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mickeykreg
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Quote: Originally posted by ranpar01  | | I just joined today, thanks for posting - great photos! I had a brown and white K5 like that in college. wish i still had it.
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Post a pic of that blazer man...would love to see it!
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mickeykreg
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| Quote: Originally posted by tiotomasbcs | Welcome Amigo, ranpar. These great trip reports are our life's blood. Hope your trip south comes soon. Mikey...come over to Pescadero if the wind
gets to ya. Great day trip/overniter. I have lived in Baja for almost 20 yrs. Kinda grows on ya! Tio  |
Thanks for the offer, we're going to try working it in to an otherwise full schedule of being lazy! Loved that area passing through a couple weeks
ago.
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mickeykreg
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Sorry for being an instigator, but quit your job! How's the Mark Twain quote go???
"Cast off the lines...leave the safe harbor...catch the wind in your sail...dream...explore...discover."
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Whale-ista
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Great report- thanks for posting!
You picked the right place to have a break down. Baja mechanics can fix anything.
And for the most part- a bad day in Baja is better than most days out of Baja.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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mickeykreg
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Sorry for being lame and not posting the return trip sooner. We had a great stay at Los Barriles and really enjoyed Bill Collectors place.
Kind of out dated now, but here's a few more pics from the trip north.
street tacos north of LaPaz
First day heading back north was long. Well after dark we made it to this "not a camp, camp" in the mountains between San Jose Comondu and San Javier.
San Jose Comondu
wild baja between San Jose Comundo and San Javier
Mission at San Javier was my favorite in Baja
weird to drive on a 400 year old street
$30 cabin rental at Tres Virgens Volcano
road tacos...everyday
road side gas in Catavina Desert before leaving the highway for three days off road to Punta Canoas. Before leaving home I installed a Derale #13070
remote fuel/water separator to ease my mind in this kind of situation. The gas ended up being fine anyway.
airing down for the trip to remote Punta Canoas
another night in the desert
more backroads
finally approaching Canoas...just to see it fogged in.
flowers were going crazy
drop off to the ocean
retired old fishing panga
back to the desert and out of the fog
Baja Champions; 2500 miles of Baja and no flats
$20 palapa to escape the wind at Gonzaga Bay
the last morning in Baja at Gonzaga Bay
the loyal steed get a wash in Mexicali before the border crossing
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Martyman
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| Quote: Originally posted by mickeykreg |
Sorry for being an instigator, but quit your job! How's the Mark Twain quote go???
"Cast off the lines...leave the safe harbor...catch the wind in your sail...dream...explore...discover." |
Very inspirational. I'm retiring next month and going travelling to Asia for a year!
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David K
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Awesome!
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BajaBlanca
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Wow! that was a great end of the trip report. Are you ready to come back down?
I agree that San Javier is super special. So remote and so splendid!
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Wow this is great!!! Me and my friends talked about buying an old truck for the trip and some of the options were a K5 or a Bronco. Can you give me
any pointers on things you checked or replaced on the truck before you headed out?
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mickeykreg
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| Quote: Originally posted by Chayote | | Wow this is great!!! Me and my friends talked about buying an old truck for the trip and some of the options were a K5 or a Bronco. Can you give me
any pointers on things you checked or replaced on the truck before you headed out? |
I'm far from expert, but since I started this thread it's kind of hard to advise you on this without feeling the responsibility to go a bit further
than answering your question, so please forgive me in advance for all the unsolicited advice. I work in the outdoor industry in Utah and was involved
with two rescues this past week due to people being unprepared so it's fresh on my mind.
I've spent several years getting my K5 ready to go. There isn't one inch of this trucks mechanical systems that I haven't personally rebuilt or
replaced to work better than when it was new, such as brake system. I understand how the systems work and what is vulnerable to failure. I carry spare
parts for anything that can leave me sit on the side of the road if/when it fails and tools to fix anything.
I'm all about encouraging people to head out on a grand adventure, but I think it's slightly more fun if your prepared. It's Mexico, not the dark side
of the moon, so there are parts stores and mechanics around if you need, but I wouldn't "buy an old truck to take to mexico". Take a truck you know
well and can fix yourself. If you can't do that get a pretty new Toyota.
Prepare for whatever you can think of and don't sweat the rest. Either way you'll have an epic tale to tell around the table at Thanksgiving.
Again, sorry for the ear full, stay in touch, would love to hear what you do.
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by mickeykreg | | Quote: Originally posted by Chayote | | Wow this is great!!! Me and my friends talked about buying an old truck for the trip and some of the options were a K5 or a Bronco. Can you give me
any pointers on things you checked or replaced on the truck before you headed out? |
I'm far from expert, but since I started this thread ...
I'm all about encouraging people to head out on a grand adventure, but I think it's slightly more fun if your prepared. It's Mexico, not the dark side
of the moon, so there are parts stores and mechanics around if you need, but I wouldn't "buy an old truck to take to mexico". Take a truck you know
well and can fix yourself. If you can't do that get a pretty new Toyota. ...
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Great advice! 
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Thanks for the info Mickey. I have a 65 mustang with a 289 so I was leading a little more towards a bronco since I kind of know my way around a ford
engine. I was thinking of just carrying spare belts, tools and other misc items. But maybe I should buy it well before the trip so I can daily it to
work and slowly replace things I feel like need to be replaced.
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mickeykreg
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Sounds like a good plan...pretty much what I've done with my K5.
First gen bronco and a 65 mustang gotta be two of the coolest vehicles ever made.
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Franco
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Great photos!
Derale #13070 remote fuel/water separator - Great idea!
Thanks
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MICKEY
Much thanks for a great trip report !
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Meany
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Thanks for sharing your trip. What fun you both are having.
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CampfiresAndConcierges
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love the photos, what a great trip!
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Excellent trip report with beautiful pictures, that's what Baja is all about.
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Very nicely done!
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