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merlin
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That silt is on the high road. The route I detailed is the western most route and you will bypass the silt. If you take the salt flat road just stick
to the hard pack - never veer off or you will pay the price.
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BajaBlanca
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oh merlin, it is soooooooooo easy to get sidetracked
we did and I thought our geo tracker and us were history
there were huge boulder filled arroyos filled with silt and once you cross one and don't know what is ahead ... well, we just forged on ! God was
smiling down on us that day ....
I will hunt for the pics and post some.
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Sweetwater
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I was working so hard through that area that I did not take many photos.....but here is one of mi amigo.....resting......
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Reality is what does not go away when you stop believing in it. -Philip K Dick
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When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I\'ve never tried before. - Mae West
Experience is what keeps a man who makes the same mistake twice from admitting it the third time around.
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woody with a view
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when you find yourself approaching the silt HIT THE GAS! if you fall it is mostly soft, for the first 6" or so!
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Ateo
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I would use Merlin's directions. After driving almost every road into San Juanico the North Road via the Salt Flats is the way to go. No silt. Some
sand but nothing a smart driver can navigate. Never needed 4X4. Salt flats are smooth riding. I don't have it on GPS but if you have questions u2u
me.
Here's the worst of the sand on the way to Datil:
Notice the interim registration sticker on dashboard. My truck was 1 week old. When I got it home it was 2 years old. Air down your tires to 20
PSI.
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Sweetwater
Option #3: I believe this is the Baja Mil route that has the most sand and silt...you turn up the canyon with a ranchito....there was nobody taking a
toll but I've heard that often happens.... |
Yep, that ranchito was CERTAINLY taking a toll last February 
DT Bushpilot and I rode 690's through there coming north from SJ....the silt was what really took the toll:
Read all about it:
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=666961&page=7
Next time I will take the western route on the flats and skip the silt.
Have I ever told you how much I hate riding deep sand and silt????
[Edited on 1-10-2012 by motoged]
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woody with a view
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don't be a girlie man, Ged! chicks dig scars!! "hey baby, did i ever tell you about this one?"
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motoged
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Woody,
You and DT must have taken the same sensitivity seminar....he told me to just shake the silt out of my skirt and keep riding 
May the curl pile-drive you head-first into some coral 
I have kept those U2U notes you sent last year re: the coastal routes west of Catavina going south....hope to use them in a year or two.....
Don't believe everything you think....
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woody with a view
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let me know if you need any updates.
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tanstaafltwentysix
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New member here-just seconding or thirding the salt flat option. I've taken sort of the inland road when some high tides and but mostly a bad
directional decision led us up near the mountains. High-centered here and my friends actively helping...deplete the beer supply. After jacking and
rock placement, we continued on and the track ended at a big washout. We ran/bounced down a dry stream bed and found another track that lead towards
the ocean with really deep silt but didn't have the raised center. Needless to say I hammered that little 4wd Tercel. We made it into San Juanico at
dusk after giving some gas to the local fish/game inspector. Surf was good and we continued on for another few months finally running out of money in
Guatemala...The car never broke down although I think this high-center (There were a few) was responsible for ripped CV boots.
[Edited on 2-2-2012 by tanstaafltwentysix]
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tanstaafltwentysix
New member here-just seconding or thirding the salt flat option. I've taken sort of the inland road when some high tides and but mostly a bad
directional decision led us up near the mountains. High-centered here and my friends actively helping...deplete the beer supply. After jacking and
rock placement, we continued on and the track ended at a big washout. We ran/bounced down a dry stream bed and found another track that lead towards
the ocean with really deep silt but didn't have the raised center. Needless to say I hammered that little 4wd Tercel. We made it into San Juanico at
dusk after giving some gas to the local fish/game inspector. Surf was good and we continued on for another few months finally running out of money in
Guatemala...The car never broke down although I think this high-center (There were a few) was responsible for ripped CV boots.
Ah, not able to post-I need to get a remote hosting.
[Edited on 1-31-2012 by tanstaafltwentysix] |
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vgabndo
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Too cool 26, We crossed the Belizian border in '92 just ahead of 4 Kiwis who had bought a beater Toyota in Houston. They had collected a horse near
Candalaria and the bonnet was a mess and cooling variable. They were planning on walking away from it somewhere in Central America when it was though.
Don't call it an adventure if there's no uncertainty!
We brought our '78 Ford HOME after 8400 miles and 42 days!
Welcome to the forum.
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"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
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PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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BajaBlanca
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welcome to BajaNomads !
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tanstaafltwentysix
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We brought our '78 Ford HOME after 8400 miles and 42 days!
Welcome to the forum. |
Thanks for the greetings all! Big miles are easy to do down there! We did ~13,000 miles in about 3 months. Began in Baja, up, down, across, here and
there through Mainland, surfing and wandering around doing the more 'normal' tourist stuff when it was flat, then down through Belize into Guatemala.
Coming home, we went from Quetzaltenango to Phoenix via Brownsville in 78 hours after finding out there was a suprise birthday party for my Aunt.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tanstaafltwentysix
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We brought our '78 Ford HOME after 8400 miles and 42 days!
Welcome to the forum. |
Thanks for the greetings all! Big miles are easy to do down there! We did ~13,000 miles in about 3 months. Began in Baja, up, down, across, here and
there through Mainland, surfing and wandering around doing the more 'normal' tourist stuff when it was flat, then down through Belize into Guatemala.
Coming home, we went from Quetzaltenango to Phoenix via Brownsville in 78 hours after finding out there was a suprise birthday party for my Aunt.
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Here on Nomad, there is a Baja Trip Reports and a Non-Baja Trip Reports forum... Sounds like you could post a great story of your travels in
those!?
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captkw
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HOLa,nomads we are a cool bunch of ---------------
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tanstaafltwentysix
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| Quote: | | [Here on Nomad, there is a Baja Trip Reports and a Non-Baja Trip Reports forum... Sounds like you could post a great story of your travels in
those!? |
I'll try to start a new thread this weekend during my son's nap time. Que Gilligan's island music in a now-defunct Santa Barbara bar during happy
hour: One friend says to me: I'm going to ride my bicycle to Guatemala. Wanna come along? I reply: I don't have a bike, but I have a car, I'll drive.
6 days later we crossed the border. Alas, it was in '95 which was pre-digital camera for most. We didn't have a flat until Belize 2 months later, we
were chased by Zapatista's, surfed our brains out and met some fantastic people. We couldn't sell the car in Guatemala (For enough $ to finance a trip
to Europe via Cancun) so when we ran out of money we came home.
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