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[*] posted on 10-4-2011 at 11:15 AM


Russ?

If I remember correctly, you tipped over your Ranger or ATV?? out in this area.




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[*] posted on 10-4-2011 at 11:54 AM


Cant believe I stumped the board.

The big sand dunes in the picture are between Campo Rene and Punta Bromaugh about 3 - 5 miles inland. These dunes can be seen from a long distance and look really out of place for Baja.

Im not sure about the mileage, but thats a long distance over a vast salt flat.

Be very careful in this area, the only thing out there is an Abreojos Coop Vigilancia shack on the beach.

These salt flats are very dangerous depending on recent high tides. They might look dry, but they could be slippery and snotty under a thin dry crust.

Four wheel drives only go 4 feet further and 4 inches deeper. All 4 wheels will spin.

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[*] posted on 10-4-2011 at 05:09 PM
Jim Hunter was right...




The sand dunes at the end of the access road.



The road from Hwy. 1 to the sand dunes.



The highway from the Eagle Monument to the dune access road measures 2.5 miles on Google. Now, if the odometer was set to 0 at the top end of the traffic circle, 2.4 miles would be correct... this is what Jim Hunter published in 1977. There are other roads to the dunes, but this is right where Jim Hunter said it would be, and where I drove in many years ago. Note the airport between the two points.

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