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vgabndo
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Hmmmm, maybe not craziest, but certainly least well advised.
1969 somewhere between La Rumorosa and Laguna Juarez. VW crewcab pick up with two dirt bikes in the back. Dark. Very dark. Lost. Very lost. Alone.
Yes, very alone. Decided to cut my losses when I came to the end of the trail I was on.
Laid out my bag. Got out of my clothes. Put my flashlight in my boot where I could find it, then decided I needed to relieve myself. I took three
steps away from my bag and walked my naked midsection into a very health cholla. Didn't get to sleep until MUCH later. Forgot all about needing to
pee.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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frizkie
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Craziest??
Well, it was probably not the craziest thing I've ever done in Baja but it was one of the most memorable.
It was on New Year's Eve 1999 a bunch of us camped at the bluffs at Cabo Pulmo. Big bonfire on the beach, lots good food, good friends, cervesas,
tequila, and champagne.
At about five to twelve myself and five other girls stripped down and plunged naked into the Sea of Cortez...we didn't come out until the next
millenium. About fifteen minutes past twelve in the year 2000.
GREAT party!!!
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JG
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In May of 97 Mi Esposa and I were returning from a month of 4wd camping /fishing , (spent mostly in Los Frailes). After early breakfast we left Guerro
Negro figuring on a pleasant 11 hour drive home to Leucadia Ca..WRONG!! Around LA Bay turn off noticed a compleate lack of south bound traffic and
was told at a checkpoint that the road was closed in El Rosario due to a rock slide. It was apparent after seeing any small truck stop loaded with
trucks / buses / cars , this is gonna be a long one.
Approaching El R pulled up to a 1 mile north bound stopped line of cars / busses etc. We were told by our new freinds that the towns folk blocked
the hiway the morning before and no one could pass until an unpaid debt by the hiway department to the eijdo was settled, as I recall a fee of 50
pesos per km per year to allow the road to cross their land....sounded like a bargain to me!
We were told by the mixed travelers the night before was a bit more than unpleasant.....the home boys were plastered and aggresive enjoying their
new found power...(I'm talkin app. 100 young and middle age guys). People that tried to go thru the river bed to get around the semi that blocked the
hiway were threatened with rifles ,beatings etc. We were missing Fralies about now!
We set up our GREAT ESCAPE with a nice experienced Gringo in a Ford van and a German couple in a VW rental car....getting nervous now, but didnt
want to enjoy this scene for the advertised 2 more days!! The local police told me they could do nothing, same with the hiway patrol and Feds.
After walking our escape route behind some stores/ houses/ a school etc and across the ball field, to the hiway, we all agreed it would work..and
got ready..OH BOY THIS SHOULD BE FUN!
Mi Esposa walked to the west of the crowd and we waited for her hi sign (in the binocs)... AND WE ARE OFF!!
Right after I dodged 2 locals and took the upper front corner of the camper off on an over hanging tree limb, saw my pals make it up to the road
and off they went North. Not to be left behind, punched it across the ball field trying to beat the now enlightened crowd to the only exit...dam near
did it too...now comes the rocks and bottles...HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS!!!
Dejected ,however strangely elated ,resumed my now familiar place in line ...waiting for surely what promised to be a memorable evening!!!
Late in the afternoon an offical showed up ..cut a check...the police had the barricade moved and off we went...(by this time cars were app.2miles
north and south of the west end of town. Pulling up to the check point on the mesa north of ER ..was told by the Army they could do nothing because
the beef was between the town and the goverment...and they were not part of the goverment!!...SWELL!!
Got no help from the Mex ins. co. because I was off the pavement at time of impact...GREAT!
Shoulda gone to LA Bay for a few more days ...but nooo!
After being treated to the equivelent of a camper high colonic in secondary. we were snungly in our bed @ 3am. Oh ..sweet dreams!
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David K
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That sounds very close to the event Paulina was talking about...
The road block was at the river crossing, east of town.
There is a road along the south bank of the river all the way to Rosario de Abajo (the old main Baja road was part of this)...
Paulina (and children) returning north after time at Bahia de L.A. was having none of this...
I will pause, because Paulina tells her story far better than I! Plus she actually may have different 'facts' than I (LOL)!
