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Crusoe
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Osprey-----How many trips down into Baja Sur in your 1970 Chev 1/2 ton 2 wheel dr. did you take pre 74 with no problemo? You should write a book.
Sorry to hear they want to build yet another yacht basin and wreck your view. So sad. Where will all the wild life go??
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Bruce R Leech
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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I would wonder aimlessly until I found DanO then help him finish his beer. then set under a tree while he walked for help
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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ME
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Tomas you know the Chevy is the Superior machine, for comfort and power, For get about it. And on the out side chance it breaks down,.. light the
Bar-B Que , brake out the cactus juice and embrace the dirt...and then light some shizit on fire:moon:
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Baja Bernie
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Bruce
You always come through with that shining torch that reveals the reality of life in Baja! Well said.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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Tomas Tierra
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comfort and power are great! But reliability is whats impotent...
But keep calling for the rides in the Chevy ME, one of these times I'm going to take you up on it
Edit: By the way, how's your daily driver Toyota Truck running??
And your Wife's???
That's what I thought...
2nd edit
[Edited on 2-14-2007 by Tomas Tierra]
[Edited on 2-14-2007 by Tomas Tierra]
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Mango
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Shade, water, wait...
after two days.. leave a note at the car/truck and take all my water and hike/backtrack out to main road (hike only in early morning and late in
afternoon) in my hiking boots with my pack.
or...
"When in doubt.. freak out!" - Me
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Sharksbaja
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DanO
Ya did good. I should have set tighter parameters but generally speaking I think if you are in a remote place(which could only be 10 mi off) you would
kick in to survival mode if your ride was disabled.. I would immediately develop some plan rather than snivel and cry for mama.
It would really make a big diff to me also if I were closer to water than the road. If I was near the water it probably wouldn't take long for a
boat to go by. On the other hand a well traveled road would be within walking distance if you did it correctly. The water problem is a whole lot more
common than you'd think. Beer is a better replacement for food than water.
It would therefore be more prudent to leave almost immediately to seek help. First because if you stay you'll end up drinking the water you will need
on the hike out if no one shows and second, because you already know how much traffic that road yer on has been getting and you will know how to get
back already.
I have been on back roads where we probably would make better time walking than driving. When you have to build roads, circumvent arroyos and make
constant detours the going gets slow. I would think a person in decent shape leaving late afternoon could hike out by sunup.
After reaching the road and getting help make sure it's a Dodge that takes you back in to help retrieve your Toyota or Ford. No reason to have it
happen twice!
Tehag... the postcard thread was moved to that post on page 4. If you scroll down a liitle it's there. Thank you.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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Bruce R Leech
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what if your Toyota caught fire and burned all of your supples, and in the rush to get out you fell and suffered a compound fracture of your leg. also
some of the glass from the exploding beer bottles has blinded you.
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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Bajagypsy
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Find the tequila.....
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Tomas Tierra
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Bruce,
A good skipper will go down with the ship...
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dean miller
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Such an event happened to my friends, Jack Waite and Bob Alison in 1954. The had spent a month at the Bay of Conception spearfishing fish. They
stopped by BOLA for gas & to rest before heading for home. About 20 miles north of BOLA developed a gas leak from a fractured gas line and ran
out of gas.
In those days there was a thriving turtle fishing industry in BOLA which the hapless turtles were trasported by truck to Ensenda for the turtle soup
factory-- an open air eating establishment across from Gordos-- so the rightfully assumed a truck would be by shortly. After a day or so and none came
by, they flipped a coin, Bob lost so set out on foot for a rancho they recalled seeing several miles back. Jack would remain with the jeep pick up
truck, which was his
A day passed, two days passed no Bob, at noon the third day a truck came by with a sun burned, exhausted Bob in the back.
The problem was solved the truck was repaired, the truck owner gave them enougn gas to get to another Rancho and a way they went...heading Norte at
top speed.
When they arriced in South Gate Bob was confined to a hospital , Jacks PU was a total wreck, frame bent, stress cracks on the skin, etc etc..
A report of this adventure was featured in a three page story in a 1954 edition of Skin Diver Magazine
We, all the Bajaphiles of that era, made a determanation that in the future we would always remain with the vechicle--some one would eventually come
along...So remain planted where you run out of gas.
Epilogue;
Bob retired from the South Gate Fire department many years ago and at 80 is doing great--and still recalls the trip when he almost bought the farm.
Jack was killed in a motorcycle accident 30 years ago
Jack's Youngest daughter has the wanderlust of her father but has lived in Moro Bay California for many years where she had a book store before
total retirement. --We are in frequent contact.
Any one other than Baja Bernie recall the turtle factory across from Gordos? A sight to behold but a taste delight!
