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motoged
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Several years ago I waited a day for gas in San Ignacio....Pemex was dry....
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There are so many more stations now, they supply is better over all, but a very good point micah202. I remember the long lines of the 70's in USA.
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We use to see cars and mohos lined-up waiting for the truck to refuel the station. Always hated to see the moho caravans at a Pemex, they could suck a
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...the supply chain is actually pretty fragile ,,,it wouldn't take much of an event to see those lines,and much worse reappear!
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bufeo
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Getting gas in Baja prior to the paved road south was always an adventure.
Allen R
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bufeo
Getting gas in Baja prior to the paved road south was always an adventure.
Allen R
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Even after it was paved if a station was open and had gas you would top off just in case. Also, whoever mentioned the RVs was right on...one of those
caravans could drain a Pemex station dry real quick.
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I'd never give a guy a ride with a loaded gun and ammo but maybe that is my US mentality. | Quote: | Originally posted by MMc
The pot farm is dead and gone, there is no reason to to go down that road and it has a gate. The narco is up north and it's a very big house that can
be seen from the road. Dr. have you ever been been south by road?
If I thought these places posed a issue to travelers, I would be spewing all that I could.(lawyers, guns and money, police) They are not, your are
taking this thread down a road of your own little world. Leave it, I was trying to let this board what the hot rumor is in Catavina. That is all.
If you think Baja is without risk, DO NOT GO!!! If you do go, except the risk and all that goes with it.
Those that have skin in the game get it, those of us that pass through it should do so with respect and humility, with our head on a swivel.
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jbcoug
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
I'd never give a guy a ride with a loaded gun and ammo but maybe that is my US mentality.[quote
If he wanted you to, you would probably give him a ride. A man with a loaded gun can be very persuasive.
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chuckie
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What are you smoking now doc? Where anywhere did this thread say anything about a loaded gun? Have YOU ever driven south of Ensenada? Ever?
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One can hope
That they put in an OXXO or a 7/11 also
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EnsenadaDr
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He was carting bullets with him, I assume in a gun. But could be he had a baggie with bullets in them. | Quote: | Originally posted by chuckie
What are you smoking now doc? Where anywhere did this thread say anything about a loaded gun? Have YOU ever driven south of Ensenada? Ever?
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Doc. this is really about GAS, Please don't take it off course. Some of us think that having a permanent source there is really a good idea. There is
gas available all over that area if you ask around, but it is from drums. I have always felt bad about making somebody travel on my behalf.
You have picked apart everything but the gas. if you don't have anything add about gas please don't post or start your own thread.
"Never teach a pig to sing it frustrates you and annoys the pig" - W.C.Fields
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
I'd never give a guy a ride with a loaded gun and ammo but maybe that is my US mentality. |
Oh, Doc.....you probably would if the gun was pressed against your head 
....but then I am only speculating.....you can appreciate that, no?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Several years ago I waited a day for gas in San Ignacio....Pemex was dry....
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In the last few years, San Ignacio can be a bit problematic. More than once, we have found they without gas. We learned that when we arrive at San
Ignacio, and the station is open, we fill up---- never wait until the next morning. :-)
The only thing I hate about a Pemex opening in a place like San Ignacio and other places is that it puts someone out of a job who has probably been in
business for a long time.
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It would be a very good deal if gas were sold again at Catavina. I was cheated at the gas station once when coming south alone and rode on fumes
right after Catavina until I finally saw a barrel.
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If the Doc would post a picture of herself at Catavina,(or anywhere south of Maneadero for that matter), her credibility would skyrocket. Well, that's
probably a fizzle... The silence is deafening.
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I absolutely cannot imagine the reopening of a Pemex station in Catavina until. if it ever happens, they electrify the area. It makes little sense to
have to pay for the fuel to power the pumps, as they are off the grid.
The Los Pinos folks did upgrade the generators at the hotel so they now provide power throughout all day. Much better than when you had to wait until
5pm to be able to turn on your room A/C. But, for the life of me, I do not understand why they did not install solar, given the local conditions.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajahowodd
I absolutely cannot imagine the reopening of a Pemex station in Catavina until. if it ever happens, they electrify the area. It makes little sense to
have to pay for the fuel to power the pumps, as they are off the grid.
The Los Pinos folks did upgrade the generators at the hotel so they now provide power throughout all day. Much better than when you had to wait until
5pm to be able to turn on your room A/C. But, for the life of me, I do not understand why they did not install solar, given the local conditions.
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I fail to see the problem, you pull up for gas and the attendant fires up the generator, fills you up then
shuts it down. exactly like they do in gonzaga bay. how hard is that?
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Ateo
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Catavina is a great place for a fueling facility. NO FLOODING there, except for that arroyo south of town.
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Ateo
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And here's the facility that they're probably talking about re-opening:
Two above ground storage (AST) tanks and 1 dispenser. One gas AST and 1 diesel AST? Or maybe one verde and one rojo? Or one could be for the
generator for the hotel I guess................
[Edited on 6-6-2014 by Ateo]
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Marc
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I remember when the station at Cataviņa was up and running. After it closed the guys at the hotel would sell me gas from the area near the employees
dorm. Never did buy gas at their pump.
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the local entrepreneurs would just buy all the gas and sell it out of barrels, whats gonna change?
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