Paulina, please give it a shot... unless there is a Nomad who saved that story from Amigos de Baja...
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JG
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David K..
Do you remember what year this happened to Paulina? I have heard the free thinking folks of El Rosario have pulled this at least twice...Thanks..JG
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bajarich
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In 1996, I drove my VW Westfalia into San Basilio Cove (north of Loreto). There were several stretches of very fine dust that were about a foot deep
and a hundred yards long. We just gunned it and powered through, until, in one of them, we started bouncing up and down and then Crash!! We hit a
rock, damaging the skid plate that holds our spare tire (although not too bad).
About 8 or 9 miles in, we came to a steep hill that we started down toward the Sea of Cortez. After some debate, we again decided to go for it.
Halfway down we came to another area of deep dust and I was sure we would never make it back up since VW's are not noted for power, and it is only
2wd. We tried to back up the hill, but only proceeded to bury our back tires. The decision had been made for us, so we proceeded down the hill to
the cove, where we found several other campers (all with 4wd). They were all amazed to see a VW Van in there. One of them offered to help us get
out so we left when they did after several days of camping. To our surprise, we managed to negociate the hill without the extra help and we made it
out ok.
This is the trip where I decided to get a 4wd drive and quit beating up my Vanagon. It still goes off-road, but only places I know I can get out of.
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Cypress
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Offered a guy two dollars after he cleaned 25 pargo for me down on the dock at Cabo San Lucas. Knew better!
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comitan
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One of the closures was june 1997 The closure started down by the police station I believe, The road was blocked and the vehicles took up all the
lanes clear back up the hill, we were lucky enough to be at Antonios Pemex so we had a bathroom, about 2:pm they opened it up and all the big diesel
trucks let go with their air horns that whole valley echoed with sound.
Strive For The Ideal, But Deal With What\'s Real.
Every day is a new day, better than the day before.(from some song)
Lord, Keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth.
“The sincere pursuit of truth requires you to entertain the possibility that everything you believe to be true may in fact be false”
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CasadelCardon
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Back in 1989, we had just finished our first week-long mule trip into the Sierra San Francisco. On the way back to Southern California, we decided to
check out El Marmol. We pulled in and parked near the foundations of the old superintendent’s house north of the arroyo. We got out walked all around,
etc. When we decided to leave, I was walking in the arroyo, my husband was at the wheel of our old Landcruiser backing down. All of a sudden I heard a
funny sound. Looking back up towards the car, I can see that the right rear wheel is hanging in midair over an open well. Ay caramba! We never even
saw the well! Though I remembered reading about it in the AAA guidebook. The left front wheel was also up in the air. We were all alone and couldn’t
figure out a way to get us out of this situation. I had visions of my husband and beloved Landcruiser at the bottom of the well and me stuck in the
middle of nowhere.
So we decided we’d have to walk out to the highway to seek help. Since we had been in the Sierras, we had given away all of our small canteens. We
only had a 2.5 gal water container. So we lugged that down the road. After about a mile or so, a little pick up comes rumbling our way. Hallelujah! We
are saved! Two US Air Force guys on their first trip to Baja. They took us back to El Marmol. They tried to tow us but our car was too heavy for their
pickup. There was an old bulldozer that my husband thought he might be able to start if need be. I roamed around El Marmol looking for anything that
we might use. I found some old loading ramps that were used to load small onyx blocks. We then had to jack up the car, putting blocks of nice square
onyx under the differential. We laid the ramps across the open well, lowered the card down and drove off!
So that another unsuspecting visitor wouldn’t do the same thing, I carefully put rocks all around the outside of the well. Of course, next time we
visited all the rocks were at the bottom of the well.
Kathy de Santispac
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DanO
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Some years ago a bunch of buddies of mine and I rented a house on the beach at Punta Estero for a few days. A few of the guys went out to Baja
Country Club to play golf, and, as I learned later, totalled one of their golf carts and took off without paying for it. Security apparently chased
them for a bit, but they got away, and ignored my advice to go back and make it all good with a few dollars. They obviously needed a lesson. Later
that day, the ringleader and a few others were out in the estero playing around on a jet ski. I hired one of the rent-a-cops out there to go down to
the shore when the ringleader pulled up, act like a real cop, cuff him, and drag him back to the patrol car. I do believe my good friend peed in his
swim trunks.