DM
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Osprey
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Crusoe, since I lived in Las Vegas, was always headed for southern Baja to camp and fish, it saved me 259 miles to go down through Brawley and San
Filipe rather than go west -- cut out a lot of town/cops/hassle travel too. I only flew down private, no road trips, before the paved road, then
after a ton of trips over the sisters I decided flying commercial to Loreto/Cabo/Los Barriles was quicker and I could have more beach/fishing time
that way. Only one trip from Newport beach to Cabo in a 30 ft Cal by water --- that broke down and we got it fixed in Turtle Bay. I lived a charmed
life for 70 years -- don't know about tomorrow though.
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Sharksbaja
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Common scenario Bruce
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
what if your Toyota caught fire and burned all of your supples, and in the rush to get out you fell and suffered a compound fracture of your leg. also
some of the glass from the exploding beer bottles has blinded you. |
yea, that happened to a friend of mine too.. what if ... we were all nice...
Land Cruiser or Land Rover? Those were the more popular off-road vehicles in the 60s'. The Land Rover actually did pretty well on the trips we took
but the Toyota wore us out, but back then it was possible to repair them w/o a decoder.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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capitolkat
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Boy Scout motto- Be Prepared
the hypothetical reminds me of a fishing trip to British Colombia about 20 years ago. We were about 50 miles northwest of Kelowna about 3 miles off a
logging road on an old cut and after fishing and camping for 3 days my faithful IH Scout decided to cause problems- the throttle cable broke and it
would run but no acceleration and that meant no going up or over some of the obstacles we had crossed going in.
My three fishing buddies got comfortable- got the cooler out and started work on the remaining beer while I struggled with the engine. From all
appearances they were having the time of a lifetime- the logging road was seldom used and to get a logging truck to stop might have been more
dangerous than imagined. I carried just about everything , hoses, belts, clamps, extra gas, tire sealant, repair kits and tools but a throttle cable
was a little out of the ordinary. But, in the bottom of my toolbox I found an old bike brake cable. it was plenty long, and after trial an error I
shortened it by knotting it and off we went. In Kelowna I asked the local IH dealer for a replacement cable and was told it would take a week to get
it from Alberta- so off the Nevada we drove with the bike cable in place- for two more years--
Adventurous- sure-- dangerous- Not hardly
Life is too short to drink bad wine
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Sharksbaja
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once upon a time
out in the middle of nowhere I had a piston separate at the ring-groove. Being 600 mi from home and 100 mi from any town I certainly had to be clever.
It was one of the easiest fixes I ever made. We were on the road in about 15 minutes.
When you break a piston it's a nasty thang, smoke, rattle and choke. I did have an engine gasket set and thought about removing the broken one. Then
I thought, hey, what if I just removed the two pushrods and disconnected the plug wire to that cyl. Made it home on seven cyls no problema. The
Grapevine was a challenge. After fixing the piston and honing and reringing that 318 continues to be what powers the old beast. Only 750,000 mi on
the original block.
Moral: if you decide to use hi-octane in a low-octane engine don't add gas octane booster!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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DENNIS
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Yeah Sharky .......
That's my motto when I go to a bar.
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
Arracherra ---- Grilled skirt steak, according to google. Probably difficult to roll and smoke. |
Good point....up here in BC we smoke salmon....but it IS difficult to keep the papers from getting too wet.....
Ged
Don't believe everything you think....
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DENNIS
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Thanks ged ...
I thought a good point was lost
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Crusoe
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Thanks Osprey........Me too.....A charmed outdoor life.... Is part of that Nautica Escalera monstronsity to be built in East Cape.?? Where? Hopefully
not La Ribera??.....I like that concept--Pesos to Sand....
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Baja4Rnr
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A couple of years ago a buddy and I were looking for Indian rock art sites in my old Mitsubishi Montero. We had gone up a dry wash off the gravel
road coming back from La Purisima and the Montero just dies. I immediately thought the worst (computer module going bad) and thinking about how I was
ever going to get my rig back home. We hiked out to the gravel road and walked to the nearest rancho and asked if they would help us. He said he
would be glad to but that his brother had taken the truck to La Paz and would be back in a day or two. So, we hiked back to another ranch (La
Esperanza) where the family offered to help us.
We took his truck up the dry wash as far as we could and then carried the battery the rest of the way to the Montero. Fortunately it started right up
and we all celebrated with a couple of Modelos. One of the men asked what we were doing and when we told him we were looking for rock art he
volunteered to show us some spectacular sites we would never have found on our own. We then went back to his ranch where his wife offered some hot
coffee.
Lessons learned. (1) The people of Baja are allways there to offer their help and hospitality. (2) Buy a portable jump starter. (3) Sometimes a
bad event can turn out OK as we would have never found the rock art and came away with another great Baja memory.
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