Yah, another excellent post and suggestion Barry. The problem that Mike has to face is that it is just him and Pamela up there... No park rangers with
guns for protection or enforcement of his property rights.
I think signs explaining that the telescopes need a dust-free condition and passage through this private property is possible by contacting Mike
(astrobaja) to those who limit their speed and don't throw trash... Beats coming upon a locked gate on a once open road with no explanation as to why.
The trashy/ drunk Mexicali club may be hopeless to convert to becoming responsible, but doing nothing isn't going to make them start playing nice.
I sure hope whatever astrobaja does will lead to a peaceful existance for them.
I should have added to my post above, and endorsed the idea put forth here by Ken, and several other's, that 'ALTERNATIVES' are so very
important---------if there is an alternative route that is feasible close by it REALLY defuses the locked-gate issue-----even the 'rogues' would
rather expend energy driving up an alternative route than using time to destroy some barrier, at least most of the time.
As to "racism"--------Lecho is right, I believe, and yes racism does exist everywhere, even if very subtle, but I firmly believe that it is best to
leave that issue on the sideline unless it is grossly expressed as it totally changes the focus of any subject when brought up, and really detracts
from any issue at hand.
And, yes, BLM Ranger's are "armed" big-time---------they have to be as help is normally hours and many miles away-----they are "on their own" so to
speak when out on solo-patrol which is about 98% of the time. We have had several killed over the years, all by snipers. So far, the Ranger has
always won in face-to-face confrontations, I believe.
Litter is a disturbing pervasive problem------my solution is to always pick it up when possible or feasible------I always carry a bag expressly for
that purpose, but my wife thinks I am a nut!!!
I didn't pay a single dime for any services. I paid 25,000 COP ($15 USD) for my wife's email address, and I took it from there. We had a great time,
going to the best Middle Eastern and Colombian-style restaurants in Barranquilla, night clubs, movies, the mall (just to hang out), Downtown (to get
my Zune player repaired), we were all over the place.
In Baja, Leidys has been able to see some of the best the region has to offer. Her novelas feature (nightly) the Ruta de Vino and
she would love to visit there when the people of the Valle de Guadalupe hold their annual Wine production festival there.
"Cuando Me Enamoro" Novela TV Series featuring Baja's Ruta de Vino
Leidys at the BajaNomad Dia de los Reyes Toy Drive 2012
Leidys with FdT's daughter at the BajaNomad Dia de los Reyes Toy Drive 2012
Leidys with DEAD COW along Zoo Road during Baja Canyonlands Adventure 4WD Tour 2011
Originally posted by Ken Cooke
As for me "buying" or making some sort of "purchase" - That has got to be one of the ignorant things I have ever heard. Are you kidding, Diver?
I think I may know where he got the idea; didn't you at some point in your travels mention a wonderful
matchmaker person you were dealing with somewhere off in exotic foreign parts...?
That would be, Maria! She has recently been joined by her Egyptian fiance and they live in Barranquilla, Colombia.
Maria Bueno with my Mother in Barranquilla, Colombia (enjoying a mutual laugh)
I thought some of the reasons for the revolution were large land holdings by the church and Haciendas and the access. I'm with Barry on this one and I
don't think your mountain paradise can afford the battle. Peace
During dinner, Michele Bachmann was yelling (w/the 60" Plasma TV cranked up), "WE HAVE GOT TO BUILD A 30 FOOT WALL TO KEEP THE ILLEGALS OUT!!"
Normally, I don't like Tea Party Conservative talk, but during a PEACEFUL Baja trek in Baja?? It felt like PUNISHMENT to say the least.
I stand UNITED with my LATINO brothers and sisters.
Doesn't matter that the adjacent country is Mexico; could be any other country, color or language. The point is that our border is being breeched by
folks who do not have a right to be here. And that so many of our neighbors want to come here to escape their own country.
Build the wall and you can still visit your Latin bro's just as you do now. You just won't have to worry as much about CA and the US going bankrupt.
And read the police blotter in our area; 60% of the drug and violent crime perpetrators are illegals or the children of illegals.
.
Ken I wish you and your beautiful wife nothing but the best. Now when are you going to take the trail out of Mike's Sky Ranch to El Coyote with me. I
plan on doing it after the SF250 race.
Originally posted by TW
Ken I wish you and your beautiful wife nothing but the best. Now when are you going to take the trail out of Mike's Sky Ranch to El Coyote with me. I
plan on doing it after the SF250 race.
I wish I was going this year, but the big trip will be Death Valley with my friend Mike. He has been afraid of the violence in Mexico, so doing our
run in Baja won't happen.
5 years to the date of our Death Valley trip, Mike and I traveled with my good friend Andrew Simpkins (RIP) to Baja and had a great time. It would
have been special to do the trip in Baja, but not until Mike feels more at ease. So, it will be Mike, Leidys and I tackling the terrain of Death
Valley!
Originally posted by David K
Violence in Mexico? There were kids shot this week here in San Diego!
Don't give in to the thread hijack, David. It's a ploy to get my thread closed.
I want you to ask your friend if he is affraid to go to San Diego... shooting every week down here! Be afraid, be very afraid!!
Seriously, hope you have fun off roading north of the border!
He is now afraid that gas prices are going to spoil his trip to Death Valley. My friend might stay home. Being that it will be Semana Santa, I am
thinking of going someplace with less expensive gasoline.
Originally posted by David K
Violence in Mexico? There were kids shot this week here in San Diego!
Don't give in to the thread hijack, David. It's a ploy to get my thread closed.
I want you to ask your friend if he is affraid to go to San Diego... shooting every week down here! Be afraid, be very afraid!!
Seriously, hope you have fun off roading north of the border!
He is now afraid that gas prices are going to spoil his trip to Death Valley. My friend might stay home. Being that it will be Semana Santa, I am
thinking of going someplace with less expensive gasoline.
If you buy gas in Furnace Creek it will. Over new Years it was $4.95 a gal. and Beatty was $3.29 a gal. I would imagine FC is close to $6 or more. If
you go carry a couple of extra cans and fill em up in Beatty.
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