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edm1
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
Your travel log has been great. I think you should add some outlined maps and I would like to know what the temperatures were in the day and at
night.
Seriously, this is your core knowledge and if you stayed on this path and stopped correcting everyone it would benefit everyone.
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If you don't want to expand your knowledge, including the correct way to spell PLACES in Baja, then the Internet may not be the best place to hang
out? Let's just enjoy each other's posts and not tell us what we can post. Okay Blue? |
I forget this is your lifes apex, but, regardless of your insecurities, a great log
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Don't worry everyone's entitled to a bad day or two. Let's just get along, no need to be argumentative on non life threatening issues.
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Pacifico
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Let's get back to the trip report.....
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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motoged
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David,
I think it is a great report 
And am glad you two are going further south than usual....
Drive the Rancho Naranja road from north of the San Jose del Cabo airport west to just south of Todos Santos....your Taco will thank you for it  
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
David,
I think it is a great report
And am glad you two are going further south than usual....
Drive the Rancho Naranja road from north of the San Jose del Cabo airport west to just south of Todos Santos....your Taco will thank you for it
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Always wanted to do that road... Do you have photos?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by CortezBlue
Your travel log has been great. I think you should add some outlined maps and I would like to know what the temperatures were in the day and at
night.
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This much of your reply is worth responding to, and thanks for the nice words about the report. There is much more to go.
On the coast, San Felipe to La Paz, the daytime highs were no more than 95ºF anytime I looked at the thermometer in my truck. The evenings were only
slightly 'cooler', but I never went to my truck to check. Inland, like at Constitucion it was 100ºF, leaving L.A. Bay it climbed from 95º to 105º and
near Mexicali it got up to 107º as we drove home from San Felipe.
The water temp was maybe 85º, not as hot as I have felt the Cortez before.
I have thought about maps to show our route, and not sure of just which ones to use or try and make my own.
Here is one I just finished editing that shows where we spent nights on the trip (red squares and night #). I couldn't figure how to highlight the
roads we used, without messing it up.
I will work on the route maps CortezBlue...
edit: I just realized that the nights listed on the right side of the peninsula are all places we tent camped. On the left, are where we had a solid
roof over our head (and running water)!
[Edited on 7-31-2012 by David K]
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motoged
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
David,
I think it is a great report
And am glad you two are going further south than usual....
Drive the Rancho Naranja road from north of the San Jose del Cabo airport west to just south of Todos Santos....your Taco will thank you for it
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Always wanted to do that road
Do you have photos? |
David,
Here are some pics of that road....starting from the highway north of the airport....looking west:
Some water...
Up top...
The Pacific...
Coming out on the west side from the mountains (heading west)...
One of the beer stops in Todos Santos...
And a place there where you HAVE to eat 
[Edited on 7-31-2012 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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Bajatripper
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
edit: I just realized that the nights listed on the right side of the peninsula are all places we tent camped. On the left, are where we had a solid
roof over our head (and running water)!
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So now my house is a tent?
There most certainly is but one side to every story: the TRUTH. Variations of it are nothing but lies.
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
On the coast, San Felipe to La Paz, the daytime highs were no more than 95ºF anytime I looked at the thermometer in my truck. The evenings were only
slightly 'cooler', but I never went to my truck to check. |
So, how did you sleep at night???  Portable, Solar Tent Air Conditioner???
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Udo
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Your posts are absolutely fabulous DK. I wish I had you kind of time to put into my writing and photo posting.
BTW...I just learned how to post multiple photos at one time from PHOTOBUCKET.
Udo
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajatripper
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
edit: I just realized that the nights listed on the right side of the peninsula are all places we tent camped. On the left, are where we had a solid
roof over our head (and running water)!
[Edited on 7-31-2012 by David K] |
So now my house is a tent? |
Not
quite, read again, your guest room nights are on the LEFT side. :-)
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David K
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Ged, your great photos should be in their own thread and not lost in this one, which has hundreds more photos coming...
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
On the coast, San Felipe to La Paz, the daytime highs were no more than 95ºF anytime I looked at the thermometer in my truck. The evenings were only
slightly 'cooler', but I never went to my truck to check. |
So, how did you sleep at night??? Portable, Solar Tent Air Conditioner???
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We acclimate to the climate quite quickly. The beauty of Baja over-rides all! We actually slept great in the new tent... There was a slight breeze
that allowed easy sleeping and eliminated the mugginess.
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Bob H
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
On the coast, San Felipe to La Paz, the daytime highs were no more than 95ºF anytime I looked at the thermometer in my truck. The evenings were only
slightly 'cooler', but I never went to my truck to check. |
So, how did you sleep at night??? Portable, Solar Tent Air Conditioner???
