| Pages:
1
2 |
Von
Senior Nomad
Posts: 961
Registered: 10-1-2006
Location: Poway-Rosarito
Member Is Offline
Mood: getting ready!
|
|
Cool Pictures Zach! Enjoyed them. Looked like it was a very relaxing time the whole time AWESOME!
READY SET.....................
|
|
|
standingwave
Nomad
Posts: 182
Registered: 11-10-2007
Location: Lytton, Canada
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thanks for taking the time to post the pictures. I especially like that one of Gabriel and Izaak.
|
|
|
Eli
Super Nomad
Posts: 1471
Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: L.B. Baja Sur
Member Is Offline
Mood: Some times Observing, sometimes Oblivious.
|
|
Wonderful pictures, I love watching kids growing up on the beaches in Baja, it is just the best place ever to be a kid! Of course I am wondering what
the temps., water and air are like about now? I am sure cooler than down towards the tip.
|
|
|
David K
Honored Nomad
Posts: 64855
Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Have Baja Fever
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by rts551
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
The military check and lane control just before leaving Mexico, in Tecate has been there the last two trips (July 4th and Memorial Day)... They spent
a long time on a U.S. motorhome, before letting it go... It does seem to be for show, and pointless. |
I agree. lets let everyone go unchecked. way better! |
Why are the Mexicans checking anything that in 20 more feet will be in the U.S. and checked by us?
Checking going into a country is normal... checking you over when you are leaving is just... counter-normal.
|
|
|
Bajaboy
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4375
Registered: 10-9-2003
Location: Bahia Asuncion, BCS, Mexico
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Eli
Wonderful pictures, I love watching kids growing up on the beaches in Baja, it is just the best place ever to be a kid! Of course I am wondering what
the temps., water and air are like about now? I am sure cooler than down towards the tip. |
Water temps while we were there ranged from 62-65. When we first arrived, the water was too cold to spend any time in but it gradually warmed. Day
time air temps ranged from 70-81 over the course of the month but this can vary depending on what part of town you're in. All in all, great weather
with light to moderate winds.
|
|
|
John M
Super Nomad
Posts: 1921
Registered: 9-3-2003
Location: California High Desert
Member Is Offline
|
|
Running trails
Bajaboy - the photos are so cool! The video and the end was really nice too.
We only spent a few days there, at Shari's - she didn't mention or hint of the trails you were running on or I might have disappeared for a few hours
each day.
We hope to make trips to Asucnion in the future.
John M
|
|
|
Mulegena
Super Nomad
Posts: 2412
Registered: 11-7-2006
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by John M
Bajaboy - the photos are so cool! The video and the end was really nice too.
We only spent a few days there, at Shari's - she didn't mention or hint of the trails you were running on or I might have disappeared for a few hours
each day.
We hope to make trips to Asucnion in the future.
John M |
Didn't know about the trails, either, but I know there are lots of places to go exploring around
here, way more to this place than meets the eye first off.
Yes, John, please do return. As one of Asuncion's newest citizenry let me tell you how beautiful the days of summer are here, one after 'thuther. The
vizability is particularly great today: can view the two mountains that come out of the east down to the coast between here and La Bocana-- I think I
see Blanca and Les on their front porch.
Come on down for the Town Festival Days in mid-August.
Just heard two airplanes buzz the town which means that the Flying Dentists are arriving at the strip for their 2-day clinic!
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
|
|
|
John M
Super Nomad
Posts: 1921
Registered: 9-3-2003
Location: California High Desert
Member Is Offline
|
|
Mid - August?? eh
What dates in August? We are hosting a historical society deep pit bbq on Sunday the 14th - if it were the 20/21 of August.....maybe we could consider
it.
John
|
|
|
Eli
Super Nomad
Posts: 1471
Registered: 8-26-2003
Location: L.B. Baja Sur
Member Is Offline
Mood: Some times Observing, sometimes Oblivious.
