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Ateo
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Great thread all. Interesting.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | | so how did the LTD wagon do? |
Nice photo of the dust bowl, David, especially given the vehicle involved. You already know of the vehicle my family made the trip in a couple of
years earlier.
Something to keep in mind about that era; while many Americans felt that 4WD was a "must-have" item for any trip down the peninsula, Mexicans were
regularly running down the same road in sedans to sell them in La Paz. I have a good friend, now in his 60s, who fondly remembers making many of those
trips.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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Bajatripper
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Great photos of your trip, David, especially enjoyed those of the family. Those were the days!
On that photo of the grade south of L. Chapala, I'm sure you're aware that that pass represents the peninsular divide, according to G&G. That's
one of those boring little details I'm sure to point out to any newbie I happen to drive down the peninsula. It doesn't look like much as you go over
it, just like the Continental Divide in New Mexico.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
Great photos of your trip, David, especially enjoyed those of the family. Those were the days!
On that photo of the grade south of L. Chapala, I'm sure you're aware that that pass represents the peninsular divide, according to G&G. That's
one of those boring little details I'm sure to point out to any newbie I happen to drive down the peninsula. It doesn't look like much as you go over
it, just like the Continental Divide in New Mexico. |
YES! G&G even named it in the book: ('El Portezuelo, 2,300 feet'). Beyond that point, water flows to the gulf... for a little ways down Hwy. 1.
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Marla Daily
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Good thing cars didn't have vacuum locks back then! Vacuum automatic locking door systems can take on a mind of their own when driving through Baja
silt. A few years ago while crossing from the highway to San Nicolas in BCS, I had to cross a large deep silt patch. No problem in my 4x4. WRONG!
Click. Click. Click. Click. The doors began locking and unlocking non-stop at first. Then intermittently. Later that afternoon, with keys in the
ignition, I was locked out of the car when the vacuum system decided to lock-up again. Thank goodness for that hide-a-key! The problem eventually
worked itself out. That's one I didn't expect!
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Marla, is your car named Christine? I think it might be, lol.
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Marla, were you coming in from the Bahia? I don't know where to find silt on the road in to San Nic. from the goat ranch at Rosarito? Just curious.
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Great photos, David, they really tell the story. Wish I had taken more.
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David K
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Great photos, David, they really tell the story. Wish I had taken more. |
Thank you Vince... try looking through old shoe boxes, maybe you will find some lost film?
I hope to convert my large box of slides from our trips in the 60's and early 70's... The ones above were slides I converted back in the 80's... but I
have many more that will be enjoyed, I think.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
Great photos of your trip, David, especially enjoyed those of the family. Those were the days!
On that photo of the grade south of L. Chapala, I'm sure you're aware that that pass represents the peninsular divide, according to G&G. That's
one of those boring little details I'm sure to point out to any newbie I happen to drive down the peninsula. It doesn't look like much as you go over
it, just like the Continental Divide in New Mexico. |
The view when going over that little pass southbound has always been one of my favorites.
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
Great photos of your trip, David, especially enjoyed those of the family. Those were the days!
On that photo of the grade south of L. Chapala, I'm sure you're aware that that pass represents the peninsular divide, according to G&G. That's
one of those boring little details I'm sure to point out to any newbie I happen to drive down the peninsula. It doesn't look like much as you go over
it, just like the Continental Divide in New Mexico. |
The view when going over that little pass southbound has always been one of my favorites. |
Mine, too. I took something like ten photos from this spot on this trip, the sun and the time-of-day were just right.
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
| Quote: | Originally posted by KurtG
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
Great photos of your trip, David, especially enjoyed those of the family. Those were the days!
On that photo of the grade south of L. Chapala, I'm sure you're aware that that pass represents the peninsular divide, according to G&G. That's
one of those boring little details I'm sure to point out to any newbie I happen to drive down the peninsula. It doesn't look like much as you go over
it, just like the Continental Divide in New Mexico. |
The view when going over that little pass southbound has always been one of my favorites. |
Mine, too. I took something like ten photos from this spot on this trip, the sun and the time-of-day were just right.
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Almost the same spot, nearly 40 years earlier! Cool Steve!!
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