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mexicoliving
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Our goal is to leave Saturday morning from our current location at Tim Means casa in La Paz, then head directly to East Cape RV Resort in Los Barriles
to visit Theresa, then to San Jose for a day with Susan to visit Liga MAC, one of the charities, then to Cabo and back up to Todos Santos to visit
Hogar del Ninos, another of the charities. Once we've done this, we will be heading back to San Felipe to prepare for the Baja Blues Fest. We will
either be taking the bus, or we will be getting picked up by DesertBull, we're up in the air at the moment.
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mexicoliving
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Udo,
We've had many reports of the Constitucion police giving grief to passing gringos, so we were pleased to have not had any issues. However, we never
exceeded 2.75 miles an hour.
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mexicoliving
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This is too cool, wish we had thought of this 600+ miles ago ;-)
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Ateo
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How can you get a ticket going thru Constitucion walking??? It aint that bad..............
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goldhuntress
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Hi John and Rachel, Glad your in La Paz, good job, wow, so impressive! I'm wondering, are you walking to all the places you mentioned? Or driving?
From where you are now it's about 190 miles to Todos Santos via Cabo.
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mexicoliving
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Goldhuntress, nice to hear from you. We are going to continue walking. We will be leaving in the morning bright and early to beat the heat.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mexicoliving
Goldhuntress, nice to hear from you. We are going to continue walking. We will be leaving in the morning bright and early to beat the heat.
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I was wondering how much time you had before you needed to get back. Is it possible to get some support down there so you don't have to push the cart
the whole time? The cart has been a curse at times but it sure has made you the most recognizable travelers in Baja! Now it's your signature so to
speak. Looking forward to the Blues Festival! Stay safe and have a great time!
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David K
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Well Congratulations on a super-dooper effort!
We will be in La Paz middle of next week... Doing some driving around, so maybe you will still be on the roads south of there, and we will meet you
guys.
I have enjoyed reading and sharing your adventure here thanks to Spot and Skipjack Joe who showed me the trick for posting the Spot maps.
All the best on the final leg of your walk!
David K & Elizabeth K (Baja Angel)
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Tim Means- Mr. Baja, for sure
| Quote: | Originally posted by mexicoliving
Our goal is to leave Saturday morning from our current location at Tim Means casa in La Paz, then head directly to East Cape RV Resort in Los Barriles
to visit Theresa, then to San Jose for a day with Susan to visit Liga MAC, one of the charities, then to Cabo and back up to Todos Santos to visit
Hogar del Ninos, another of the charities. Once we've done this, we will be heading back to San Felipe to prepare for the Baja Blues Fest. We will
either be taking the bus, or we will be getting picked up by DesertBull, we're up in the air at the moment. |
Staying with Tim you will never get all the stories heard and told.
Tell him Hi
I sent you a U2U for him as well.
Going on a whaling excursion with Tim was amazing....
I do not believe that he and our host are related
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mexicoliving
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David K, it would be nice to meet you. You'll have to look for us under a tree during the day, and walking in the early mornings when it is still
cool. We should be easy to find, we'll be the ones pulling the cart 
And Goldhuntress, you're right. People have stopped to visit us on many occasions because they recognized the cart. We will pull it to the end, even
after the wheels fall off, which they have already many times.
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Skipjack Joe
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After 4 days of dormancy our friends have turned on their spotter showing them to be in La Paz, near 5 de Febrero street. The down time may have been
due to the spent batteries they mentioned earlier.
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Hey, I noticed that they uploaded MANY videos on youtube, yesterday if I am not mistaken. I watched some of them, they are pretty amazing. Just wanted
to let you know, in case some of you want to see John & Rachel on the road...
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mexicoliving
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Hey everyone, we have been at Tim Means home in La Paz, his is the owner of Baja Expeditions and has been a big help to us. We were going to leave in
this morning, but had a few more things to do, including a newspaper interview Tim had set up, so we stayed another day. We are now all packed and
leaving early in the morning. We are 700 miles down and only about 200 more to go.
And yep, we added a bunch of new videos:
http://www.youtube.com/user/bglclub?feature=mhee
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goldhuntress
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200 miles to go? No problema, just a walk in the park for you two
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goldhuntress
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And they're off!!! At 2:30am they started their walk to Los Barriles. This leg is 65 miles.
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Skipjack Joe
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Our friends have left La Paz and are close to Todos Santos hwy turnoff. They walked a total of 10 miles, starting at 5:30AM and ending at 1PM.
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goldhuntress
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Skipjack, I figured 16.1 miles?
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Skipjack Joe
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You are right. The spot checker shows the last 50 points and they had started prior to that. I had to page back to find the start of the day which, of
course, was in the front page when you looked at it, goldhuntress.
They started at 3AM this morning and are past the fork in the road and on the way to Las Barriles now. About 4 miles before El Triunfo.
SPOT TRACKER MAP LINK
[Edited on 7-16-2012 by Skipjack Joe]
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goldhuntress
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Wow, 17.2 miles and it's not even 12 noon yet! They've checked in for a rest now. It's 33 miles to Los Barriles. 
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Skipjack Joe
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7/16
Our travelers covered an incredible 26 miles. They started at 3:30AM and walked until about 11AM when they arrived at El Triunfo.
Most of the day seems to have spent in town and they camped just outside of town. Image shows El Triunfo with their resting place (#50).
Hopefully I got it right this time goldhuntress.
[Edited on 7-17-2012 by Skipjack Joe]
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