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BeemerDan
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Hi, Dan here from Wa state, Been down to Baja twice now, both times riding my bike, I'm an avid motorcyclist and have ridden to AK Prudhoe bay,
Dempster to Inuvik Canada, and across Labrador to Goose bay, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia etc. But nothing compares to riding Baja IMO, and can't wait to
get back down next winter. Been lurking here for a few years and finally got the nerve to post.
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DENNIS
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Welcome to BajaNomad, Dan. Glad you finally joined us. Stick around and enjoy the site. It's harmless.
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Cypress
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Registered: 3-12-2006
Location: on the bayou
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BeemerDan, Welcome aboard! "But nothing compares to riding Baja". Yep! You can get lost back in those Baja boonies. And meet some neat people between
there and here.
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durrelllrobert
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Posts: 7393
Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
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Mood: thriving in Baja
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Much safer riding down here than up north
| Quote: | Originally posted by BeemerDan
Hi, Dan here from Wa state, Been down to Baja twice now, both times riding my bike, I'm an avid motorcyclist and have ridden to AK Prudhoe bay,
Dempster to Inuvik Canada, and across Labrador to Goose bay, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia etc. But nothing compares to riding Baja IMO, and can't wait to
get back down next winter. Been lurking here for a few years and finally got the nerve to post. |
This Grizzley was hit and killed by a motorcyclist last week on Lolo Pass. This is the pass between Lolo, MT and Kooskia, ID. Lolo Pass, elevation
5,233 feet (1,595 m), is a mountain pass in the northern Rocky Mountains on the border between the U.S. States of Montana and Idaho approximately 25
miles (40 km) west-southwest of Missoula, Montana.
The biker spent three days in the hospital! The hog's a wreck!
Lesson learned: Don't go Bear Hunting with a Harley, they don't last but one hunt! BMWs, maybe 2 
Bob Durrell
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Cypress
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Location: on the bayou
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Last week? Those pictures look very much like some that I saw a few yrs. back. Lolo Pass? Went thru there a few years back during a full blown
blizzard. 
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Bob H
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Registered: 8-19-2003
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Wow, looks like Dabbs post has been removed and any other posts that references Dabbs is being removed. I'm curious about this, why?
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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David K
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Location: San Diego County
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When this happens Bob, it would seem that the new member was in serious violation of Nomad rules. It is very rare for Doug to do this, so it was
obviously a case of bad language, anti-personal posts, or a banished Nomad using a new name to try and get back on?
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Gaucho
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Location: Laguna Beach/East Cape
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Mood: Bohemia por favor...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by durrelllrobert
| Quote: | Originally posted by BeemerDan
Hi, Dan here from Wa state, Been down to Baja twice now, both times riding my bike, I'm an avid motorcyclist and have ridden to AK Prudhoe bay,
Dempster to Inuvik Canada, and across Labrador to Goose bay, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia etc. But nothing compares to riding Baja IMO, and can't wait to
get back down next winter. Been lurking here for a few years and finally got the nerve to post. |
This Grizzley was hit and killed by a motorcyclist last week on Lolo Pass. This is the pass between Lolo, MT and Kooskia, ID. Lolo Pass, elevation
5,233 feet (1,595 m), is a mountain pass in the northern Rocky Mountains on the border between the U.S. States of Montana and Idaho approximately 25
miles (40 km) west-southwest of Missoula, Montana.
The biker spent three days in the hospital! The hog's a wreck!
Lesson learned: Don't go Bear Hunting with a Harley, they don't last but one hunt! BMWs, maybe 2 |
Glad to hear the biker made it out of this alive. It still breaks my heart to see this.
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bufeo
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Beemer Dan, welcome to the forum.
The post above about the grizzly has some inaccuracies in it. First of all it did not meet its death from a motocyclist but a collision with a pickup.
Second, it happened about a hundred miles east of Lolo Pass.
See HERE for details.
Allen R
P.S. I don't know what this had to do with welcoming new members.  
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durrelllrobert
Elite Nomad
Posts: 7393
Registered: 11-22-2007
Location: Punta Banda BC
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Mood: thriving in Baja
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bufeo
Beemer Dan, welcome to the forum.
The post above about the grizzly has some inaccuracies in it. First of all it did not meet its death from a motocyclist but a collision with a pickup.
Second, it happened about a hundred miles east of Lolo Pass.
See HERE for details.
Allen R
P.S. I don't know what this had to do with welcoming new members. |
Sorry, you're correct. It happened over 2
years ago. I was taken in by the new email that came this week. The only reason for posting it at all was because BeemerDan has been riding his
motorcycle all over up north and can't wait to get back down to Baja next winter.
[Edited on 4-28-2012 by durrelllrobert]
Bob Durrell
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Barry A.
