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Sunman
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Not too sure how happy Kiko was to see me at his car wash in El Rosario at the end of this trip...
[Edited on 7-13-2012 by Sunman]
[Edited on 7-13-2012 by Sunman]
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Cypress
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The car wash!
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Ken Cooke
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Look, IT'S A JEEP!
Some things will (hopefully) never change
THAT ROAD WAS MADE OF DIRT
Letting the dogs go for a walk
'CG's Ford Explorer
This fishing camp is still accessible with the new high-speed road
As long as the winds aren't blowing, this is a prime camping spot.
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Ken Cooke
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motoged
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Roads????? We don't need no roads...
But they come in handy...
[img]http://motoged.smugmug.com/Other/Mulege-09/June-Aug-08-038/480452004_9WSPR-M.jpg[/img
[img]httphttp://motoged.smugmug.com/Other/Mulege-09/IMG1807/480486226_58iEE-M.jpg[/img]
[Edited on 7-13-2012 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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Very cool photos Ken and Ged... I am packing up the Tacoma now... A 'La Baja' en la maņana!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Very cool photos Ken and Ged... I am packing up the Tacoma now... A 'La Baja' en la maņana! |
Next summer, Leidys and I will have the means to join you. So, be ready for political banter, and comparisons of Jeeps and Toyotas in '13!
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David K
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No worries, Ken... I will be happy to explain why your guy lost 
See you on the flip side!
Seriously, any of you who know me, knows politics takes a way back seat while on a Baja trip... and Jeeps are just as cool as Toyotas... on a Baja
trip.
It's only here on Nomad do things sort of go to hell, on occasion!
See you all soon!!
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scouse
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Excellent thread, great stories and photos. I didn't take it last time heading south because I'd heard the road from Puertecitos between Gonzaga to
the junction at Chapala was washed out in several places.
How bad is that section? Inquiring minds need to know!
You are who you pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut jnr
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scouse
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The only road I could compare (imagine) to that these days, is the one going north from Punta Pescadero. After Cardonal it gets a little gnarly, my
wife 'mentioned' that her butt had 300ft of cool cliff air below it along parts of the road.
Some pretty spots where it cuts in along the river bed, cacti and flowers. Met a couple of guys on motorbikes there coming south.
It took a good lunch with a couple of margaritas in the cafe at Ensenada de los Muertos to bring her pulse back near normal.
Spent a couple of days with Rowdy in the Downwiner Inn at El Sargento.
You are who you pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut jnr
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by scouse
Excellent thread, great stories and photos. I didn't take it last time heading south because I'd heard the road from Puertecitos between Gonzaga to
the junction at Chapala was washed out in several places.
How bad is that section? Inquiring minds need to know! |
Don't listen to those reports if you have 4WD, the reports here on Nomad are much more accurate. I drove from Chapala north about 5 weeks ago and it
was passable, the road surface was rougher than the year before, so deflate to 20-25 psi and take it easy. Pavement began 12.5 miles north of the
Pemex (Rancho Grande/Alfonsina's road)... and new road construction began just 2.5 miles north (Papa Fernandez' road).
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by scouse
The only road I could compare (imagine) to that these days, is the one going north from Punta Pescadero. After Cardonal it gets a little gnarly, my
wife 'mentioned' that her butt had 300ft of cool cliff air below it along parts of the road.
Some pretty spots where it cuts in along the river bed, cacti and flowers. Met a couple of guys on motorbikes there coming south.
It took a good lunch with a couple of margaritas in the cafe at Ensenada de los Muertos to bring her pulse back near normal.
Spent a couple of days with Rowdy in the Downwiner Inn at El Sargento. |
Did that road last July in BajaTripper's 4Runner... Very scenic!
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scouse
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Thanks for the road report from Chapala up. I didn't know of Baja Nomad when I took the trip.
That was a fun trip up from Los Barrillos along the coast. I might/should have know you had done it. 
Certainly save a few miles backtracking when heading up to El Sargento or La Paz.
You are who you pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut jnr
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David K
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It was a neat road on the edge of a sea cliff... a bit slow and rough to make an effective short cut from Los Barriles to Los Muertos, IMO.
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dizzyspots
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Joining in here..our 1st trip to Baja came via a thread over at www.4wdtrips.net....mind you we were in my wifes NEW 07 FJ Cruiser...her only foray into 4wd was a local off trip of about 20 miles.'
...and we had never met anyone that was going, prior to our Quik Mart rendezvous...we left Tucson w/ 3 vehicles, picked up 2 more in Yuma and
headed south (prior to this, we hadn't ventured south of the border past Rocky Point).
So, our happy band of travelers heads south, thru Algodones...we're headed to San Ignacio for the whales...mixed messages: you need a
tourist pass, you dont need a pass...we head south without a pass...
THE ROAD: the paved part south of San Felipe...just a LOT of no-warning BIG dips...then we get to Puertecitios...gonna air down...whats that?
we didnt...on we go....holy smokes!! this road sucks! and it "teases" you...as soon as you get to the point of wanting to turn around.."a peek from a
peak" of the beautiful Sea of Cortez...spurs a bit of "we can do this energy"...then you get an opportunity to hit a little cove..and
touch...feel...smell..the Sea
Our trip took almost 5 hours to go from Puertecitos to Gonzaga Bay (yeah, I also didnt know that 25 mph on the washboard was WAY better than
5).
Return trip...we get to the Chapala junction and my wife says..."I am NOT going back down that road!!!" Well after discussing the
options....San Diego...Mikes Sky Ranch....both of us have to get back for jobs....we returned via THAT road, but made much better time..enough to
spend a day and a half at Gonzaga...
Been back 6 times since..we were hooked!
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