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BajaBlanca
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@ BajaCat - just be careful with you truck and this will NOT happen - be it Ford or Dodge or ??? Simple secret is to follow east of the aguas de la
laguna.
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David K
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Yes, there is a graded dirt road... on the 'dirt' above the high tide line... just use it! 
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BajaBlanca
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DianaT
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However, that graded road can be a washboard nightmare! Think that unless it has just rained, we will stick to the flats---the UPPER part of the
flats that Blanca recommends ---- where we follow the current tire tracks. 
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comitan
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David you use it.!!!
[Edited on 5-23-2011 by comitan]
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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David K
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?? See Blanca's reply to BajaCat... that is what I was responding to...
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comitan
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David
Yes I understand now you were right, but you better not take your Taco on that road until the last of the lease. Or your planning to go to the
Dentist.
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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BajaBlanca
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comitan, do you know that when Les used to come to Bocana, before the road was paved, he said his eyeballs continued shaking after he arrived, 3 plus
hours after leaving highway 1 and traveling on the washboard....I still get a laugh at that image....
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pappy
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i remember that day mexitron. guy had just bought the truck and blew into camp looking for his pals. (who had headed north along the coast there. ) he
-for some reason i'll never understand- got off the main road and headed out across the flats. a couple hours later-as you described- we set him free,
popped-out windshield and all. we duct taped his windshield in place, he thanked us and off he went. to our surprise he did not go to meet his friends
like we thought he would. instead, he said something like " f..k this place 'i'm never coming back"
poor guy. it was his first trip to baja in a truck he just purchased no less. hopefully he ended up having a better baja experience later on.
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BajaBlanca
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pappy and mexitron - that is a sad story ... but I can understand his frustration especially if it was his FIRST and maybe last ( do you know ???) in
Baja.
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pappy
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Blanca- no idea if he ever returned to baja or not. i hope he eventually did and had better luck, but my guess is he never stepped a foot south of the
border again.
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by pappy
i remember that day mexitron. guy had just bought the truck and blew into camp looking for his pals. (who had headed north along the coast there. ) he
-for some reason i'll never understand- got off the main road and headed out across the flats. a couple hours later-as you described- we set him free,
popped-out windshield and all. we duct taped his windshield in place, he thanked us and off he went. to our surprise he did not go to meet his friends
like we thought he would. instead, he said something like " f..k this place 'i'm never coming back"
poor guy. it was his first trip to baja in a truck he just purchased no less. hopefully he ended up having a better baja experience later on.
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Experiences such as this are the essence of baja travel. If you don't enjoy them you really shouldn't go to baja.
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Mulegena
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Skipjack Joe
| Quote: | Originally posted by pappy
i remember that day mexitron. guy had just bought the truck and blew into camp looking for his pals. (who had headed north along the coast there. ) he
-for some reason i'll never understand- got off the main road and headed out across the flats. a couple hours later-as you described- we set him free,
popped-out windshield and all. we duct taped his windshield in place, he thanked us and off he went. to our surprise he did not go to meet his friends
like we thought he would. instead, he said something like " f..k this place 'i'm never coming back"
poor guy. it was his first trip to baja in a truck he just purchased no less. hopefully he ended up having a better baja experience later on.
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Experiences such as this are the essence of baja travel. If you don't enjoy them you really shouldn't go to baja. |
Some of the maxims I live by down here:
"Baja - not for the faint of heart."
Gotta have a good sense of adventure here and willingness to meet life in the raw.
"Don't wear your party dress to Baja"
(you can wear your party hat, however, including the tin-foil variety-- there's room for that here,
but leave the high heel shoes at home)
"Pay your dues"
Those little shrines along the highway, the little Maria Houses I call 'em that are at alot of roadside rests, well I figure they're there for a
reason, so acknowledge 'em at the very least and if you're so inclined leave a little offering of some kind, a peso or two or at the very least a nod
of the head and kind thought to The Lady-- hey, the philosophy runs deep here in this country. Wouldn't hurt.
"Raise your words, not your voice. It's rain that grows flowers, not thunder." ~Rumi
"It's the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." ~ Aristotle
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rob
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really REALLY stuck in the saltflats
Bajablanca - had to dust this off and post it again. This is me taking the short cut at San Evaristo. Took just about every Toyota in that part of
Baja to pull out my 1-ton 7.3l supercharged Ford diesel with locking differentials . . .
The shame of it!
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Sunman
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Sweet Jesus Rob!
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BajaBlanca
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whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
oh my goshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
thanks for sharing ........... any others have shame shots to share ???
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Skipjack Joe
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Now that guy gets a medal.
We should have rankings for baja travelers. Much like nomads. Senior. Elite. Ultra.
There should be an award ceremony with people like this being decorated. Held every 5 years.
BTW, why wasn't the trailer disengaged after he started sinking?
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BajaBlanca
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well, everyone of us gets an award because we are not faint at heart and we know that no vacations here are real vacations, they are definitely
ADVENTURES ....
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rob
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Skipjack (re trailer disengagement) - a short answer would be - optimism!
However, after several beers, we decided that forwards was NOT an option and the trailer WAS disengaged . . . to pull Tessie out (backwards) took 4
hours and 4 Toyota trucks.
The people of San Evaristo are amazing and I drive very carefully now.
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woody with a view
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pretty hairy Rob. you get the award....
| Quote: | "Pay your dues"
Those little shrines along the highway, the little Maria Houses I call 'em that are at alot of roadside rests, well I figure they're there for a
reason, so acknowledge 'em at the very least and if you're so inclined leave a little offering of some kind, a peso or two or at the very least a nod
of the head and kind thought to The Lady-- hey, the philosophy runs deep here in this country. Wouldn't hurt. |
i learned the same thing long ago! every time we pass this shrine i leave a token to the Gods......
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