[Edited on 9-23-2006 by DanO]
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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FARASHA
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yesssss , good story - AND I bet - better not messin' around, with you around, uh??
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DanO
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Well, he had his revenge. The house we rented was rented in my name, with my money down as a security deposit. Nice place, even had a beautiful
fountain in a central courtyard. As my friend and a few others were pulling out of town at 5:30 a.m. the day we were scheduled to leave, he set off a
M300 (I think -- the one that looks like a stick of dynamite) that he had stuffed into the middle of a ten pound bag of Smart & Final tortilla
chips, which was placed in the middle of the fountain in the courtyard (and right outside my bedroom window). Besides waking up everybody in a half
mile radius and nearly shattering my window, the explosion blasted the ten pounds of chips into confetti. The confetti that landed in the fountain
combined with the water in the fountain to form a sort of lumpy masa that clogged the fountain's pump, causing it to overflow and fill the courtyard.
The courtyard was littered with the rest of the chip confetti (except for the stuff on the roof), which got wet and gooey and stuck very nicely to
everything on the ground in the courtyard -- tile, potted plants, etc. It took about three hours to clean the place up, half of which was spent
scooping the chip goo out of the fountain with a slotted spoon. I left the chips on the roof for the seagulls.
Traveling with that bunch of jokers can be a challenge. Know what happens when you walk into a roomful of people and toss a bunch of fig newtons up
into the ceiling fan that's spinning at its highest setting? It ain't pretty, I'll tell you. Or, if you have any friends that are allergic to bee
stings, try this: arrange for the group to do some all-day outside activity where there are likely to be bees, and where you are required to stop for
lunch (kayaking in the San Juan Islands in the summer is good -- lots of bees for some reason). For your lunch, select a peanut butter and jelly
sandwich and eat half. Take the other half, separate the two slices of bread, and discreetly stick them to the back of your allergic friend's
wetsuit, shirt, life vest, or what have you. Then stand back and enjoy the fun as he runs for his life from the swarming insects. (I must say that
in retrospect, it probably wasn't a good idea, and I wasn't the genius who did it, but I don't think I've ever laughed harder in my life. I had a
cramp in my face for the rest of the day.)
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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FARASHA
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just imagined all the chips, the fountain, .................hell of a mess, wild
boys - eh?
reminds me of some crazy things I did - but not in Baja, so can't drop it here.
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Geronimo
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I was 18 when I started going to San Felipe. I will not tell the stories here as some of you may have seen me! I was always welcomed back to the
Riviera hotel and was surprised every time, guess we gave security something to do all night? All I can say is that for two years we went every two
months. I am lucky to be alive or rotting away in Mexican jail. Two years ago I went to the shrimp festival and surprised many friends that I was in
town after dark. Dinner in the Edijo and early to bed is the norm now, I like it better.
[Edited on 9-23-2006 by Geronimo]
\"The only cure is to be perpetually South Bound\"
~Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers from the song Mexicosis
Geronimo
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MrBillM
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Swimming until the next Millenium ?
Actually, the new millenium began at one second past midnight on January 1, 2001.
Now, that would have been a long swim.
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Debra
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Brought my husband! 
Mean people suck!
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David K
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That's funny Travelpearl!
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Paulina
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Debra
Brought my husband! |
I can't stop laughing!!
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CasadelCardon
my husband and beloved Landcruiser
Kathy de Santispac |
Kathy: LMAO I notice it was just your husband, but it was your BELOVED
Landcruiser!!!
Dano, as someone who is allergic to bee stings & goes into anaphalactic shock from a wasp sting, I hope you now know that those idiots you were
with could have literally killed that guy. Not all that different than taking a gun & shooting him! I hope over the intervening years, that
you'd NOW put an immediate stop to it rather than laugh as you watched someone quite possibly die! Not so humerous in hindsight, huh! With the
actual property damage you described, I hope you run with a more mature crowd these days!
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BAJACAT
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Heres mine
Back in 1985 while in guadalupe canyon we took showers on the arroyo falls naked with two naked girls and their boyfriends(naked boyfriends) that we
just meet from riverside...:moon:  :moon:
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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