dizzyspots
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Gonzaga Bay to Mulege
Going to Gonzaga Bay in Oct...thinking about a side trip to Mulege
how long to go from GB to Mulege via Coco's/ Chapala?
distance and approx time?
thanks
Mike
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A day and a half. Maybe a long day if you do 20-30 on the dirt road (about 50 miles). Yes, a long day. If you start at 5 you should hit the highway by
9-10 and that gives you plenty of daylight to reach Mulege.
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The road from Gonzaga to Coco's and the highway is much better than "that road" from the north. We missed Coco a couple of years ago. He was off
somewhere having his leg taken off. It was August and so bloody hot we made a beeline to Campo Rene to cool off.
[Edited on 7-21-2010 by Marc]
[Edited on 7-21-2010 by Marc]
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David K
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Day before yesterday (July 19) we took 1 hour, 47 minutes to go from Rancho Grande (Gonzaga Bay) to Hwy. 1 (Laguna Chapala) and that included a beer
and photo stop at Coco's Corner (~20 min.) and a flat tire to plug and re-inflate near Chapala (~15 min)... Total miles: 36.1
note: Coco is in Ensenada for a couple of months, says the caretaker, Ramón.
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dizzyspots
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David...Chapala to Mulege is how far? ?paved?
yeah I beleive Coco is up there for "revision" surgery on the badly done recent amputation...when we last spoke he REALLY wanted to be on 2 legs in
time for the race in the fall
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Day before yesterday (July 19) we took 1 hour, 47 minutes to go from Rancho Grande (Gonzaga Bay) to Hwy. 1 (Laguna Chapala) and that included a beer
and photo stop at Coco's Corner (~20 min.) and a flat tire to plug and re-inflate near Chapala (~15 min)... Total miles: 36.1
note: Coco is in Ensenada for a couple of months, says the caretaker, Ramón. |
David-----you could of saved 15 mins. if you had been running BF Goodrich All-Terraign AT's like I do.   
(what caused the puncture?)
Barry
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David K
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Pointy rock, I guess... it took two plugs to stop the leak... The TRD Off Road Tacomas come with BFG Rugged Trail T/As (people on Tacoma World Forums
call them 'Rugged Fails'!).
Truck and tires have about 13,000 miles on them... They work well, except cant take sharp rocks coming out from Gonzaga Bay!
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Newton's 2nd law:
Force = Mass X Acceleration
The faster you drive the harder the force from the washboard hitting those tires. Slow down and the tires won't fail.
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David K
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I wasn't going my 'normal' speed... We had a pretty heavy load... But, you are correct... If I was going 5 mph instead of 15, the tire may have not
been punctured. I was also at 32 psi, and a bit softer would have helped... but risked sidewall damage, which I avoided.
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With 'pointy rocks' and hardwood staubs you often cannot avoid flats no matter the tire.
BFG Rugged Trails sure let me down in the past.
I was just poking a stick at you, David. Of course with my 10-ply BFG AT's I worry less, but still keep my speed down.
Flats and Baja go together, tho.
Barry
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
If I was going 5 mph instead of 15, the tire may have not been punctured.
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The times you gave on another thread indicated you were doing just over 30 (36miles in 1h45m with a 20m and a 15m stop). That's why I brought it up.
5mph is almost walking speed. Nobody does that.
Anyway, it's unimportant and I don't want to get into anything here. I probably shouldn't post this.
BTW, there are good side roads between cocos and gonzaga which really cut down on the washboard. I always take them. I hate washboard. They loosen my
dentures . (Better watch that, people may believe it after that 'revealing'
video).
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I took the parallel roads, as well... where they exist.
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