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mulegemichael
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on the cortez side, anywhere south of the east cape is really nice but expensive...san jose del cabo can be flat calm while the north wind roars just
a few miles up the coast.
dyslexia is never having to say you\'re yrros.
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Ateo
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Punta San Carlos. Pacific side. Just kidding!
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ateo
Punta San Carlos. Pacific side. Just kidding! |
Yes, and in case some don't know... that is a wind surfering camp! http://www.solosports.net
[Edited on 10-24-2011 by David K]
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El Camote
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Learn to embrace it...but not too close
Problem with the wind in Mexico, if it's not blowing outside, it's breaking inside. 
Knowledge is good. - Emil Faber
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by kimberlymichael8
Would love opions of the best retirement spots without a lot of wind?
Interested in renting long term and would love contact info |
relative to most coastal locations go, ensenada-TJ corridor is not very windy, about the same as san diego. so little wind that the sailing is not
very good.
of course, coastal locations are usually windier than locations a few miles inland, but inland locations are usually hotter,...
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bajaguy
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kimberlymichael8
Check your u2u message........upper right corner by where you sign in
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Skeet/Loreto
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The Panhandle of Texas is the best Place in the States to Live!!!!!
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MitchMan
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What about La Paz? Doesn't seem to be very windy there, except when it has a storm. I go there about 8 times a year throughout the year. Haven't
noticed that it has been very windy. The only environmental issue that you will encounter there is the heat. Can't really spend alot of time outside
during the summer months... unless you can take the heat. As far as bugs, well, since there hasn't been much rain over the last two years, there
haven't been as many small flying bugs as 3 years ago, but it is a little bit of an issue in La Paz.
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGringo
No wind???
Scratch off anywhere by the water... |
Or the mountains..................or the desert.
What's left in Baja?
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wessongroup
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Cave
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kimberlymichael8
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A cave LOL
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Bajaboy
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skeet/Loreto
The Panhandle of Texas is the best Place in the States to Live!!!!! |
Skeet, you still guaranteeing Perry is going to be President? Talk about wind.....oh my what a burro
As for a place to rent without wind....how about Elias Calles in Baja Sur?
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bkbend
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For a short vacation, wind can be a bummer. For retirement, not so big a deal. You'll get windy days but also plenty of calm days. Adjust your
activities accordingly. That opens much more area for consideration.
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kimberlymichael8
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Good advice bkbend, we have never been down for more than 2 weeks.
That pesty job thing !
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mcfez
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The wind does not blow that bad every day in Baja. The days that it does....there is plenty to do indoors such as researching your next trip...do your
chores, and ect. Outdoors ...where you'll can find wind protected valleys and bays.
I certainly would not move inland.....thought I am sure there are a few places that isnt too hot as Hell. Few.
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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BajaBlanca
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no wind .... tha gave me such a belly laugh !!! and also had me at a loss for answers ..... that being said: trust me, the wind is a very, very
welcome thing if not exagerrated ...it removes flies and mosquitoes and keeps life bearable heat-wise. remember, this is a DESERT.
Bahia Asuncion is not a bad choice - there is one end called Hawaii which is warmer and the other end, for those who like the cold, is called Alaska.
Both ends will be really hot or really cold on the very same day at the very same time. Everyone is happy there temperature-wise, I presume !
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jakecard
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Blanca, am I misreading your post or did you just cite Bahia Asuncion as a place in Baja that is not bad for wind?
Jake
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bajatravelergeorge
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Light wind and no biting bugs, try Clairemont in San Diego.
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shari
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Alaska is howling today and does so in Apr-June...I too had a chuckle thinking about somewhere in baja with no wind...nuh uh.
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Osprey
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Old Friends
This little sea, the Gulf of California, is nothing more than a long skinny bay poking up between the western shore of Mexico and the eastern shore of
Baja California. The crooked finger of salt water is naturally narrow at the tip, wide at the mouth, just like the digits on a human hand. The end of
the fingernail points northward to what used to be the final meander of the great Colorado River. At the widest part, where the finger meets the hand,
the long bay is just over 100 miles across. Here the imaginary finger and hand disappear, lost in the unfathomable blue-black vastness, the depths of
the world’s largest ocean, the Pacific.
Yesterday a normal seasonal wind began to push the surface of the water south and east starting at the fingertip, not so much fearsome in strength as
it was unrelenting. For over 900 miles the process continued, building one long wave after the other, stretching, pulling and pushing the top layer of
the sea between the two shores from northwest to southeast, a very long fetch. Along both shores the ragged outcroppings, a few islands and small
headlands felt the surge of what was no longer a placid sea but rather a stream now moving with the terrible force water can exert upon things it
touches which are not in motion with it.
I wasn’t at the skinny end of the bay. I was here, to the south, near the mouth. The shoreline of this small pueblo runs the wrong way for winds like
this. Instead of the great stream grazing, almost caressing our picturesque little beach on its headlong rush to escape this narrow prison, the
unimaginable force of wet weight ran right into the land.
What woke me from a deep and restful sleep last night was the sound and fury caused by our being in the way. It must have been a grand surprise when,
at the end of a very long run, this terrible river of energy encountered the sloping wall of sand which was the beach near my house. Here were no
implacable granite cliffs or great rock buttresses, but only a low line of sand marked flats that rose slowly toward the mountains almost thirty miles
to the west.
Anger was what I was hearing! This was the sound of pure consternation. A large part of the tumbling, falling, pushing stream had hit a small, soft
step. This arrogant little body of water had just stubbed its toe and was howling in displeasure and pain. Each long wave unwillingly crested, formed
a crown and fell on the one before it, thereby losing its energy and identity. It was followed by the next great blue and white beast which spilled
and spewed its life upon the strand. Not one wave would ever live to spread its influence into the great Pacific. All night I listened to the waves
stumbling up the soft sand like wine-drunk soldiers stepping on the heels of their foolish leaders.
These pulses of power had no courtesy, no patience. The roar was a crazy mixing of the sound of power as it built and died. A long, solid upwelling
crested, then fell with the predictable sound of water falling on water. The next wave was sucked toward the beach but made little sound. Five or more
long waves combined, just a second later, to push all the other water up or aside so the crest, fall, rush sound was not one sound like a hand clap
but a short, loud hissing noise--a three-second waterfall. The sound was like too many people talking at once, with a half second hush before more
shushing riotous complaint.
The wind will abate. This long, narrow sea will grow calm and I will once more fall asleep to the usual silence of the night--a few dogs barking, the
sound of a night bird. After a few days of calm, when I may once again launch my small boat to catch some inshore fish for dinner, the wind will
undoubtedly return. Then the drunken, reckless thing will call to me as it stumbles ashore and perhaps beckon me to awaken, arise and attend. We are
getting to be friends, comfortable in our roles. No longer unsettled by the noise, I may lie back and drift off like an old man in the middle of a
classic film he’s seen a hundred times.
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