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We acclimate to the climate quite quickly. The beauty of Baja over-rides all! We actually slept great in the new tent... There was a slight breeze
that allowed easy sleeping and eliminated the mugginess. |
David, where did you buy your tent and what is the make and model number, etc.
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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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bob H
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Ken Cooke
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
On the coast, San Felipe to La Paz, the daytime highs were no more than 95ºF anytime I looked at the thermometer in my truck. The evenings were only
slightly 'cooler', but I never went to my truck to check. |
So, how did you sleep at night??? Portable, Solar Tent Air Conditioner???
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We acclimate to the climate quite quickly. The beauty of Baja over-rides all! We actually slept great in the new tent... There was a slight breeze
that allowed easy sleeping and eliminated the mugginess. |
David, where did you buy your tent and what is the make and model number, etc. |
It is a Coleman 10' x 9' 'Instant Tent' (Sleeps 6), got it at Target. No model number on the tote bag, but I will check the sheet inside, later...
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David K
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MAPS:
Okay gang, as CortezBlue suggested... here are three area maps of our peninsula trip where there is some need for detail...
and the overnight loation map, posted earlier:
Stay tuned for Day 5-15 reports...
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Enjoying the report David. Lots of good info.
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Bob H
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Your Coleman Instant Tent looks nice. Here's a youtube video on how easy it is to set up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zeb4Pgooyec&feature=relat...
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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Here's a 'real time' video of one person setting it up, then taking it down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DjvQm8y1gE&feature=relat...
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
Enjoying the report David. Lots of good info. |
Thanks.. it gets better (I think)... keep coming back as I get Day 5 posted soon!
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DAY 5, Wednesday, VIVA LA PAZ!
Wednesday, July 18 (Day 5 & Our 4th wedding anniversary): We have a morning swim and we pack up our campsite into the Tacoma. We
drive out from La Perla at 9:40 am and I note that we were 28 miles south of Mulege.
There is another military inspection about 15 miles north of Loreto, and as at the others, it is brief and professional.
Thanks to our friend Phil C, we learned that the great fruit stand that was also across from the mission in Loreto, in 2009 was now only along Highway
#1, just north of the divided part of the highway, about Km. 2.5. It is on the west side and you will see the tropical plants and signs for Coconut
drinks, etc. It is called EL CAÑAVERAL and run by ‘Charley’. We ordered two fruit salads, and they were as amazing as we had remembered them from
2009. We also have a coconut horchata which was a great refresher in the hot, humid climate. The live iguana that we photographed in 2009 is no longer
alive, but on display along with some other stuffed and live critters. Charley has several banners touting the nutritional value of the many fruits he
serves in various preparations and drinks.
We are on the road again at 11:30 am and climb over the Sierra Giganta then the long drop west to Ciudad Insurgetes, where the highway turns south and
becomes a four lane road to Ciudad Constitucion, a large agricultural center on the Magdalena Plain. It is 175 miles from our fill up at Mulege, so we
top the tank just so we don’t roll into La Paz on fumes, 126 more miles to the south. It is 1:18 pm when we leave the station in Constitucion. There
were many reports of local police ticketing tourists for not fully stopping at the many signals going through town, or for speeding, or for nothing.
We never saw a cop both times passing through this city. However, if stopped and you are certain you did not violate the law, then hold you ground,
ask to go to the station and see the judge. Traffic fines are low in Mexico, despite what a cop may say to scare you into paying him a bribe. Chances
are pretty high he will not waste any more time on you and look for weaker prey.
We arrive in La Paz at 3:54 pm and before heading to Steve (Bajatripper) and Zully’s home, we have a look at the Malecon in La Paz. A malecon is a
wide sidewalk along the sea or harbor, often a social gathering area at sundown when it cools a bit. We arrive at Bajatripper’s to find a note saying
they went to Tecolote Beach to drop their daughter off, and would be back about the time we got there, and sure enough, just as we finished reading
the note, they pulled up!
Bajatripper (Steve) first lived in La Paz when his mother and step-father were doing archeological digs in southern Baja California, back in the early
1960’s. Look for scientific written works by William Massey and Lee de Massey.
Today, Steve and Zully have a beautiful home with a guest house and swimming pool that had previously been built for a general, stationed in La Paz.
They have been remodeling and landscaping it and their work is commendable. We would be spending five nights there, but the next four full days we
were out seeing and doing so many great things!
That evening, we all go out to the Malecon to see La Paz come alive as the sun sets! Viva La Paz!
Now some photos:
The first 7 at at Loreto’s EL CAÑAVERAL fruit salad paradise…
Back into the desert!
Arriving in La Paz…
‘Bajatripper’ (Steve) and Zully
On the Malecon in La Paz…
Married 4 years this day…
What a great place!
Our first big tour day begins tomorrow, DAY 6, stay tuned!
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