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ELINVESTIG8R
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durangotang, Dang good report and photos. You are now a La Baja Veteran! Thanks again. David
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durangotang
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Day 15- Fishing, Missions, and Mulege
This was a very laid back day to explore the town of Mulege, do some shopping, and be lazy in general...
Some buildings in Mulege...
The old mission overlooking town...
Not a bad view from the mission...
Then it was time for some afternoon snorkeling...
...and I was determined to actually catch a fish...
...and I did... the smallest fish in Baja
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rts551
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Great pictures and descriptive trip report.
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durangotang
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Day 16- Tecate, Scallops, Spearfishing, and Jellyfish
We came across an opportunity that we couldn't pass up... head out with a local guide for some lessons on how to catch the local seafood....
sweetness...
Started off the day with some freshly delivered tamales from Roberta (a local)... they were beyond good
We took off while I practiced posing for my Abercrombie spread...
Not bad to start the day... a big bag of ginormous clams.
...and an octopus... plus 6 fish for cooking... and 8 large scallops
We were being watched closely...
Daniel, our trusty guide. He only drinks Tecate Light because he says normal Tecate makes him too drunk to drive the boat
After we had our catch for the day (an I had been stung by a jellyfish)... Daniel took us to this isolated beach out on an island to cook what we
caught.
The guy had come out here years ago and hollowed out these rocks for cooking... pretty sweet...
The goods...
The group... at left are the Canadians that were camped near us. Then is John from Colorado (solo dual sport rider). Then Nicole and Daniel.
We were all stuffed... so we sat around, drank Tecate, and relaxed...
I think we got our poses down on the trip back...
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durangotang
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Day 17- Bahia Concepcion to San Quintin
Long day on the road this time... we really wanted to get back up north so that we could be in a good position for our adventure the following day.
This was the first time I had ever been north of Chapala and things are quite different up there....
When you drive a CRD, bring a funnel... most smaller stations only have the large diesel nozzles...
On the road again...
The roadside decor changed pretty dramatically as we headed to the Pacific coast...
Wildflowers were blooming...
The long road ahead...
It just got greener and greener as we got closer to San Quintin... almost like they just got a lot of rain or something 
How do you know if a semi just passed WAY too close to you? When your fender flare gets ripped off and your driver mirror gets hit.... yikes!
Unfortunately, we had to enjoy the sunset from the road this time... just south of San Quintin.
I forget the name of the place we camped... it was a little tough trying to find a place to camp in the mud hole that is the San Quintin area. Some
campgrounds just seem to be gone altogether after the storms... we were the only people in the restaurant that night, odd for such a big place...
Food was good though... and the menu's were pretty nifty...
Under $20 when everything was said and done...
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durangotang
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Day 18- Into the heart of darkness
OK well maybe it wasn't QUITE that dramatic... but we set out on quite the adventure... cross the mountains from San Quintin to San Felipe. We
didn't want to go all the way to Ensenada and take the highway, so it was off into the mountains we went. Time to see what a hurricane does to
mountain roads
Woke up to a very green Baja in San Quintin...
Our campground was at the end of this cool road...
Green green green
The bridges are still gone on Mex 1... crews are working hard to fix them...
We took our turn off the highway just north of Colonet... even ran into a Army checkpoint in the middle of nowhere... they seemed quite puzzled
about some gringos out there and our conversation went something like this:
"Hola. Hablas Espanol?"
"Solo un poquito"
"...something something something in spanish"
"...me looking confused..."
"...El camino... something something... es asi asi..."
"Es ta peligrosa?"
"Si... something something (poining at Jeep)quattro y quattro?"
"Si."
"Es ta bien... buena suerte amigos"
Must be safe 
We cruised through farmland and the road has some rather large mud holes... the flatbed pickup with a winch that followed us made me feel much better
about crossing them. Going through mud with a trailer is quite the experience...
Then I got to cruise in some deep sand for a while...
You can see how badly the area flooded...
Cruising on my little shelf road... you can see where the flooding washed away a large part of the vineyard.
And then the road was gone...
So I decided to backtrack and cross the riverbed itself... after a little bit of dirtworkboth Jeep and trailer made it up the other bank... (always
bring a shovel!!! )
After cruising a little up another arroyo... we were back on the road... apparently not the first though
Near the top, the roads felt like home... little shelf roads in the mountains...
Near the summit of our crossing of the Sierra San Pedro Martir... I think that's Spanish for "not the place to bring a trailer"
Another piece of the road gone... bypass was interesting
And after we popped out at Valle de Trinidad... we made it back to pavement!!
And we made it back to yummy food at Pete's Camp!
...and I promptly went to bed
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durangotang
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Day 19- Relaxing in San Felipe
Ahhh... San Felipe... we decided to spend our last couple of days relaxing in San Felipe before we headed back to the states... it was a good
choice.
