El Comadante Loco
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Where to Camp
Heading down to Asuncion on Nov 11. Will leave El Centro around 6am to San Felipe, Gonzaga and hit Hwy 1. Hope to make it to Guerrero Negro late
afternoon at best. We will be prepared to camp along the way should we need to around or south of junction to BOLA. Any suggestions where to pull
over and camp would be appreciated.
Thanks
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dtbushpilot
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As trips go, we never seem to get as far as we hope to. How about stopping at Coco's corner for the night?....dt
"Life is tough".....It's even tougher if you're stupid.....
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David K
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That is a great idea! http://vivabaja.com/coco
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bajalou
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I think he has to get down south to pit for Paul and his pre-running.
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And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtbushpilot
As trips go, we never seem to get as far as we hope to. How about stopping at Coco's corner for the night?....dt |
Took the words out of my mouth.
I travel at night mostly...but not on the dirt roads. I think you may end up in Gonzada Bay around night? Do what dtbushpilot said..camp at Coco's.
That road beyond is tuff to drive at night.
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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monoloco
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Check out El Tomatal, it's a nice deserted beach just a short way from the highway. The turn off is right at the drug check point north of Jesus
Maria, the soldiers will direct you. It will be an easy drive from there to Asuncion. There is a small fish camp there where you can get lobster from
the friendly fishermen.
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Don't know anything about the truth to the story, but aren't there spooky tales about El Tomatal? Such as batteries going dead, and rock circles with
dead chickens, as if an offering? Go, and let us know if anything happens along these lines. I've avoided the area because I can't handle a dead
battery out in the middle of nowhere.
Alternatively, you can take the road at Rosarito that goes to Mision San Borja and camp somewhere along the way (not go all the way to the mission).
Lots of good spots. Off the paved road that goes to Sta. Rosalillita, before town, there's a road to the beach - cool spots there, but some sand -
walk it first. Also, you'll find plenty of good spots en route to Mex. 1 as you're coming out of Gonzaga. You'll be fresher the next day for the
trip into Asuncion.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
Don't know anything about the truth to the story, but aren't there spooky tales about El Tomatal? Such as batteries going dead, and rock circles with
dead chickens, as if an offering? Go, and let us know if anything happens along these lines. I've avoided the area because I can't handle a dead
battery out in the middle of nowhere.
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El Tomatal is Baja's E T :
http://vivabaja.com/et
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
Don't know anything about the truth to the story, but aren't there spooky tales about El Tomatal? Such as batteries going dead, and rock circles with
dead chickens, as if an offering? Go, and let us know if anything happens along these lines. I've avoided the area because I can't handle a dead
battery out in the middle of nowhere.
Alternatively, you can take the road at Rosarito that goes to Mision San Borja and camp somewhere along the way (not go all the way to the mission).
Lots of good spots. Off the paved road that goes to Sta. Rosalillita, before town, there's a road to the beach - cool spots there, but some sand -
walk it first. Also, you'll find plenty of good spots en route to Mex. 1 as you're coming out of Gonzaga. You'll be fresher the next day for the
trip into Asuncion. |
This is absolutely on my list for places to go! Any further info on this place, anyone?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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I LOVE Tomatal...some of the finest beachcombing...quick access from the highway...just out of sound range of the trucks...great beach...aliens love
it too!!! see ya soon amigo.
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Laguna Manuela near VJM is nice too and not far from the highway, if you can't get that far there are plenty of two tracks to follow west into the
desert near Laguna Chapala for some nice remote camping.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
| Quote: | Originally posted by wilderone
Don't know anything about the truth to the story, but aren't there spooky tales about El Tomatal? Such as batteries going dead, and rock circles with
dead chickens, as if an offering? Go, and let us know if anything happens along these lines. I've avoided the area because I can't handle a dead
battery out in the middle of nowhere.
Alternatively, you can take the road at Rosarito that goes to Mision San Borja and camp somewhere along the way (not go all the way to the mission).
Lots of good spots. Off the paved road that goes to Sta. Rosalillita, before town, there's a road to the beach - cool spots there, but some sand -
walk it first. Also, you'll find plenty of good spots en route to Mex. 1 as you're coming out of Gonzaga. You'll be fresher the next day for the
trip into Asuncion. |
This is absolutely on my list for places to go! Any further info on this place, anyone? |
Ummm? http://vivabaja.com/et
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I can vouch for El Tomatal, too. Great place (used to tops for abs long ago) with superb surf fishing for white sea bass, etc. Sand dabs are easily
trapped at water's edge for bait.
We usually camp next to the beach at Laguna Manuela (Jesus Maria) and commute up to Tomatal in our dune buggies. The beachcombing is great at both
these places. Lots of flotsam, jetsam, and what-eversam due to the Japan Current upchucking weird items onto the beaches. I have found WWII stuff
there..gas masks, etc. Lots of glass fishing floats.
I fondly remember the time that Nasty Nettie snared my then-young worker, Victor, while on an beach-combing excursion to Manuela y Tomatal. Wow...now
that was certainly an alien invasion! Little Victor grinned all the way home. 
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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I don't know anything about dead batteries or dead chickens at El Tomatal, we have camped there at least a dozen times over the years and have never
had any problems. The only people we have encountered there are the folks from the fish camp and they were very friendly, sending us on our way with a
bucket full of langosta. It's a lovely spot with easy access.
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David K
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The sound amplifying rock circles, spirits, animal parts (that didn't decompose), and battery draining occured near (south of) El Tomatal in the low
dunes, not north by the fish camp (La Esmeralda)... from what I heard and saw in the photos.
http://vivabaja.com/et
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