latitude32
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wet Christmas
rained like heck in Santa Barbara how much did Baja get?
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BoenBaja
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We did get a little bit here in Bahía Asunción over the last couple of nights, and there’s a possibly of some more on Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Thursday of this coming week. Much needed and welcomed.
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Lee
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Forecast was for 1.5'' rain every hour for Palm Springs but that didn't happen. Coachella Valley was on the edge of the storm and some roads
flooded and closed (arroyos), but all minor.
US Marines: providing enemies of America an opportunity to die for their country since 1775.
What I say before any important decision.
F*ck it.
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pauldavidmena
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We ended up getting about 3 inches overnight here on Cape Cod.
Serving suggestion: homemade chicken stock for Pho.
Needless to say, we look forward to being in Baja in 32 days (not that we're counting)!
[Edited on 12-30-2025 by pauldavidmena]
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lencho
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Equipatas
The south end had equipatas for several days straight, a few weeks ago, nothing since.
[Edited on 1-1-2026 by lencho]
"I can normally tell how intelligent a man is, by how stupid he thinks I
am."
"...they were careful of their demeanor that they not be thought to have opinions on what they heard for like most men skilled at their work they
were scornful of any least suggestion of knowing anything not learned at first hand."
Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses
"Be kind, be patient, help others." -- Isabel Allende
"My gas stove identifies as electric." Anonymous
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pauldavidmena
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Such a great word - and website. I've bookmarked it.
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surfhat
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If there is one fellow Nomad that can appreciate what our beloved Baja freely gives us all, it has to be that example of a snow covered outside table
and deck in wintertime Mass.
I assure you none of us are envious of that snow covered deck and why we live where we do.
You are a treasure here for your contributions to Baja Nomad.
Even more for the brrrr you put up with until you come back to our beloved Baja, norte and sur.
Fall time in the Boston area is a true natural wonder. The local lobster rolls live up to and support this wonder of an environment you enjoy, while
it lasts. haha
Peace and love to all you Nomads where ever your roam or reside.
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pauldavidmena
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Thank you for the kind words!
As I get older, I believe New England snowfall makes for pretty postcards but not much more than that. Here on Cape Cod, winters are peaceful and
quiet, but also potentially isolating. It's always best to keep busy and to stay warm planning for the next trip to Baja.
For us, it's thirty days away. We'll only be gone for 2 weeks, but that will be the longest vacation we've taken since 2000.
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cupcake
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Not Baja, but not far north of the border...
Cars turning around at flooded road in San Gabriel Mountains on 24 December. This caused me an extra six miles round trip of road walking. No way to
drive a mid-sized car across this.
https://i.postimg.cc/jq8NpYJH/IMG20251224081801.jpg
My 3-season tent at 8,800 feet in the morning, well-guyed out, after a night of sustained 50-mile an hour winds. You can see the wind pushing against
the right side of the tent. Glad it wasn't shredded. A challenge to set up and take down in that wind, without having anything blow away. 28 December.
https://i.postimg.cc/Px5bDXwh/IMG20251228084554.jpg
28 December, about 9,500 feet in the San Gabriels. Trees plastered, path on left.
https://i.postimg.cc/m2sY3yMM/IMG20251228095937.jpg
click images for enlargements
[Edited on 12-30-2025 by cupcake]
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cupcake
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3 hikers found dead after high winds halt helicopter rescue in California
https://www.foxweather.com/weather-news/3-hikers-found-dead-...
It was well below freezing at night when this happened (my water bags were freezing inside my tent). Not easy to survive a night out if you don't have
the gear for it. The temperature, combined with those winds, and the wind chill is well below freezing. While my 3-season tent could easily have been
shredded, my 4-season sleeping bag and other gear would have seen me safely through the night. GOT to have crampons for this in the winter, and enough
experience to deal with the terrain. So very sad.
I took this photo of a young man on the Baldy summit, December 28. I talked briefly with him. He looked well-prepared, with good boots, crampons, and
ice axe. Even with this good gear, it would be difficult to spend a night out in such conditions, without a 4-season sleeping bag and 4-season parka.
I believe this young man had come up the Devil's Backbone route, while I ascended and descended the Baldy Bowl Trail route. I hope he is not one of
the deceased.
https://i.postimg.cc/90DqC14V/IMG20251228103803.jpg
click image for enlargement
[Edited on 12-31-2025 by cupcake]
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surabi
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One of the things about being young is that we tend to feel invulnerable and haven't had the life experience to always make intelligent decisions. I
can think back on some things I did in my youth that I would now consider foolish and was just lucky that it didn't result in a dangerous or tragic
situation.
One of the most extreme examples is the guy who the movie "128 hours" was about. He never told anyone where he was going, or when he planned to be
back, so no one knew to be worried about him and go look for him when he was trapped with a boulder pinning his arm to the wall for 5 days, and he
would have died if he hadn't cut his own arm off. Even then, he would have died from blood loss had he not encountered other hikers in the area.
[Edited on 12-30-2025 by surabi]
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BajaBlanca
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I wish I could post a photo but Turkey does not allow me to.
The weather has been wavering between wonderful and torrential rain
Happy New Year!!
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pauldavidmena
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It seems we're not done here on Cape Cod. It looks like this will be either the last snow of 2025 or the first of 2026 (or both).
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca  | I wish I could post a photo but Turkey does not allow me to.
The weather has been wavering between wonderful and torrential rain
Happy New Year!!
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I have heard that Turkey has created draconian laws about posting images of people online. Are you really prohibited by State from posting photos
here?
Woke!
Hands off!
“Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres.”
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Pronoun: the royal we
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Tioloco
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| Quote: Originally posted by mtgoat666 | | Quote: Originally posted by BajaBlanca | I wish I could post a photo but Turkey does not allow me to.
The weather has been wavering between wonderful and torrential rain
Happy New Year!!
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I have heard that Turkey has created draconian laws about posting images of people online. Are you really prohibited by State from posting photos
here? |
Probably in her best interest not to answer that. It is an authoritarian state under Erdogan and not a free country.
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Tioloco
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Wise counsel would be to go to Turkey and live there for a while and personally experience the type of government they have before wishing for it to
be here. Speaking out against the government is not tolerated many places outside of the USA.
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mtgoat666
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Freedom of speech against the government in USA has been severely eroded under Trump... Trump's intolerance of dissent takes after Erdogan, and is
nothing like the ideals espoused by James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and Ben Franklin.
Woke!
Hands off!
“Por el bien de todos, primero los pobres.”
“...ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.” “My fellow citizens of the world: ask not what America
will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man.”
Pronoun: the royal we
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Tioloco
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goat- take your partisan political garbage back to your OFF-TOPIC dungeon.
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surabi
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The Off Topic dungeon where you post your vile sexual fantasies and call other posters profane names?
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