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Ken Cooke
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Jacumba border backcountry?
I'm a member of an Off Road club in San Diego called "Just Runs" and they are going on Saturday to 'Jacumba' - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/justruns/conversations/me...
It looks like it will be a great trip, but currently my Jeep is temporarily out of commission due to having severe steering issues (thanks to my newer
set of 35" tires). Has anyone been to Jacumba? I'm sure you see nothing but a beautiful scenery juxtaposed with a large, rusted gate in the
background. I'm sure it was a nice destination 10+ or 20+ yrs. ago.
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EnsenadaDr
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I have been doing a lot of traveling along the 94 and I love the back country. It's very peaceful and serene. It's been pretty hot, but should start
cooling down now, and I love those little towns like Jacumba and Boulevard, Barrett Junction, Dulzura, Descanso, and the big town of Jamul, in
comparison. At one time Jacumba had a Hot Springs Hotel, and they had some very good food the last time I went there. I just looked it up and it
looks revamped, with swimming pools filled with natural spring water and some very nice accomodations. http://jacumbaresort.com/
Oh yeah, and if you really want to hit the big time, you can go to the Golden Acorn Casino and get Prime Rib for under $10.!!
[Edited on 9-13-2013 by EnsenadaDr]
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
and the big town of Jamul, |
You mean the Arco station and the nursery?
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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BajaLuna
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whoa, talk about a flash back! The Hwy 94 scenic drive is awesome! And be sure and stop at The Barrett Junction Café which is in the middle of
nowheresville (Dulzura), a nostalgic funky wild west saloon-ish type place. We like to go there once in awhile when we come back home, as we would go
there all the time as kids for their fish fry and hush puppies, so the Barrett Junction Café is one we do for old times sake. The fish fry's are in an
old Quonset hut.
A pit stop for bikers, hikers, sunday drivers etc. Lots of history at this place. Actually lots of history in the whole Hwy 94 drive. There is also
the old Dulzura Café too. There's a museum in Campo, if I remember correctly. And the desert view tower is out there somewhere too, can't remember
exactly where.
When we lived in San Diego we use to love to ride the Hwy 94 back country on our motorcycle and meander and stop in some of these towns. Like Dr said,
several small towns to stop in.
Hwy 94 drive is one of the best back country drives in San Diego, you gotta do it in your jeep, for sure!
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chuckie
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In 1956-57 I was stationed in San Diego. We spent weeks in the area south of Jacumba, crossing the border illegally into Mexico. We thought we were
prospecting, but in truth had no idea what we looking for. Once we rented some burros and were gone into the desert for a while. I remember camping
at a mountain spring that someone had rigged with a pipe into a catch basin. Some mexicans ahorseback joined us at the campsite. Time blurs memory,
and likely we didnt know where we were anyhow so I couldnt begin to locate anything now. I found a Spanish helmet and breastplate burried under some
cut logs, which I donated to the Museum in San Diego..I did stay at the hotel with the spring water pool sometime in the past 10years. I remember it
as a strange place.....
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tripledigitken
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Dulzura Cafe, sorry to say, has been closed for a few years.
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
and the big town of Jamul, |
You mean the Arco station and the nursery? |
The Nursery is Past History 
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David K
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Ken, you want to come down here and then hop in my Tacoma and go four wheeling in Jacumba Saturday? Roy (The squarecircle) often joins the Just Runs
group trips and has asked me to go in the past. Tomorrow is open for me... I am about 100 miles from Jacumba in San Marcos, and you are about 80 miles
north of me, I think?
Edit: Checked the requirements and the only one I don't meet is I don't have a CB radio anymore... if you have something like a handheld CB that we
can use in the Tacoma, great.
[Edited on 9-13-2013 by David K]
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
I'm a member of an Off Road club in San Diego called "Just Runs" and they are going on Saturday to 'Jacumba' - http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/justruns/conversations/me...
It looks like it will be a great trip, but currently my Jeep is temporarily out of commission due to having severe steering issues (thanks to my newer
set of 35" tires). Has anyone been to Jacumba? I'm sure you see nothing but a beautiful scenery juxtaposed with a large, rusted gate in the
background. I'm sure it was a nice destination 10+ or 20+ yrs. ago. |
just a bit east of jacumba, valley of the moon is beautiful. is a short 4wd to get there. from there you can do a nice hike up monument peak, or
just wander around the great granite walls/knobs in valley of the moon. but this is not time of year to go inland, too hot. do it after weather gets
cooler.
problem near border is the backcountry roads are crawling with CBP storm troopers 
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
The Nursery is Past History |
Really??? That's a sad surprise. Jamul got a lot smaller.
