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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by PaulW
Hiked all up to the water source. Here are a couple of pics from my album
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I tried to clear this section out with a rock, pushing the debris and algae downstream. The water smelled of sulfur but otherwise looked clean.
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Ken Cooke
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Good morning, Palomar Canyon!
The Palomar Canyon Sweat Lodge
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motoged
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Ken,
Looks like you folks had fun 
Some bouldering out there !!!
Don't believe everything you think....
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David K
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LOL... the bricks are about the size of those of the Great Pyramid at Giza!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by motoged
Ken,
Looks like you folks had fun
Some bouldering out there !!! |
We had a real good time. There was a moment of high anxiety when we drove through the Sierra Juarez. The local men were harvesting aloe by the
truckload. Walking up and down the trail with machetes, driving their trucks back and forth throughout the mountain. Everyone got a little nervous
with so many walking around with machetes. It turned out that the local economy depended on harvesting these aloe from the Sierra Juarez. So, no
worries were necessary.
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captkw
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KEN !!
LOL....Hola,,You use the "term" ROAD....rather loosely my friend !!....Great pics...Thanks.....
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motoged
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Photoshopped:
NOT photoshopped:
Don't believe everything you think....
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Mexitron
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Nice report, I remember that drop-off in El Mano, serious pucker factor.
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twgracing
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Great Report. I would like to explore that area soon!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mexitron
Nice report, I remember that drop-off in El Mano, serious pucker factor. |
We climbed the drop-off. Steepest I have climbed with my Jeep, yet. The BFG AT/KOs did a respectable job, although I had little faith in their
ability to keep me from bouncing and sliding around. They did slide as I applied steady throttle - the most challenging part of the trip by far. No
guardrails kept me 1000% focused and the Mrs. scanning the trail for on-coming vehicles.
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JohnMcfrog
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You Jeep guys and gals are CRAZY..
Juanito
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Bajafun777
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Great photos Ken and I know for sure my Jeep would not be able to do the rock climbing, so I need to wait until you do beach camping. LOL Dang, I
had family come down Friday night and was not able to get over to see you in Calexico before you took off into Mexicali. So, when beach run available
I interested and see you in the summer at Las Gaviotas, OK?? We can U2U each other to set the summer connection for you and Leidy to be guests of
Donna and me at Las Gaviotas for a couple of days. Have some other friends that want to talk to you about 4 wheeling in Baja that live there.
Take Care & Travel Safe--"No Hurry, No Worry, Just FUN" bajafun777
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Ken Cooke
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Baja Beach Jeeps
Thanks for the invite, Gary. I was looking for you at Pep Boys. The manager of the Pep Boys shop encouraged us to stop by if we needed any work
after our run. Making friends and associates on every run is a positive thing.
I'll scrape up some Jeepers for another Baja run soon.
2007 Baja Grande
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Taco de Baja
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Thanks for sharing.
I found one of the worst parts about El Mano was navigating the spider web of road, many with locked gates, once we got on top. But I have it all
saved to GPS for the next trips. 
Truth generally lies in the coordination of antagonistic opinions
-Herbert Spencer
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TMW
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Excellent, thanks for sharing Ken.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Bajafun777
Great photos Ken and I know for sure my Jeep would not be able to do the rock climbing, so I need to wait until you do beach camping. LOL Dang, I
had family come down Friday night and was not able to get over to see you in Calexico before you took off into Mexicali. So, when beach run available
I interested and see you in the summer at Las Gaviotas, OK?? We can U2U each other to set the summer connection for you and Leidy to be guests of
Donna and me at Las Gaviotas for a couple of days. Have some other friends that want to talk to you about 4 wheeling in Baja that live there.
Take Care & Travel Safe--"No Hurry, No Worry, Just FUN" bajafun777 |
Ken does beach driving too!
So does edm1 in his 4WD motorhome... It is all about AIR PRESSURE!
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Ken Cooke
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
I found one of the worst parts about El Mano was navigating the spider web of road, many with locked gates, once we got on top. But I have it all
saved to GPS for the next trips. |
We must have been lucky thanks to the recent Baja 1000 race. The one place we could have found ourselves locked out was open for the 'wheeling.
Metal poles on both sides of Mano Canyon Trail
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PaulW
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Locked gates?
We see more and more locked gates both before and after the races. Turns out lots of negotiations took place the open them for the race. It has become
more common lately that the land owners secure their property after a race.
I hope Mano stays open?
[Edited on 12-6-2013 by PaulW]
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Taco de Baja
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That gate was open both time we passed through Mano in recent years (one trip going up and one going down)....And that hill is sure a lot steeper than
it looks in the photo 
All the locked gates we saw were up in the Sierra Juarez ranchos
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Taco de Baja
I found one of the worst parts about El Mano was navigating the spider web of road, many with locked gates, once we got on top. But I have it all
saved to GPS for the next trips. |
We must have been lucky thanks to the recent Baja 1000 race. The one place we could have found ourselves locked out was open for the 'wheeling.
Metal poles on both sides of Mano Canyon Trail
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David K
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The AAA maps show that spot on Mano Canyon road as a 'locked gate' for over a dozen years... It wasn't closed or locked in 2003 when I drove down it.
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