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fishbuck
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I'm scheming...
Approx 400 nautical miles at 140 knots. 3 hours x 115/hour...
$700 plus round trip
[Edited on 1-15-2010 by fishbuck]
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Mulegena
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Here's the Way...
Hop the bus, go to sleep, wake up at your destination.
Now what to do with those fish, Fishbuck?
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fishbuck
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That's not a bad idea! And the fish can ride down below in my cooler
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
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wessongroup
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Your efforts to get down to fish is reminds me of the Salmon trying to get back up stream to spawn...
Totally enjoy your posts, along with all the information and your constant thinking about HOW to get down and back for these short fishing trips...
What and/or how would you deal with being retired down in the Baja.. 
Hey wait, we wouldn't get these trip reports.. and would get much of anything from you... your hands would be on a reel 24/7... you are MR.
FISHBUCK
Get a line wet for me..
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Bob and Susan
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i just drove it again...
12 1/2 hours from tj to mulege without a trailer
add one hour and a half or more if you are towing
i like to drive it all in one day
make sure you have a reservation if you want to stay in a nice place
the nice places fill up fast
the ONLY place there a dangerous animals is between san ignacio and santa rosalia
donkeys on the road almost every time
seems like the cows are staying home right now
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bajario
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I make it to Loreto in 12 1/2 hours from the border. Still time for happy hour at Auggies. Of course I don't stop for food. Side of the road to
relieve whatever and only stop for military checkpoints and gas twice.
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Russ
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I, like Bob & Susan, like to do the drive in one day. I cross TJ at around 3AM during the winter and there's enough light to unpack when I get
home. I don't like driving the "gauntlet" in the dark but think it is safer than San Ignacio to Mulege in the dark. 12 1/2 hours average from TJ also.
3 gas stops in the Explorer, Ensenada, El Rosario & Jesus Maria. In the truck, El Rosario & San Ignacio
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
I'm not sure if your question was for me or not.
I am exploring a plan to leave after work and drive as far as TJ. I work until 11:30pm so I would get to TJ at about 1:30am.
If I had the discipline to not go out to the clubs I might get to sleep by 2. So leaving at sun up really doesn't make sense especially for 15 hours
of driving.
But the reason I'm thinking of this is to try and do it in about 3.5 days so I will only miss one day of work. I don't start work until 3:00pm so I
could probably make it to work on time from say Ensenada.
Maybe you don't understand why I don't want to miss work but it's because I need/want the money. Like most people I have a lot of "irons in the fire"
and they all burn money.
I probably could drive it in 1 day but it doesn't sound healthy or fun so I will try to think of another way to get there.
If I get my act together I can fly a Cessna 182 down there in about 3-4 hours. But at $115/hour it will be expensive and a wash on not missing work.
But much less wear and tear on me. So maybe that's the way to go.
This is not a sight seeing trip. It's about catching fish. |
stop at Denny's in chula vista and get a good breakfast and drink losta coffee. get monster drinks too! by 3 a.m. you cross the border. by 5a.m.
you're leaving Maneadero. by 6.30 a.m. the sun is up just about the time you hit Colonet, but still not fast enough to make it thru San Q before those
busses loaded with pickers get on the road to REALLY slow you down....
you're a big boy. 1.5 hours of driving in the dark won't kill ya!
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Mulegena
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Still my take on this...
If you have access to a car while you're here, you and the fish in the bus is the way to go. Its so easy and safe to travel on the bus and the cost is
the same for one person (less than $100 each way). In Sta. Rosalia or San Bruno or even Mulege you can walk anywhere you want to go so no car needed.
Also, isn't the San Bruno airstrip closed still?
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Hey man, I feel your pain, especially since I am here doing what you wish you were doing. The bus is a great idea and you arrive rested enough to
pull on those monster yellowtail, whereas if you drive like a maniac, you are too shot to do justice to the fish the next day. Russ likes to do that
but he only catches the small stuff so he can go out the next day. The bus only runs about 100 bucks and takes 15 hrs from TJ to Santa Rosalia, and
they will drop you off at the San Bruno turnoff. If you are good we might even give you a ride to the busstop with your loaded cooler on the way
home.
Mulegena, the Palo Verde Airport is open.
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Russ
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..... or the next day or the next day. Yes it does take a day to recoup from an 15 hour trip. Good news about the airport being open.
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My Two Centavos
You can count me into that club of having little time but greater desire. As others noted, the two things working against you are the shorter seasonal
daylight hours and having to do all the driving yourself. When I was younger, I made a number of those crazy, non-stop trips. I've found that I don't
have the stamina for that anymore. You have to make a choice. If it was me, I'd skip the day of work so I could be much more likely to get back in one
piece. Then, if you have a lousy catch, you can be doubly mad!
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Fishbuck, I have done La Mision to Mulege in one day twice. Mulege to Orange in one day, and Ensenada to Cabo in two days. It is a long day, and I
have yanked on those SB yellowtail the next day. I understand the $ drive to do it in one day. Just be rested and load up on Monsters!! If you get
real tired, just pull over and take a quick nap. Go Man Go!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
Can it be done?
I drove as far as Loreto to SanQ in 1 day once and it's not quite as far. |
fishy:
if all you want is a couple days fishing and you don't need a car, then take a bus and sleep the way down, read a book, watch a movie. may take a bit
longer than driving your own car, but you can let bus driver drive at nite while you sleep. driving all alone for many hours w/o relief driver is
tiring, and puts a lot of wear/tear on your car.
and a 1,600 mile trip cost more than just the fuel bill, it's also wear/tear on car, etc. fed govt milage rate of $0.5/mi says it costs you something
like $800 to drive rt to SR.
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Bajahowodd
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You raise an interesting point. There are many folks, me included, who have trouble sleeping under many conditions. Taking the bus works ok for me
along the flat straightaways, but in the serpentine mountain sections, I seriously doubt I could sleep. Obviously, that's me, and not Fishbuck. But, I
suspect there are many people who have the same problem. I heartily recommend taking the bus in leisure travel. There is no more cost-effective way to
travel Baja. But, given fishy's tight timeframe, I dunno.
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fishbuck
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The bus idea is interesting. Anyone know what the bus schedule is? I looked it up and it said every 1/2 hour 8am-12 midnight.
I'm not the best sleeper either. But I'd be willing to try this. I won't really need my truck when I'm there.
So here is a new scenario.
Get off work at 11:30, drive to TJ. Get a room, party a little and catch the earliest bus to S. Rosalia. 15 hours later I in a hotel resting for the
next days fishing.
So if the bus leaves TJ at 6am I'm dropped off at San &*$^@ at 9pm that night for fishing the next day.
After fishing I load my cooler get dropped at the bus stop and head back home.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
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I made it from Loreto to Los Angeles. We started at 5 in the morning and drove till about midnight.
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How about stowing your fishing poles?
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Pacifico
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Does San Bruno have a bus stop? 
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fishbuck
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Well, my Captain had some good gear last time but I do love my gear. I brought 2 rods and reels last time but only ever used my 60lb rig. The rod is
5 1/2 so might fit in the overhead.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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