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astrobaja
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Many thanks to Racers and Ranchers!!
Hi all,
Well for those of you following my stranded thread about us being cut-off in the sierra due to the rains, this is a follow up thank you to the help
we received!
Late afternoon 9 volunteers arrived at our ranch after a long trip from San Ysidro (some came as far as Huntington beach). They came on short notice
after a plea for help as we were running out of supplies. It was only my Wife and I doing the herculean task of re-building our road and we were
starting to get a bit exhausted physically.
Special thanks go to Lance Kane and Rudy Iribe who organized the whole thing. They came in 4 trucks carrying a rhino and a quad used to ferry things
from an impassable rocky area of our road to our house.
Luck was on our side that night R&R arrived, even though we had 9 extra hands the rocky area would have taken 2 days for us to fix rolling rocks
into ruts. BUT a HUGE group of extreme off roaders from the TJ/Mexicali club came through with 60!! Jeeps/trucks/cherokees! They were literally
re-building the road from Mikes through to the observatory road! They did with more than 80 people in one hour what would have taken us a lonngg time!
So sunday R&R helped us ford the last washout putting in a salvaged culvert and filling in with the tractor and shovels!
Of course the whole thing turned out to be a classic Baja unexpected adventure of the best kind with lots of great memories.
But it was above and beyond the call of duty what R&R did for us at short notice. I certainly think what they are doing deserves support, I know
we are going to become members!
http://www.racersandranchers.com/
Mike
[Edited on 2-4-2010 by astrobaja]
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shari
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wow...that is just fantastic!!!!! Sounds like quite a party all right...kudos to all those who helped out....a true baja adventure.
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David K
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That's GREAT Mike! Sounds like you have new friends in the off road world!
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ELINVESTIG8R
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Astrobaja I am so happy people came to help you out in that mess you were in. It makes my heart sing to know there are people out there willing to put
themselves in harms way to come to the aid of others who need help. What a heartwarming story. God bless you folks from Racers and Ranchers in the USA
and www.Baja4x4.org from Baja California for coming to the aid of Astrobaja and his wife. What great kindness you guys and gals demonstrated. There is
hope for the world with folks like you!
Edit: To edit my writing and to correct the name of Baja California Club www.Baja4x4.org
PS: I hope I have it right now!
[Edited on 2-3-2010 by ELINVESTIG8R]
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astrobaja
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Yes we certainly do have some new friends! Kind of ironic that we had the MOST traffic when our road was in the worst condition 
Anyway we all had a nice meal of carne asada (done on a grill in our fireplace yum!) and a chile con carne I made.
Afterwards I could share some views of the moon and mars through my telescope which they greatly enjoyed.
That off road group does have a website, heres loads of pics from their journey, the ones near dark are taken at our place.
http://www.baja4x4.org/foro/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=12809&am...
A very cool thing was that every car of the Baja4X4.org had a no tire basura sticker on it, nice to see!
Thats what I love about Baja, is that the totally unexpected happens a LOT!
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and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable.There is another theory which states that this has already happened\"
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Barry A.
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This is one of the most heart-warming threads I have read in a very long time-------------What a great response by some really nice people to a really
bad situation.
You gotta luv it!!!!!!!
Barry
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BajaGringo
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Great news Mike!!! Do you have more photos to show???
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BAJA_SOTO
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...excellent news!!! I assume that road/trail from Mike's [along the east] is no passable?
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DianaT
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Fantastic and such a happy ending.
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BAJACAT
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Good for you Mike, sorry I wasn't there to make good in my offer to help, will try to make it on the next one... thanks to all that participated, one
more time this board proves it self to be a great tool for Baja travellers and Baja residents.
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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duke62
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Awesome. The world is filled with wonderful people. Love posts like this. Keep us up to date on your progress.
Esteban
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TMW
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Excellent, I'm glad it all worked out so well.
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lkane
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Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
Great news Mike!!! Do you have more photos to show??? |
Here are my pics. I did not get any real good night shots of the jeeps.
Link: http://s647.photobucket.com/albums/uu193/lkane_2009/Rancho%2...
A great adventure, shoulder to shoulder work and new friends, thats what its all about. All working together for the common good.
LK/ www.racersandranchers.com
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N2Baja
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Great story. The pictures are incredible! Was that a rattlesnake?
Forget about the danger and think of the fun.
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David K
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Great photos and WHAT A TEAM!
      
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BajaRoadrunner
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I was going to join the trip with the Baja4x4.org guys but had to work on Saturday 
The trip is organized every year at the end of January by a really nice guy from Mexicali called Carlos Arias. I've been on the caravan twice and is
great. Usually they ride through Mikes sky ranch and then take the left side road to SPM through las truchas ranch.
I'm glad everything turned out OK for you.
[Edited on 2-5-2010 by BajaRoadrunner]
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chippy
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That is a really great report. Nice to know there are still people out there who care.
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mtzracing
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I really enjoyed the pictures Lance. Again sorry I couldn't make the trip down.
My first post here and will be checking in frequently.
Mitch
Proud Member of Racers and Ranchers.
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Mexitron
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Good to hear you're reconnected to the world again! What a great story.
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