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bajacalifornian
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Same here . . .
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Jeff Petersen
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David K
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Okay... SPOT signal received, and I will now produce the maps... stand by!
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David K
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Feb. 1, 2011
Mike, Don-Kay and Solo walked 16 miles today!
They are camped just off the highway to La Purisima, east of La Poza Grande.
New Map:
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David K
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Feb. 2, 2011
Mike, Don-Kay, and Solo walked south of La Poza Grande junction about 10 miles and are just over a mile west of the highway.
Mike did not activate his tracker, so I will presume they walked along the highway. Perhaps they will now continue west to the old (pre 1956) road and
take it south to Santo Domingo?
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David K
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Feb. 3, 2011
Well, today Mike and company quit early and only walked about 5 miles... maybe 6...
Mike turned on the tracking device today so we can see his route in an area of many road choices. They continued west just over a mile to the old
(pre-1956) road to La Paz then turned south on it...
Just 4 or so miles on it they came to what looks from space to be a busy cattle ranch whith many cow tracks radiating out in all directions... Looks
like a spider web, from high above!
Jeff, that ranch looks to be about 5 miles north of Santo Domingo, on the old, old road. The AAA map shows it, as you can see below... My ealier
estimate of when they may arrive in Lopez Mateos is not going to fly if they only do 5 miles a day very much. They are about 35-40 miles from Lopez
Mateos taking the most direct dirt roads shown on my maps...?
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BajaGeoff
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Go Mike! Having driven down to Insurgentes and back last year it's really hard to comprehend he has walked all that way in the last few months.
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oladulce
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The wind and amount of dirt in the air this afternoon was hideous and might have been too sketchy for DonKay to walk safely with those packs.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaGeoff
Go Mike! Having driven down to Insurgentes and back last year it's really hard to comprehend he has walked all that way in the last few months.
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Yup! Mike began on October 1, 2010 near Tecate.
In case some haven't noticed it, at the end of each month, I have posted the total miles they have walked southward... Here is what I posted 3 days
ago:
This is the estimated distance south Mike has traveled... actual miles walked are probably higher with up and down gullies and side walks from the
trail he is using.
OCT. Tecate to Colonia V. Guerrero: 219 miles (26 walking days, 8.4 avg. miles per day)
NOV. Col. V. Guerrero to Punta Maria: 192 miles (25 walking days, 7.7 miles per day)
DEC. Punta Maria to La Bocana: 171 miles, walking (16 walking days, 10.7 miles per day)
JAN. 2011, La Bocana to south of Comondu: 233 miles, 22 days walking, 10.6 miles per day)
TRIP TOTAL Jan. 31: 815 MILES
Add to that Feb. 1-3= 32 miles (so even with a short day today, he is averaging over 10 miles per day).
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David K
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11:00 AM (PST)/ NOON (MST) Friday 2-4-11:
I just logged on to Mike's SPOT tracker, and he either forgot to turn it on this morning or is still at the ranch about 5 miles north of Santo
Domingo.
Just FYI for any Nomads in the Lopez Mateos region...
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David K
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Feb. 4, 2011
Mike, Don-Kay and Solo walked about 11 miles today and are camped at a ranch, just over a mile south of the historic little village of Maria
Auxiliadora, a couple miles northwest of Villa Ignacio Zaragoza on Hwy. 53.
Two more days of good progress like this and they will be in Lopez Mateos Sunday PM...???
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bajacalifornian
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Smoke Signals
This afternoon, we ran up to Valle Santo Domingo to hear rumor of Mike. Domingo is a quiet spread out village. Dirt boulavards, schools and a cell
tower prominent, wherever you are. Came by three guys visiting (one was working) building a block wall in front of Minisuper El Gallo. Earlier in the
day, family of the mason had come into town from La Banqueta, at the east end of estero Santo Domingo. (Two Pangeros pulling a boat). They spoke of
un pero, un buro y un senor in the morning, they had stopped for. The man waved as he passed in front of their truck, about a km east of Banqueta.
We surmised Mike will camp near Estero San Vicente, and on into Lopez tomorrow after noon.
We returned from Domingo passing flat scrub land with intermittent well organized ranches with oranges and cattle. Also large corn fields for
tortillas. Big mesquite trees lined both sides of the lane in places. On the Lopez Road, lots of osprey were in their nests above the power poles.
San Vicente is a far reach from Lopez by VHF for sightings. Early tomorrow, we plan to travel the Baja Mil road with a Snickers and beer for Mike.
The road will take him by Rofomex, and on in just outside of town.
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David K's update reveals Mike passed one turn to move west, (across the highway from the road to San Javier . . . that coming in abeam the label Santo
Domingo on the bottom map, north of labeled Colonia Purisima, and also the Baja Mil route), and most direct. Currently he is passing through ranches.
Chances are better for us to find him where he stops tomorrow, in the afternoon.
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Jeff Petersen
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shari
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dont forget a nice cold 6 pack of Tecate!!!!!!
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David K
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It would be nice if he was shown a direct route to Lopez Mateos instead of going south until he bumps into the paved road west... Maybe the ranchers
will help?
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David K
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I hope Mike remembers to turn on the tracking feature so we can see his route today... Hope also that Jeff finds him!
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BAJACAT
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I hope he doesn't get pull over in Ciudad Costitucion for speeding...
I think Don-Kay tags are expired...
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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David K
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They won't be going through Constitucion, so no hassles there!*** (update: Maybe he is going directly south?)
I just checked SPOT, and Mike again forgot to activate the tracking feature (or his route is a secret)! 
In a couple of hours we should see his evening location, and I hope it is midway to Lopez Mateos.. and I might be able to guess what road he is using.
Jeff (bajacalifornian) was going to try and find him again today, so he may have something to share soon?
[Edited on 2-6-2011 by David K]
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bajacalifornian
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Fresh In! Mike was spotted in Ciudad Insurentes moments ago. Questioned by the spotter, "Aren't you going to Lopez?" Mike responded, "No, it would
be two day away."
For now, this outpost is turning the lights out.
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BajaGringo
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David K
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I don't have a clue...
As of 5:53 pm MST, no SPOT signal (yet)...
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longlegsinlapaz
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If no one has been in direct contact with Mike since he left San Juanico, then there's absolutely no way he could know that his fame has spread, or
that towns he'd originally planned to go through might be planning warm welcomes, let alone TV or radio interviews. With the cold windy weather
conditions lately, it is very possible that travel conditions for the group have been utterly miserable & Mike might have replotted his route to
get south in the fastest manner possible. I wouldn't blame him if that's the case!
If he was that close to my location, I'd go try to find him & confirm his current intentions rather than simply "turning the lights out." Give
him the benefit of doubt, it's possible that one of the trio needs medical help & that could be why he made a beeline for a larger town. There
are innumerable reasons he might have changed his original route. I can understand bajacalifornian's & Lopez Mateo's disappointment, but was Mike
even aware any hoopla was planned for his arrival there?
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