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajaboy
| Quote: | Originally posted by Eli
Wonderful pictures, I love watching kids growing up on the beaches in Baja, it is just the best place ever to be a kid! Of course I am wondering what
the temps., water and air are like about now? I am sure cooler than down towards the tip. |
Water temps while we were there ranged from 62-65. When we first arrived, the water was too cold to spend any time in but it gradually warmed. Day
time air temps ranged from 70-81 over the course of the month but this can vary depending on what part of town you're in. All in all, great weather
with light to moderate winds. |
Sounds delicious. Being from Southern Baja, I get kind of obsessed about summer weather/water temps. Thanks for the thumbs up, maybe someday I will
head North instead of South in the summer.
|
|
|
Cielomar
Junior Nomad
Posts: 71
Registered: 12-5-2010
Member Is Offline
|
|
Zac-
Missed you this year down in Elias Calles especially when it came to planting more cocos. You'll have to see how those little sticks we planted look
now. Heading north at the beginning of August. Perhaps we can catch up when we're passing through...
|
|
|
AlanDow
Junior Nomad
Posts: 38
Registered: 1-23-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Bajaboy, Great pics around Asuncion. We bought a couple lots in Asuncion on a visit last year, and hope to begin building within a year or so. My
wife and I will be back this Oct or November for a visit, I will ask Shari to point us in your direction if you are still in town, so we can stop and
say hi.
Since you included pics of your new septic system, I am curious to ask you if you did much research on what type of system to install? When I was in
Asuncion and visited some construction sites it looked like the prevailing practice was to install “cesspools” versus “septic tanks” (differentiated
by the fact that the cesspools are constructed with gravel bottoms and non-mortared gaps between the block walls, for immediate drainage; versus a
water tight septic tank and separate drain field). However from your pics it looks like yours might actually be a septic tank, as I see mortar
between the blocks (yet I saw no drain line to a separate drain field – was a drain field installed later)?
The reason I inquire is that every since I have become familiar with the “Mexican way” of dealing with toilet paper in septic systems (not flushing
TP) I have wondered why this is the case, since flushing TP is not a problem with the style of septic systems I am familiar with north of the boarder.
Now that we are planning to build in Mexico, I would like to better understand what is the basis for this practice - determine if this is more
culture/tradition based, or if there really is some objective basis for following this practice in Mexico?
Since cesspools have not been allowed in the US for some time, I initially thought maybe this practice is due to some inability of cesspools to deal
with TP, versus US style septic tanks with separate drain fields. I posted this question on bajagringo’s construction blog and was told by others
that this is due to a past practice in Mexico of putting in square shaped traps in drain lines. And that as long as I avoid these (just install
standard ABS or PCV cleanouts instead) there should be no problem with flushing TP no matter if you have a septic tank and drain field, or a cesspool
system.
Since you just went to the trouble and expense to put in a new septic system, I thought who better to ask for additional input regarding this
question. Thanks.
And again thanks for sharing your pics (I especially liked the ones taken in the hills of the trails and with the coast in the distance – just
beautiful).
|
|
|
shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
Member Is Offline
Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
|
|
the Asuncion traditional fiestas are Aug.12-15 this year...Zac will be glad he isnt here for them as the fair sets the rides up just a bit from his
front yard...it's gonna be 4 days of NOISY till 4 in the morning up in Asuncion Heights!!!
|
|
|
AmoPescar
Senior Nomad
Posts: 835
Registered: 7-15-2006
Location: North San Diego County
Member Is Offline
Mood: Need a Fish Taco and a Pacifico!
|
|
ZAC...
Nice pics of the place and the family. Glad you are loving the Baja life!
You've really don e a nice job fixing the place up...it's really looking good!
Miguelamo   
|
|
|
edm1
Senior Nomad
Posts: 568
Registered: 8-23-2006
Location: Oak Hills, Ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
Great family fun, thanks for sharing those wonderful photos and video. My wife and I were there earlier this month and we love the town.
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
