Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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My Baja-inspired shopping list
My wife and I are leaving for Scandanavia later this week, and in the gift bag for our friends are some Rubicon-Express t-shirts and the DVD "Dust To
Glory". We're visiting with an "Auto-friendly"couple who are not all bent on public-transportation, and the ills of "OFf-RoAd VeHiClEs" like my
Eco-Inlaws from Northern CA.  Sheesh...I never knew the word Jeep could
inspire 4 letter words before meeting these people...
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Barry A.
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Location: Redding, Northern CA
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Ken-----
----talk about the Polar opposite of Baja---------wow, have a great trip, and not ALL of the Nor-Cal folks are eco-nuts, believe me. 
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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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There are six thousand miles of dirt roads in the McCloud Ranger District ALONE.
Although I don't ride any more, in the last few years we did, we NEVER saw another motorcycle. That may be different now, but I can say that a VERY
high percentage of people living here in the *real* Northern California (North of Chico) own a 4 x 4 something, and only the government blocks access
to the roads.
I think it is all about population density and playing where you live. People seem to be less sensitive about tearing up the environment in someone
else's back yard.
Have fun traveling. Be safe!
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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David K
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Registered: 8-30-2002
Location: San Diego County
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Mood: Have Baja Fever
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Ken... have a great trip... keep a close eye on Suzanne because she will disappear in any crowd of un-suntanned Scandanavians!
If you want some 'got baja? stickers to take, give me a call!
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Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
...keep a close eye on Suzanne because she will disappear in any crowd of un-suntanned Scandanavians! |
Friday night in Hollywood, and Suzanne is still very Norwegian-looking. "Got Baja?" stickers in Estonia??? Hmmm. This is sounding pretty
good...
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TMW
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Ken too bad you don't have some Pole Line Road items to give out. Like a cap or belt buckle etc. Oh but the stories to be told should awe them. Have
fun and keep in touch while there, if you can.
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David K
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Location: San Diego County
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... or some insulators off one of the poles!
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Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Barry A.
----talk about the Polar opposite of Baja---------wow, have a great trip, and not ALL of the Nor-Cal folks are eco-nuts, believe me. |
Good to hear not everyone north of the San Francisco Bay wants to torch Jeeps or any other American-made 4WDs for that matter. 
My peey left-wing in-laws got an earful when I told them I was following my wife's packed Honda CR-V alone in my Jeep Rubicon. I told them, "I'm
going to drive my Jeep and POLLUTE THE WORLD!" Hahhaa
I'm working on a Pole Line DVD at the moment. Composing the music is a real slow job. By the close of '06, I hope to have a comprehensive DVD put
together for whomever, wherever. Too bad I had to pollute the world to go visit Baja...
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The squarecircle
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Registered: 11-28-2004
Location: El Cajon
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
... or some insulators off one of the poles! |
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The squarecircle
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Location: El Cajon
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Greetings All,
No more insulators left on the Pole Line.. Got the last one about 20 years ago.. Had to cut the dam pole down with a hack saw.. Drove the Pole Line
then at night and alone.. Nice little driving adversity..
Best Regards, sq.
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Ken Cooke
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Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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SQ.,
A group of guys I traveled with along the Pole Line Rd. combed the area while a full-sized Z71 Pickup was broken down and receiving repairs and
actually found a glass isolator from 1942!! A king-cobra rattlesnake tried to strike at the group, and they ran from the isolator, screaming all of
the way back to the truck.LOL Too much fun can be had on that Pole Line Road...
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TMW
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Ken sometime we need to get a small group to do the two summit loop with a side to the plane wreck. A good three day weekend trip.
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bajalou
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Ken - this is the next thing to add to your Jeep so you can always know where you are -
http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=80695
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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Ken Cooke
Elite Nomad
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Registered: 2-9-2004
Location: Riverside, CA
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Mood: Pole Line Road postponed due to injury
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Muchas Gracias, Lou! I will bookmark the page and make a shopping list! I already have my sound equipment waiting for installation, I just needed a
way to secure everything. You can buy laptop computers used for cheap, and I also need to get a GPS unit so I don't get lost anymore down in Baja...
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bajalou
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The one thing I've been told by several si to mount the computer so the HD is verticle. It will withstand a lot more bumps than when horizontal -
show us when you're done (or in progress)
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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