David K
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Back from Baja... Freaky Fourth Weather! Art (edm-1) news.
Here is a trip (brief) report... A full report, photos, Hwy. 5 road log (San Felipe to Laguna Chapala) all coming... Check trip reports forum and road
conditions forum later...
On Friday, we (Kristi, Baja Angel and I) drove to Shell Island... Saturday was awesome... perfect weather...
Art (edm-1) in his new 4WD motorhome was late and arrived during full tide and could not get onto the beach... because it IS on an island... with 18'+
high tides.
Saturday night, hurricane force winds wipped up, destroyed our pop up sun canopy and ripped the side of our tent... No sleep all night! Art and his
wife camped across the lagoon from our spot on the island and came over the next morning bringing lumpias and ox tail soup! They went shell collecting
while we packed up... We all were off the island and headed south a day earlier then planned...
We spent two wonderful nights at Baja Cactus in El Rosario... showed Kristi some of the area sites and came home yesterday... It RAINED in El Rosario
Tuesday morning!
A Freaky Fouth of July Weekend, indeed!!!
Art is headed south, but Nora couldn't get a Tourist Card, as her passport was expired and they wouldn't issue her one in Mexicali... So they may not
go into Baja Sur because of that... (Yes Shari, I did tell them about the other way across the border) 
Stay tuned for lots of photos and Hwy. 5 details in the appropriate forums!
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viabaja
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Ah yes Dave, the wind!! Lost more tents & tarps than I can remember to those freakage winds, especially at nite which is a drag. Most miserable
which is why we got a house down there. C
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Mexitron
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That's pretty amazing to get rain in July on the coast---was it a monsoon or a late northerly? Baja has wind everywhere---I've had a couple tents
ripped apart from the west coast low pressure systems that sweep thru.
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Ken Cooke
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What?? Your Toyota got stuck??  
[Edited on 7-6-2011 by Ken Cooke]
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shari
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edm-1 just pulled in here and asked if you had posted about his....er...ummm....misfortune yet! hahahaha...he was darn glad it was paved all the way
into Asuncion and he is now enjoying the view of the island from our driveway...off to Mari's for dinner soon.
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edm1
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Yes, we got to ba ja Sur.
The imigracion guy at the norte/Sur border was very kind and gave my wife an FMT on account of her dl id
and citizenship paper.
[Edited on 7-7-2011 by edm1]
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BAJACAT
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David how did you end up In El rosario...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by edm1
The imigracion guy at the norte/Sur border was very kind and gave my wife an FMT on account of her dl id
and citizenship paper.
[Edited on 7-7-2011 by edm1] |
Awesome! Glad it worked out perfectly for you! Have a great time Art and Nora... It was great spending the time with you both on Shell Island!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
David how did you end up In El rosario... |
I drove, why?
The plan was to spend Monday night at Baja Cactus to show Kristi the place her mom has raved about for the past 6 years... and La Lobera, too!
Because of the wind destroyoing our camp stuff, we just went there a day sooner... South on Hwy. 5 with a brief tour of Rancho Grande, Campo Beluga,
and Sacraficio (in case we wanted to spend a night at any of those places (not)! Then we turned north at Laguna Chapala to El Rosario... got there
before sundown.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
What?? Your Toyota got stuck??
[Edited on 7-6-2011 by Ken Cooke] |
Not my Toyota Ken... so far it is un-stuckable!
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Bob H
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Looks like another great adventure trip to Baja David!
Looking forward to your photo and trip report.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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