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Posts: 10007
Registered: 11-30-2003
Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Mood: optimistic
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Look at those claws!!!!! Know what they are used for besides digging termites out of logs??? Ripping up everything and anything that the bear
wants to rip!!! houses, barns, other animals, or people---it really does not care which some of the time. Just thinking about his presence makes me
very uncomfortable----been there, done that.
I, for one, will not miss it!!!, nor the dinosaurs. (oh boy, now I have done it) 
Barry
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Bob H
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Registered: 8-19-2003
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
When this happens Bob, it would seem that the new member was in serious violation of Nomad rules. It is very rare for Doug to do this, so it was
obviously a case of bad language, anti-personal posts, or a banished Nomad using a new name to try and get back on? |
Thanks David. I just didn't see anything happen like this. It must of been quick. Too bad.
The SAME boiling water that softens the potato hardens the egg. It's about what you are made of NOT the circumstance.
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BeemerDan
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Registered: 1-13-2011
Location: Port Orchard Wa
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Thanks Nomads for the warm welcome, Always sad to see such a beautiful creature like that Griz get killed. I did the Lolo pass ride last fall, didn't
get to see but one black bear, rode up into Glacier NP and Going to the Sun hwy. I've seen lots of Griz up in BC, Yukon and AK tho, Last year I was
coming down the Cassiar and saw a Mom Griz with 3 cubs, Seeing 2 cubs is rare as hens teeth but wow 3! My closest encounter came with Bullwinkle on
the same hwy firther north, Came around a turn and there he was standing in the middle of the road, Dynamited the brakes, and just barely missed him,
but I almost could of just ridden under him he was so tall.
My fav riding is Baja tho, So many places to see, The locals and people I've met are so incredibly friendly. Although I've only been down twice I feel
like I've found a second home, BTW thanks David for helping me get aboard, As soon as i figure photobucket out I'll post some pics.
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Osprey
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Registered: 5-23-2004
Location: Baja Ca. Sur
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This is not a highjack. This is a small rant. I get to rant, I get to rant! I'll do it on the Welcome Newbies thread:
I encourage newbies and the whole board to show a little more humanity in their posting in English. You're all saying how touchie-feely this large
group is/can be at times soooooo why is it that in the scitty eight bizillion posts so far not one person refers to humans as "Who's"? Humans are
gone. They have been replaced by "That's". Used to be the "Fireman who, the nurse who, the guy next door who, the other group of travelers who, etc,
etc." Now it's the Fireman that, the nurse that, etc. etc."
Why do you all feel the need to dehumanize the folks you speak of? Afraid of coming closer by admission? Do you see people as "Things", groups of
people as "Articles". What the hell happened to WHO and where did it go? And, by the way, can we get them back?
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DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
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Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Why do you all feel the need to dehumanize the folks you speak of? Afraid of coming closer by admission? Do you see people as "Things", groups of
people as "Articles". What the hell happened to WHO and where did it go? And, by the way, can we get them back? |
The internet has stripped us of our real personality, Jorge. We are nothing left but chicken-scratches on a screen.
In a church setting, we would be treated as "appararitions"......voices from a less temporal place, and regarded as instruments of a God....or
Gawd.....depending on what you believe....or don't, and probably never will...or won't......something like that. 
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[Edited on 4-29-2012 by DENNIS]
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DavidE
Ultra Nomad
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Registered: 12-1-2003
Location: Baja California México
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Mood: 'At home we demand facts and get them. In Mexico one subsists on rumor and never demands anything.' Charles Flandrau,
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Myself I am rather terrified of grizzlies. I spent a night in a line shack near Quaking Aspen Creek Montana with a dog while a grizzly tried to claw
his way in. He or she knew we were in there. My uncle "Chick" of Ennis Montana knew how to build bear-proof. The line shack was made out of 16"
diameter lodge pole pine. The bear stuck his arm (leg) through the foot square window and groped around I guess trying to hook something. Then it
tried to rip out around the window. Chick had reinforced it with angle iron. I whacked the arm/leg as hard as I could with a cast iron frying pan.
That did not faze the bear. It finally left and both me and the dog spent a very sleepless night with the kerosene lamp set to high. I had to walk six
miles the next day as my pony had bolted. I was 13-years of age. Those damned claws in that image brought back a lot of memories. Grizzlies aren't
stupid. I wonder if it somehow thought it was going to snag an antelope?
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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BeemerDan
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Registered: 1-13-2011
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Wow David, Thats pretty crazy, Incredible, I once rode alone 100 plus miles up the North Canol rd in the Yukon to where it deadends at MacKensie pass
the the Northwest territories, After I made camp a helicopter came by landing nearby, Turned out they were Geologists surveying for gold, They then
broke the news to me a Griz was down on the riverbank 100 yds away then they flew off. Didn't get much sleep that night, and since the sun never
really set I just lay awake on my air mattress with my motorcycle helmet on and a camp axe across my chest. Doubt if it would of helped any, but at
least they would of found my head intact!
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