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DENNIS
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Are these federales or soldiers? I thought they were going to do away with most of the military checkpoints as they did on the Tecate Road?
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David K
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Some tourists think the military (army) and federales (Federal Police)are the same thing, that's all.
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rdrrm8e
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Sorry....Military and there are twice as many checkpoint s as last year at the same time
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rdrrm8e
Sorry....Military and there are twice as many checkpoint s as last year at the same time |
Thanks. I guess they're just shifting them around.
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chuckie
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I came down Saturday and Sunday and the only one operating was at San Ignacio, and that was a wave through.......
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bajaguy
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Shari
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time traveler....wow, thank you so much for your interest and input and boots on the ground approach...and the air search is a great idea. I think the
best chance for finding Gary will be with the race people and resources. I hope someone DOES post this on their forum as there will be thousands of
extra eyes in baja for the race and making Gary's search part of it is a great idea. |
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SoCalPattonCrew
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Has anyone been in the surfing area known as 7 Sisters lately, is the road fit for a 2 wheel drive vehicle? This is one of the areas my brother Gary
has visited in the past.
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TimeTraveler
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Hi to all,
Well nothing really to report from our travels except a blown transmission on my truck and a long trailer-journey home... I have some friends still
down pre running and they will keep the flyers posted and their eyes open. Once I get a transmission I will be heading back down South.
My friend flew into LaPaz yesterday and back this afternoon. We had a friend that is USCG as a spotter as previously mentioned... I just received an
email that there was nothing out of the ordinary. They observed one vehicle in a remote area that was a general match but upon further inspection it
was a ford explorer with a roof rack. 8(
So as stated... nothing to report. There are some people down south still working for the common goal.
One more note, as no one here seems to have affiliation with RDC... I did make a post on race-desert.com and have received some assistance from the
folks over there. For those who may not know almost every Baja racer is an RDC member. So just having the 4 runner in the back of their minds while on
the back roads could lead to something...
I will also be taking stacks of flyers to contingency for the Baja 1000.
If I hear anything from our people running around the peninsula I will keep you advised.
Cheers till then,
"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense." - Frank Lloyd Wright
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SoCalPattonCrew
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Time Traveler - amazing effort on your part, thank you so much for your contribution and for passing out the flyers. We have been so moved by the
generosity of people helping our family.
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bufeo
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| Quote: | | Originally posted by TimeTraveler...One more note, as no one here seems to have affiliation with RDC... I did make a post on race-desert.com
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There are quite a few Nomads who are members on RDC as well. There was a thread started on that forum on Sep 20. Is that where you posted?
I think the general trend in situations like this is to add information only when there's something of interest to report forgetting that it's also
often important to report blind alleys.
Sometimes even knowing a specific area of search/recovery is not enough.
Allen R
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TMW
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I've reached out to our group of race people who will be pre-running the 1000 course starting this weekend to be on the lookout for Gary, especially
the Pacific Coast side. I posted this page so they could print a picture of him and his car.
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TimeTraveler
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HI Bufeo,
Yes, that is where I posted. I just re-stated that this is an ongoing effort and asked people to keeps their eyes open. I figured it would be worth
while to keep it fresh in their mind after getting lost in the mix. We got some feedback from people that are willing to help out. If I hear anything
I will post here.
"There is nothing more uncommon than common sense." - Frank Lloyd Wright
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bufeo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TimeTraveler
HI Bufeo ... I figured it would be worth while to keep it fresh in their mind after getting lost in the mix... |
...and that's all good.
Allen R
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micah202
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| Quote: | Originally posted by rdrrm8e
I just saw this flyer in a prominent place at Jardines last friday night.
Just an FYI....the federales at the checkpoint by el rosario were taking passport numbers and checking photo ids. They have a written log with names
and vehicle year of mfg and plate numbers..
Don't know what it would take to see their logs......but might be worth a try |
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Ateo
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| Quote: | Originally posted by SoCalPattonCrew
Has anyone been in the surfing area known as 7 Sisters lately, is the road fit for a 2 wheel drive vehicle? This is one of the areas my brother Gary
has visited in the past. |
We're coming out of the off season for the 7 sisters. Starting now there will be more people in the area. Plus the Baja 1000 will be heading thru
there soon. I would try and get as many race teams the flyer so they can keep an eye out.
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sandpoint
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
| Quote: | Originally posted by SoCalPattonCrew
Has anyone been in the surfing area known as 7 Sisters lately, is the road fit for a 2 wheel drive vehicle? This is one of the areas my brother Gary
has visited in the past. |
I just got back from the Sisters. We went in Saturday in the dark to Punta Rosarito via the northern spider road that's below Rosarito on the 1.
Couldn't see much. We drove the coastal track north to Punta Santa Rosalillita. There is a flyer posted at the town's gas vendor by the basketball
court. We moved north along the more costal track to Punta San Andres (Alejandros) with a detour along the road that heads out over the hills about
even with Isla Adelada. We came out through the canyon to the main road and went north to El Cardon. There looks to have been a big rain event in the
recent past and the washboard was pretty rough. We came back out Wednesday mid morning and the grader had made it up to about Lobo, working it's way
northward. We did not see the 4-runner. There weren't any fliers at the military checkpoints that we could see nor anywhere to post them. One or two
were in construction areas without something to mount it to. They were not writing down our passports and did not appear to be checking plates when we
went through. The road is fit for a 2wd but rough north of where the grader has stopped. Let a lot of air out-we rattled a set of Yakima's apart.
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BajaBlanca
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To All Bajanomads,
Would you comment back to this post if any of you have seen or noticed any newspaper or radio ads and/or announcements with our Flyer, or our missing
person report on Gary Patton? And if so, which ones and when approximately? We're trying to plan a media blitz in the next week, and you're
input/ideas are gold to us in this effort, when none of us are down there. We do have someone who can get this process going however, so please
contribute any ideas.
Also, regarding Baja 1000, is there a radio or TV station in particular that everyone tunes into for race updates, news flashes, etc.? Any details
here too, please share!
Thanks to all of you staying vigilant with us for Día de Muertos weekend..
Kimberly
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rhintransit
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drove down a few days ago and noted them everywhere we stayed/ate.
reality\'s never been of much use out here...
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Kgryfon
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I keep checking back here hoping to hear some good news. Alas...
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liknbaja127
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Blacna, the score web page has all invo on the race, also racedezert.com
has a lot of invo. Google score desert racing. good luck.
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