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timmurphy
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ice
heading to the central coast(south)on Monday.Can anybody update me where I can get block ice south of Ensenada ? I'd like to load up before I turn
left and head into the wild.Hielo purificada por favor. Gracias
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timmurphy
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re:ice
I mean turn right...on the "left coast". Norte de Sta.Rosaliita.Glad I have my directions figured out now.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by timmurphy
I mean turn right...on the "left coast". Norte de Sta.Rosaliita.Glad I have my directions figured out now. |
Oops...Never mind. I see Tim started two strings regarding "ice".
[Edited on 6-16-2009 by toneart]
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san q has a hielo place. it's on the inland side of the hwy. if you're driving straight thru i'd just get it in the u.s. and not worry about it. 4-5-
hours isn't going to matter. if not, then san q or at el rosario probably has a place for the fishing co-op. turn right at the curve and it's on the
right about 1/2 block down. but don't count on it.....
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If you are coming from the USA, how much ice do you think you will need after just a 5 hour drive from the border to San Quintin?
Pack an ice chest with blocks surrounded by crushed... and if you can add some dry ice on top... Never open this ice box until you need to add ice to
your food or beer ice chest... You should be able to last a week or more!
If you do not have room for more than 1 or 2 chests (one for food and one for drinks/ beer) then a block will last longer... and surround any gaps
with crushed ice... cool only the food/ milk etc. that requires it and only the beer you need daily allowing for as much ice as possible in the
chest(s).
Do not put any dry ice in the same chest with food... it will freeze or carbonate any.
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Richard on the Hill
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be miserable; to be an American abroad is to make others miserable.
-- Ambrose Bierce, _The Enlarged Devil\'s Dictionary_
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timmurphy
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thanks for the tidbits.I have used all these measures for years,however it is hard to conserve the ice for 1 week plus...sitting at your favorite spot
hours away from ice cold cerveza can be a dilemma.Perhaps it is God telling me it's time to go home.Yea..I guess the whole point of my question was
trying to purchase ice at the furthest point south before turning off. I just gotta remember that if supplies were too easy down there,then it
wouldn't be my kind of place.Thanks again.
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Seem to me that while most cubed ice in Baja is purified most block ice isn't. Any others have that impression?....dt
[Edited on 6-16-2009 by dtbushpilot]
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Takes a bit of planning. We used to get dry ice on our way in to Lake Powell. The coolers weren't opened until later in the week and the food was
still frozen solid. Now, if you're looking for ice for c-cktails, that's a different story. Your statement that block ice isn't purificado surprises
me in that the same ice suppliers are involved. Maybe you're right. But, even so, if you are using block ice only to keep stuff frozen in the coolers,
you can bag everything to prevent contamination. Otherwise, seems to me up and down the peninsula, places like oxxo and the beer joints, Tecate,
Modelo, have sufficient ice.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Seem to me that while most cubed ice in Baja is purified most block ice isn't. Any others have that impression?....dt
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i did not get that impression. but if you got that impression, then ask the vendor when you buy ice.
even if ice is purified, it is pointless as it is soon contaminated after my raw pork chops leak over the ice, i spill the milk in the cooler, and
everybody puts their grimy mits in the cooler to grab a beer 
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put your beer in the ocean and enjoy a "cool" 65-70 degree beer out in the 90 degree sun.
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You can get ice in El Rosario... bags of cube ice, that is... Perhaps you can get blocks of ice there where they process sea urchins for Japanese
shipment or caracol (sea snail/ turbin shell meat)?? Block ice like that is what dtbushpilot is talking about... It is not necessarily made with
purified water as it is made to keep produce cold, not to put into you drinks.
Again, I am wondering why you would need ice your first or second day in Mexico? Unless you will be camping some of the time near Ensenada before
heading for Santa Rosalillita? Maybe better to jam for 7 Sisters and head to Ensenada on the way home, as you can easily buy ice there...???
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody in ob
put your beer in the ocean and enjoy a "cool" 65-70 degree beer out in the 90 degree sun. |
Yeah, who needs ice. This is comparatively easy to do in rocky areas, by putting the beer in a mesh bag and lowering it by rope down into a suitable
depression in the rocks that gets inflows of cold water but is protected from direct wave action. The beach, however, presents a different problem.
No protection from the wave action means you need to get the beers out to sufficiently deep water beyond the surf (or you'll be drinking foam).
Unless you have a wave runner or small boat, you'd have to swim the beer bag out and tether it to a float, swim in, then swim out again for more cold
ones.
Excellent exercise, but maybe there's an easier way. I'm thinking a remote controlled blimp with sufficient power and lift to haul a couple of
sixers. Attach enough rope to equal the desired chilling depth, and add say another 20 or 30 feet. Fly the blimp to the desired location, lower your
beer into the water until your rope goes slack, and you can cut the motor and let the blimp serve as your airborne float anchored by the cervezas.
Power it back up when refreshment is needed. This baby right here should do it -- it's got a 3.9 kilo payload. Rechristen it the BeerBlimp and you
are good to go. A little more expensive than ice, but a man's gotta have priorities.
http://www.minizepp.com/Resources/spec/outdoor/zepp-specs-8....
[Edited on 6-17-2009 by DanO]
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If you your main goal is cold beers at the end of the week then I would pack a small or medium sized cooler just of dry ice and not use it until you
are out of the "conventional" ice. Then as room allows, put in beers as needed. This should get you through your trip...
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Here in Ensenada they offer "grey ice" and the ice we'd put in our drinks. When you buy beer at the big beer places, they will usually give you
"grey" ice for free. That just keeps your bottled/canned stuff cold. If you need a lot of the "grey" ice; the price is minimal. Just don't use it
in your drink!
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Hit your beers with a blast of CO2
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http://www.triggerandreel.com/Engel_50_p/engel50.htm
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Straight shots of tequila, no ice needed, problem solved.
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I know that the water supply has improved in quality over the years, but just know that the grey ice is not from purified water. Not using it in your
c-cktails is only the tip of the grey iceberg. If that ice has anything potentially harmful, and you pull cans or bottles out of the cooler, you
really need to make sure they are wiped completely dry, lest some of the moisture migrate into your mouth. I speak from experience of years gone by in
Yucatan.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
Seem to me that while most cubed ice in Baja is purified most block ice isn't. Any others have that impression?....dt
[Edited on 6-16-2009 by dtbushpilot] |
I think that's true, at least I was told that by a Mexican. Maybe less so now than in the past, maybe.
Also, the clearer the block of ice the better, less air bubbles I think. It seems to last longer.
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