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Howard
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Hey Shari
I am coming down with my trusty Yellow Lab, Gringo the Dingo and will be there with a group around October 10th. Our dogs will once again run around
like idiots and enjoy every moment of it. How is the road from Highway #1 compared to last year?
We will E-Mail you in the summer when our plans get a little more firmed up.
Hasta La Vista
Howard AKA Bubba
[Edited on 7-2-2010 by Howard]
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Howard
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I guess this should of been under Baja road conditions. If I knew how to move it I would.
Pleasde be gentle on me for the wrong catagory posting!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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shari
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Hey Howard and Gringo...the road is supposed to be paved all the way into Asuncion by August so that will be a cake walk compared to the last time you
came in....hopefully they will pave the potholes on the road from Vizcaino...at the moment, it's a nightmare!!
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tiotomasbcs
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August of 2011 or 2012 ??? Howz the coastal road from Abreojos to Asuncion?? Bad roads, good people!!! Smiles! Tio
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shari
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No, this year smart alec!!! Most of the road look ready to lay the pavement now. The coast road to Abreojos is not too bad...so I'm told...we might go
to La bocana to visit Blanca next week so i'll report on how it is.
good roads...less car repairs!!
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Mulegena
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Lower your tire pressure and remove your hubcabs going west Vizcaino to Asuncion. The potholes from Viz to the A'cion turnoff are Killer! I'll take
the cordoury washboard from Asuncion to Abreojos any day of the year-- love that lonely Pacific Coast where you can chill and go slooow. You can
pressure up in Vizcaino or San Ignacio.
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BajaGringo
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People drive cars with hubcaps south of San Quintin???
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boe4fun
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Hey Howard, Shelley and I will be down there then. I still have Dingo Gringo's floppy frisbee that you guys forgot the last time and I'll bring it
down for him! Remind him to take better care of his toys!
Two dirt roads diverged in Baja and I, I took the one less graveled by......
Soy ignorante, apático y ambivalente. No lo sé y no me importa, ni modo.
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woody with a view
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hey Howard
Bia and I should still be there scouring the coast and hanging out w/ Paul and Shelley and the rest of the gang at Campo Sirena around that time.
look forward to meeting the dog, and you too!
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Curt63
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I remember those potholes
No worries
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DianaT
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Curt63
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It is a lot worse now---gets worse by the week. It is bad right out of Vizcaino and then there is quite a good stretch, and then a nightmare. Very
dangerous and everyone hates it. Even the padre in Vizcaino was injured in a car accident caused by the horrible road. A few times recently the
farmers near Vizcaino have filled some of the pot holes with some white stuff that just digs out rather quickly.
We have been told that the governor says every month that they will begin the work on it. We have heard that they will begin work right before the
election. And we have heard that they will redo it next year----so take your pick. 
Some of the side roads that people have created to avoid the pavement are in good shape and some are not----we drive back and forth from the dirt side
road to the pavement. So take it easy!
Also, on the first stretch of the paved road heading out here, there are a couple of surprises from where the road was damaged the first year it was
built. There is one area where it is better to leave the pavement and take the short diversion around it.
Be Safe.
[Edited on 7-2-2010 by DianaT]
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toneart
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mulegena
Lower your tire pressure and remove your hubcabs going west Vizcaino to Asuncion. The potholes from Viz to the A'cion turnoff are Killer! I'll take
the cordoury washboard from Asuncion to Abreojos any day of the year-- love that lonely Pacific Coast where you can chill and go slooow. You can
pressure up in Vizcaino or San Ignacio. |
I think I would rather do this too. I almost did but didn't have enough good current information on this direct route. Why not pressure up when you
reach La Bocana, Abreojos or Asuncion?
Shari, Blanca...what do you think?
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Howard
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Paul
Will Shelly still work her magic on her appetizers? They were fantastic last time!
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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shari
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Oh how I miss Shelley's lunch treats...she kept me fed up good!! and Ms.Woody's margaritas kept me...umm...happy!
Now about that vizcaino road...today I hunted down the road engineers here and they told me that when they finish paving here, they WILL DEFINATELY
fix up the potholes...got my fingers and toes crossed.
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SiReNiTa
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@Toneart: air for tires here (asuncion) is easy to get and free and you can probably get it in Bocana, not sure so Blanca would know better than me.
Let's hope they do get that road fixed because it's dangerous and horribly annoying...I'm keeping my fingers and toes and even my eyes crossed so that
they finish at least half before september....can you imagine traveling on that road while 9 months pregnant?? YIKES! 
Live life as well as you can,
don\'t regret the things that once made you smile,
learn from your mistakes,
and thank God for every second he gives you upon this earth.
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toneart
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Thanks for your reply, Sirenita! Well, definitely keep your eyes crossed, but better stay out of the potholes while pregnant.  That's NOT how you get washboard abs. 
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wessongroup
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BajaBlanca
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filling up with air is fine here too!! but you really want them lowered til you reach highway 1 again ....
we recently took coastal route to asuncion from bocana and it was a breeze. and this with a FULL truck with 5 bikes and 7 humans !!
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toneart
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Cool!
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DianaT
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The road between Bahia Asuncion and Abreojos depends a lot on how the weather has been and when it was graded --- like most dirt road.
We have traveled the main road when parts were difficult to cross a couple of weeks after a big storm when it had not soaked in as of yet. We have
also been on it when it was a washboard nightmare --- different parts get graded at different times.
The salt flats are great and what the locals use----unless there has been a big storm or extreme tides and then they are slow to dry. But there are
major parts where salt flats are not available so it depends greatly on when the last grader passed through.
But it is a beautiful drive and well worth the trip if you have not been that way before. No matter the conditions, we travel down that direction
often.
[Edited on 7-3-2010 by DianaT]
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