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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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My best trip report ever in 2008!
Things are going to get really busy tomorrow with a 6:00 AM let's be rolling comittment for Friday.
I've made a comittment to myself to do my best trip report. So I don't get too far behind, and so I have some investment to maintain...I'm going to
start now since in my heart I'm already gone.
The maintenance is done, the machines are all checked out. Spare parts are loaded. We have everything we need to do overnight bivouacs on the Dual
sports.
My pals Poncho and Caballero as we finished sorting through all the pressure suits, and armor, and boots, and that doesn't even count the fishing
gear.
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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vgabndo
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If you see this on the road, give us a shout. I will go to channel 13 on CB if it looks like we can chat that way. Hey we can even afford to pull
over.
In the states you can call 530-859-2759 to my cell.
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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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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Here's the department of fun.
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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vgabndo
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3461
Registered: 12-8-2003
Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Mood: Checking-off my bucket list.
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Here's your invitation to come join us. Drop in we'll be in and out and around.
Here's how to find the place.
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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shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13043
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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have a safe trip...look forward to seeing you guys.
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tripledigitken
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Have a great trip, by the way neat gaff!
Ken
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vgabndo
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Hi Ken:
Thanks...the gaff reverses and acts as a "sleep aid" for unyealdy Yellowtails.
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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vgabndo
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OK...next report from an internet cafe!!!
Finally the clock ticked all those ticks, and life begins again. We are off.
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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Fatboy
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Have FUN!!!! and I didn't see ya in Redding so thats good!!!!
Remember, When in doubt, GAS IT!
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vgabndo
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We have safely arrived in Guerrero Negro. All is well except one of the three amigos is way under the weather. He brought his northern California cold
to Mexico and it is flourishing. We will have to cancel our motorcycle side trip to Bahia Acuncion. An to San Nicolasç and R and R.
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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bajajudy
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Location: San Jose del Cabo,BCS
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Take care of your buddy
May I recommend the sopa de marisco from Malarrimo for him.
It is full of fresh herbs....sopa de pescado too.
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shari
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Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
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Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
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Too bad you missed Asuncion as we had a roaring birthday party for Juan today and were waiting for you guys....had to drink all the beer we had for
you here.....ni modo...hope your amigo is feeling better....glad we read about this as we were beginning to worry and if we weren't so.....ummmm...in
the party mood, we would have come looking for you. have a safe trip amigos.
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Fatboy
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Where is all this reporting, MISTER!!!!
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Baja Bernie
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Registered: 8-31-2003
Location: Sunset Beach
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Mood: Just dancing through life
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Vag
Wow! The power of positive thinking be with you...............you claimed it even before you started and 2008 is still young yet.
Have fun!
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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pangamadness
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Have you passed this yet?
I always thank god when I reach this point safe. Can you pass on a fish report?
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Hook
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Registered: 3-13-2004
Location: Sonora
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Hey Perry,
What's up with the trip? Are you back? Are you there?
Are you OK?
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vgabndo
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We have safely returned.
Hi all, first for all the good wishes...many thanks. To Shari and Juan, I'm so sorry for causing you any worry. We passed through Guerrero Negro too
early for Sirena to be at work (my judgement) or I'd have stopped in and asked her to forward a message. We stopped at an internet cafe in GN, a
block north of the main drag, and maybe half a dozen blocks west. When we walked in, four guys finished, got up and left. When we tried to make our
various connections both the computers defaulted to PORN sites. Every time I tried to log on to my ISP, I got more porn. Walked out in disgust. I'm
a prude that way. Anyway...I was really sorry not to make the ride. I WASN'T SICK!!! I didn't want to miss seeing you.
A day after we passed the shrine that Pangamadness pictured above, I was sick as the veritable dog and spent several days in bed with the gripa. I
love that shrine...it means there are 1366 miles behind me and only about 5 still ahead.
The fishing report was grim. There had been almost six weeks of wind and no one was able to get on the water. The fuel prices, low as they are, are
still sky high to the locals, and they almost have to catch fish to turn them into more gas to try again. If they don't catch fish.......
Shortly after our arrival, the wind died, and there were many good fishing days.
While I was still walking, be put the new (repaired) prop on my Honda, and fired her up on a water hose on the trailer in the yard. Then we removed
the intake manifold and all three carbs, and cleaned the stuck float needle assembly on #2 and put it all back together. Bingo. All green lights.
We put the skiff on the beach and set our clocks for O'dark-thirty. Got up in the dark, had our ducks all in marching order, pushed into the gulf
lapping at our feet like a small lake on a nice day.
Powered down the tilt, twist the key...nada. Rope started several times, but wouldn't run above an idle now. No power to the tilt!!! At the first
whiff of something sand-like, a half a blade came off the prop while we were trying to figure out how to disable the power tilt and raise it manually.
Fili Dias, the greatest aluminum welder in all of Mexico (Loreto) fixed it after a few days. By the time we got it back, the wind was up. We got ONE
chance later, but I had given up by then.
The cough I had was one of those that left my abdominal muscle aching after a few days, was only effective in groups of ~7, and when you would finally
fall asleep and relax, the wheezing was so loud it would wake me up! Oh well...
Fish report. Bait was very illusive. The fish were at every level. Two friends boated 4-6 nice yellows between them every time they got a chance to go
out. They did equally well on carnada and iron.
I understand that one of my friends down there had a Nomad sighting at Isla San Ildifonso. Was that you Roger?
(Pompano)
Then the third member of our party got REALLY sick. Three mornings in a row he got up and hung up his sweat soaked bedding in the sun before crawling
back to suffer another day prone. It was a bad "chills and fever" gripa that all the locals had passed around before we arrived.
KT's lady, who is a nurse, arrived for the middle week to be with her honey. She couldn't do a thing to help our symptoms, but her inside and out
beauty, great attitude, and laughing spirit did us all a lot of good. I was sorry to see her go after only a week.
Since the three of us total 175 years old, the rule from the beginning was "nobody gets hurt". Where our illness and the motorcycles interfaced, we
gave that a "little" thought.
Did we wear any rubber off our knobbies???
OH YEAHHHHHH. More on that next time...
KT and KS in serenade mode. A nice addition to any camp.
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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vgabndo
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Here's KT and Les
We took a ride out to the end of Punta San Antonio. Here's Poncho and "Florence Nightengale".
Carlos Slim has fences all over the place. I was backed up against the one that cuts off the entire end of the point.
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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vgabndo
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Here's Senor Slim's house between San Antonio and Punta Pulpito.
My landlord is doing the construction. (Good contacts for a stone mason from a fish camp!)
The road runs up to his private air strip.
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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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vgabndo
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Location: Mt. Shasta, CA
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Here's Pulpito from the same vantage as the previous image.
[Edited on 3-29-2008 by vgabndo]
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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