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[*] posted on 2-1-2005 at 01:05 PM


David, how in the world did you ever did this one up? I even enjoyed reading my old stuff, you learn a lot when you read your own writings a few years later. HAH!
Anyway, it was a great thread.
I even realized that I had written much the same on a reply to your "1969 Mexican 1000 map" post last week, perhaps that is what jogged your memory.
And yes, I still agree with myself, it ain't like it used to be and sad to say, the newbies will never know the pre-highway Baja that we knew and loved.

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[*] posted on 2-1-2005 at 01:21 PM
Again I will say,


Once you get off that one small ribbon and away from the tourist places, there are still some places that haven't been changed.
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[*] posted on 2-1-2005 at 05:24 PM


There were lots of reasons for getting fond of that bad old road. For one thing, it was way safer than Highway One. Driving at night was no problem, since you were hardly ever going fast enough to do any damage if you ran into something. There was often only a single set of ruts, so when your vehicle got stalled, other drivers had no choice but to help you solve the problem. And the slow speed, combined with the dust, convinced me that the driver should always have a bottle of good tequila within easy reach.

Dang! Those were the days.

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