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Barry A.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
The Nursery is Past History |
Really??? That's a sad surprise. Jamul got a lot smaller. |
I thought that Jamul was a thriving residential community?? If I had remained in the San Diego area I always thought that Jamul would be the place to
live as it was not as cool as being directly on the coast----a good compromise between coastal-cool and desert-hot.
barry
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
In 1956-57... I found a Spanish helmet and breastplate burried under some cut logs, which I donated to the Museum in San Diego.
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How about a follow up on this? Thanks!
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by J.P.
The Nursery is Past History |
Really??? That's a sad surprise. Jamul got a lot smaller. |
The owners decided to close the Nursery a year or so ago all the old trucks and trailers are gone and the plants too the place looks desolate.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaLuna
Hwy 94 drive is one of the best back country drives in San Diego, you gotta do it in your jeep, for sure! |
There are a couple of ongoing road hazards to be aware of. One is the Border Patrol. They drive that road in race fashion and are dangerous to
everybody around them.
Another is some of the back-country locals who drive just like the BP.
I used to live right on 94 in Jamul so I know what it's like.
However, for an aluminum collector, there's no place like the 94 on a Saturday morning after a night of Mexican workers returning home from a week of
hard labor in the states. Tecate cans are knee deep on the side of the road.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
I thought that Jamul was a thriving residential community?? |
It is that, Barry. Lots of 5 acre ranchitos and other parcels. It would be a nice community to retire in, but maybe not on the 94.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
I found a Spanish helmet and breastplate burried under some cut logs, which I donated to the Museum in San Diego..
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Should have saved those for happy hour, Chuckie. 
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J.P.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaLuna
Hwy 94 drive is one of the best back country drives in San Diego, you gotta do it in your jeep, for sure! |
There are a couple of ongoing road hazards to be aware of. One is the Border Patrol. They drive that road in race fashion and are dangerous to
everybody around them.
Another is some of the back-country locals who drive just like the BP.
I used to live right on 94 in Jamul so I know what it's like.
However, for an aluminum collector, there's no place like the 94 on a Saturday morning after a night of Mexican workers returning home from a week of
hard labor in the states. Tecate cans are knee deep on the side of the road.
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94 is one of the most dangerous highways in San Diego County They attribute it to all the different types of vehicles and people. Vacationer's,
Bikes, Motorcycles, Commuter's and others. the accident rate is very high.
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TMW
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
I thought that Jamul was a thriving residential community?? If I had remained in the San Diego area I always thought that Jamul would be the place to
live as it was not as cool as being directly on the coast----a good compromise between coastal-cool and desert-hot.
barry |
I use to hang out at the Branding Iron bar and restaurant with a buddy that lived in the area. I think the place is closed now.
Back in the 80s we rode ATVs (3 wheelers) in the Jacumba area.
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BajaLuna
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WOW Dulzura Café and the Simpson's Nursery are closed now, say it ain't so!
Go for it when u can, it's a great drive!
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durrelllrobert
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaLuna
whoa, talk about a flash back! The Hwy 94 scenic drive is awesome! And be sure and stop at The Barrett Junction Café which is in the middle of
nowheresville (Dulzura), a nostalgic funky wild west saloon-ish type place. We like to go there once in awhile when we come back home, as we would go
there all the time as kids for their fish fry and hush puppies, so the Barrett Junction Café is one we do for old times sake. The fish fry's are in an
old Quonset hut.
A pit stop for bikers, hikers, sunday drivers etc. Lots of history at this place. Actually lots of history in the whole Hwy 94 drive. There is also
the old Dulzura Café too. There's a museum in Campo, if I remember correctly. And the desert view tower is out there somewhere too, can't remember
exactly where.
When we lived in San Diego we use to love to ride the Hwy 94 back country on our motorcycle and meander and stop in some of these towns. Like Dr said,
several small towns to stop in.
Hwy 94 drive is one of the best back country drives in San Diego, you gotta do it in your jeep, for sure! |
I remember stopping at the Barrett Junction Café in the 1950s. Back then it only consisted of the Quonset hut that is still the part of the building
and that also incorporated an auto repair shop. Some of the photos of that vintage cars on the wall include some that belong to friends of mine.
Bob Durrell
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