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BAJACAT
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WATER CROSSINGS IN BAJA
Nomads can you guys & gals share your Baja water crossings with us..We find this most need liquid all over Baja,no matter where you go,
underground,above ground.
This water dictated where a Mission was to be build...
I will go firts
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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joel
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This was after John in 2006. This was the shallower arroyo to be crossed. We turned back when we got to the deeper one.
[Edited on 9-1-2008 by joel]
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motoged
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Hmmmmm....
...not a big splash, but he did a good crash in the silt further down the San Raymundo wash...
Rancho Naranja Road...
And a hazardous water crossing in Ensenada....crossing the street to a primo taco stand...
Some other water hazard on the way home (south of Redding)..
And a warning at least...
and the wreck....
tadaaa......
Don't believe everything you think....
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capt. mike
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here's a water crossing of another kind.
82 nautical miles guaymas to mulege. 37 minutes of arse pucker with engine on "auto rough" the whole way.
formerly Ordained in Rev. Ewing\'s Church by Mail - busted on tax fraud.......
Now joined L. Ron Hoover\'s church of Appliantology
\"Remember there is a big difference between kneeling down and bending over....\"
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by capt. mike
82 nautical miles guaymas to mulege. 37 minutes of arse pucker with engine on "auto rough" the whole way. |
You are right Capt mike, I wasn't clear on what type of vehicle,so every
body is welcome,bikes ,planes,cars,burros ect ect...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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BAJACAT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by joel
This was after John in 2006. This was the shallower arroyo to be crossed. We turned back when we got to the deeper one.
[Edited on 9-1-2008 by joel] |
Joel, for your next trip you need to by a snorkel..for your truck..
ps.COOL PICTURES GUYS KEEP THEM COMING..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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tripledigitken
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February rains this year made dry river beds water crossings, and a good excuse for a picnic!
Ken
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BAJACAT
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3digitkeen,where is that arroyo at , it looks like Santo Domingo
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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bajalou
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Agua Caliente Canyon - Valle Chico Feb 06
El Camote - remember this one---
Both are Bruce and Betty
Some one should have got one of me that day 
[Edited on 9-1-2008 by bajalou]
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vacaenbaja
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Come on 0ladulce You have to have picures of some of the
crossings of the floods around 1992.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
3digitkeen,where is that arroyo at , it looks like Santo Domingo |
Good eye Bajacat, the most water I have ever seen in that arroyo!
Ken
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Mulegena
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| Quote: | | ...I wasn't clear on what type of vehicle,so every body is welcome,bikes ,planes,cars,burros ect ect...
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Haven't any pictures of the actual event because it was pitch black dark and raining, BUT...
my most memorabale "water crossing" was waking up in the middle of the night during Hurricane John because the dog had jumped onto the bed because the
river was coming in the house and swimming out of the house and climbing up to the highway only to jump back into the water because there were still
people trapped in their homes... yep, that was it.
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Mexitron
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The little Rio San Telmo got us in the 1993 El Nino--took a Toyota tied to a tractor to pull us out:
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TMW
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Wow, Joel that's a good one. After the SF250 race in 95 my brother and I went up the Compadre trail. North of the indian village out of Ojos Negros
there is a water crossing. A double crossing as there is like an island in the middle. It had been raining before we got there and with my brother
driving we went thru the first section onto the middle island and the second half the water was rushing madly with a full size Ford PU nose down
against a tree with water half way up. It scared the crap out of us and we turned tail and went back. As we cross over the same section we had just
come across the water was now over the hood of my 93 Toyota PU. We made it OK and became much wiser about water crossings. A friend was following us
in his van, he had stopped and after watching us he said "I don't know what you're smoking but I want some".
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David K
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Not a lot of water, but in Baja... that's what is there!
The Calamajue river, 1979... This was the main gulf side route (Hwy. 5) until about 1983 when the graded road between Laguna Chapala and (today's)
Coco's Corner was built.
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David K
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Flash flood, Arroyo Matomi... a couple of miles downstream from the rancho and waterfall...
I crossed it okay trying to drive in only to find a bigger crossing that I didn't attempt... This was driving back out, and my little 4WD Subaru got
stuck in the wet sand as the water kept rising! Dec. '78... Before the water entered the doors, it came to me to deflate the tires, it was sand
afterall... and I was able to drive out before the Matomi River consumed my Subaru and left me stranded in a most remote point in Baja!
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BAJACAT
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bump
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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LaTijereta
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1982 Baja 1K
[Edited on 11-1-2008 by LaTijereta]
Democracy is like two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.
Ben Franklin (1759)
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Katiejay99
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Here are a couple of pics just after hurricane Juliette in 2001 - the Ford F150 is my truck. - I didn't make it 
[Edited on 11-1-2008 by Katiejay99]
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Katiejay99
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Here is a water crossing of the Marlin kind..... I call it - "Hold on to that...... PERSON!"
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