly 12" square (one piece for
each corner of your EasyUp). Cut more pieces for your tents or whatever. For a tent and an EasyUp, you may need (8) total. Then drill a couple of
holes in each piece of plywood (near the centers). The holes need to be big enough to pass tent cording through with some free play.
The basic idea is to run your tent lines (the anchor points) through the holes in the plywood. Dig holes in the sand with your shovel for each anchor
point, 18" is plenty, and bury the plywood. Tighten the lines and you are all set! Your tent or EasyUp will shred in a gale long before the anchors
pull out of the sand.
And, if your car gets stuck in the sand, the plywood comes in handy for traction or a jack platform.... OR they burn nicely.... enjoy.
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BAJACAT
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Registered: 11-21-2005
Location: NATIONAL CITY, CA
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Hey DK , Donkey Kong is better than D-or-k 
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64595
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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TOLLS (2-D) Mexicali to Tecate
Libramento de Mexicali (near the intersection with Hwy. 5): 48.00 pesos/ $4.80 US (no dollar price given, but gave us 20 cents change from the five).
La Rumorosa: 14.00 pesos (we used pesos... but near $1.40)
El Hongo: 52.00 pesos/ $5.05 US (it had signed amount in dollars, unlike the others).
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David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64595
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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I made a web page of this May, 2008 trip and also included 4 photos from a June 2007 trip I hadn't made a page for: http://community-2.webtv.net/boojum2/508
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