Sunrise over the tidal flats...
Nicole added significantly to her beach combing collection...
Then we hit the town to do some shopping and eat some good food.
Headed up to the shrine overlooking town...
The San Felipe Malecon...
My prize find from the trip... hidden on the shelves of a book store in San Felipe... the book is awesome
Finished the day off with an obscenely large Tecate and sat in the sun...
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Bajahowodd
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Kudos. One magnificent trip report. Kinda wish I'd been with you.
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durangotang
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
Hey Durango- That was a wonderful post. Thoroughly enjoyed it, although It just seems hard to believe that it was your first time. If that part is
true, then you really must have done your homework. |
It was certainly my first time heading south of the border... and I'll take that as a compliment... I think i read just about every post on this
site over the 6 months before going
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David K
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GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!
I think you may have caught 'Baja Fever' with that trip!
Yes, the Cliff Cross Baja Guide (1972 update edition) is really a good find... Birds eye view maps and so many photos of the ranchos and campos from
the late 1960's make it a prize to have.
That was brave of you to use the San Vicente-Valle Trinidad road after the major floods... but you got through!
Thanks again fior the time to share your trip with us, here!
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durangotang
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!
I think you may have caught 'Baja Fever' with that trip!
Yes, the Cliff Cross Baja Guide (1972 update edition) is really a good find... Birds eye view maps and so many photos of the ranchos and campos from
the late 1960's make it a prize to have.
That was brave of you to use the San Vicente-Valle Trinidad road after the major floods... but you got through!
Thanks again fior the time to share your trip with us, here! |
I just read your signature and realized who you are
Thanks a million for all the info on your website... it's been a huge help to us in planning our trip. You're doing a great job (and having too much
fun, it seems)
I feel like I owe you a beer or something for the info... haha
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durangotang
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
GREAT GREAT GREAT!!!
I think you may have caught 'Baja Fever' with that trip!
Yes, the Cliff Cross Baja Guide (1972 update edition) is really a good find... Birds eye view maps and so many photos of the ranchos and campos from
the late 1960's make it a prize to have.
That was brave of you to use the San Vicente-Valle Trinidad road after the major floods... but you got through!
Thanks again fior the time to share your trip with us, here! |
I just read your signature and realized who you are
Thanks a million for all the info on your website... it's been a huge help to us in planning our trip. You're doing a great job (and having too much
fun, it seems)
I feel like I owe you a beer or something for the info... haha |
You owe nothing... you have 'over-paid' with this trip report!
While some here prefer secrecy as if they own Baja, there is plenty of good folks on Nomad like yourself that is really doing a big favor to Mexico by
sharing their trips here.
You are indeed brave to do such a lage trip as your first one... and you got to see a lot of variety of Baja to help plan future trips by. The fact
that you so readily ate the local food and enjoyed it... along with the Caguamas of Tecate (or Ballenas of Pacifico), as the large bottles are called,
means you have passed the gringo explorer test!
You didn't show any panic at the trailer wreck (The 'Oh Sh*t Dip' perhaps?) or the sideswipe on skinny Mexico #1... very good!
Looking forward to more of you Baja adventures to come!
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durangotang
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by durangotang
Trailer is of the homebrew variety... |
I was going to ask. Can you think of any production models? I've seen one on the road but can't seem to find it on the net.
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adventuretrailers.com is a good place to start
you can also check out expeditionportal.com (they have an entire section for trailers)
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DENNIS
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Thanks. And thanks again for the adventure.
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desertcpl
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that was really great,, good work
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eetdrt88
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yea,buddy!!
killer trip report!!!love all the pics...youre pretty lucky to get do the whole peninsula like that at once....hope to do that trip someday
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Cypress
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durangotang, Thanks for the report and all the pictures.
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Barbareno
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That was fantastic. Sure makes a person want to get down there.
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k-rico
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The place you stayed south of San Quintin on your way north is Cielto Lindo, recently referred to as "Cielto Feo" by another nomad.
We always stay there as the first/last stop from home. We time it so we arrive just before sunset and leave just before sunrise, straight to the PEMEX
for morning coffee etc. Not the best place in SQ but we usually get a full hookup spot for 50 pesos and a few beers at the bar, we have a truck camper
and don't use the hookups. It's just a place to sleep, 10 hours from Mulege. Funky place that's OK with bringing the dogs into the bar.
Great trip report, thanks for taking the time to post all the fotos. You did it (the trip) right, 3 weeks makes for a comfortable round trip.
[Edited on 3-9-2010 by k-rico]
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Barbareno
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I figured that was Cielto Lindo as well K-rico. We have stayed there as well for an over nighter. The second last time we were there I was shocked
to see a picture of a dog we took down there. Hanging on the wall. He is no longer with us and seeing that picture was just the coolest thing.
[Edited on 3-9-2010 by Barbareno]
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