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Baja to Sonora ride
Was just going through some old videos. Think this was the first drone video I ever made. Pretty crude editing.
We rode from the border to Santa Rosalia and then took the ferry over to Sonora. Kids were 12 and 14.
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Cool vedio Jz is that route all wooped out fun ride
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Agree... nice scenery... Alfonsina's, Coco's old corner, Calamajué Canyon, wooped road to El Crucero, L.A. Bay/ La Gringa, San Rafael Bay, Beto's
Puerto San Francisquito, Santa Rosalía... then I presume Sonora with the abandoned villa and coast scenes?
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It has been years since I rode there. Haha being I don't like hot temp I need go there good time of year . I seem to favor dirt biking on north baja.
Where we ride more mountains no woops little rocks or man eating catus. Also abandon routes never see anyone . Our trails on beach side 72 degrees
yesterday Ed Hall is enjoying it much. As he is from AZ says too hot to ride out of his house. Still when cools down we will pack bikes to bay of LA
do 3 to 4 days trail there. Any nomads want join welcome no date planned yet
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That is the highlight reel of Baja Norte .. well done!
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I remember when you did that trip. I was headed north, while you were headed south, and our paths crossed just east of the Piedra Blanca ranch.
I did not see the video until i was north of the border, but I recognized your two boys on bikes, and you in the black truck in third place!
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Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo  | I remember when you did that trip. I was headed north, while you were headed south, and our paths crossed just east of the Piedra Blanca ranch.
I did not see the video until i was north of the border, but I recognized your two boys on bikes, and you in the black truck in third place!
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Where is Piedra Blanca ranch? I thought we passed you somewhere between BoLA and San Francisquito?
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K |
Agree... nice scenery... Alfonsina's, Coco's old corner, Calamajué Canyon, wooped road to El Crucero, L.A. Bay/ La Gringa, San Rafael Bay, Beto's
Puerto San Francisquito, Santa Rosalía... then I presume Sonora with the abandoned villa and coast scenes? |
Got most of them. There are a couple shots of riding out to Rincon South of BoLA.
The Sonora shots start in San Carlos. Riding on the beach and the abandoned villa. Then some bays about 20-30 miles North of San Carlos. There are
somewhere around 40 anchorages within 50 miles of San Carlos.
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There was no room for our truck on the ferry, so we did a TMO (typical Mexican operation).
We paid a guy to let us put our truck inside his truck.
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| Quote: Originally posted by JZ |
Where is Piedra Blanca ranch? I thought we passed you somewhere between BoLA and San Francisquito? |
Piedra Blanca is between El Arco and San Francisquito. I notice that it is shown on the new Benchmark Atlas.
I stopped in there to check it out, and they were happy to open the kitchen and cook machaca burritos, served with cheese, all produced right there.
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| Quote: Originally posted by AKgringo |
Piedra Blanca is between El Arco and San Francisquito. I notice that it is shown on the new Benchmark Atlas.
I stopped in there to check it out, and they were happy to open the kitchen and cook machaca burritos, served with cheese, all produced right there.
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Ok. I rode that stretch with the kids and my two MX friends drove the truck. We hit a fork and waited for them for quite a while and doubled back
when they didn't come.
Turns out they weren't paying attention and slipped off the road and got stuck.
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Rancho Piedra Blanca
It is on the north side of the road, between El Arco and Punta San Francisquito. Several cabins for overnighting, food, gasoline, caters to the
off-road motorcycle groups.
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Rancho-Piedra-Blanca-11752899493822...
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They have internet there, but it was not working when I was there last November. It was also down in Vizcaino at that time, so it probably was a
system failure, not the ranch equipment.
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Ok, I think Rancho Piedra Blanca is here 28°11'39.92"N 113°12'16.17"W, correct?
I looked at my Google Earth library and found it. I had added it from your trip report last year. I even had some of your comments in the notes for
the way point:
"It is a working ranch that also has a few tourist accommodations.
They produce cheese, and machaca (dried beef) and have a restaurant that can serve some of it up for you. If they have no guests staying there, you
may have to go to the office and let them know you are hungry, and they will open up.
You may be able to buy some of their products to take with you, fresh from the ranch!"
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That looks like the place! If my memory of that particular trip is correct, there was quite a bit of storm damage that year, and your truck probably
got stuck very close to the ranch. It would have been easy to mistake the arroyo for the road.
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I just checked the GPS of the photo. It was taken .5 miles from the ranch.
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