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Baja Bernie
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[*] posted on 3-29-2008 at 05:18 PM
Trip Report part two—East Cape--previous report was 'wrongly' posted under Baja looking Back


As I mentioned before the vehicle (using that term lightly) we were supposed to leave in last Wednesday had a few issues and the trip was set back until Thursday because it was decided that it would be very nice to have brakes and that new tires replace those that were rotting in place from age. Oh! Yeah, we found that it needed brakes when the right front wheel got so hot that it melted the hubcap. Truly a frightening site to watch a plastic wheel cover melt and puddle right next to the wheel that got so hot that it could not be touched.

Thursday came and the trip was again delayed because cash flow problems of one of the guys who was going. That evening I received another call that the water pump needed to be replaced and that the new one would not arrive until Friday noon.

This decided me and I finally listened to someone who had been whispering in my ear since this whole thing started—I cancelled the mini-Baja 500 and purchased airline tickets. Now the plan is to leave on the 4th, spend a week in Barriles and then take five days in La Paz. Then I will fly home on the 14th

Unfortunately, this change in plans means that I will not be able to play ‘paper boy’ and drop books off as we sped south. I did get a set of books dropped off for Shari in Guerrero Negro. Sure hope she got them.

I will be able to carry a few books down there but not the number I had hoped give away.

I will be staying at the Playa del Sol in Barriles and at the La Perla in La Paz.

I am anticipating visiting with several Nomads while down there so if any of you are in the area please give me a hollor.

I get to meet a bunch of Nomads in the Norte area every year but I seldom am allowed to visit, face to face, with you lucky ones who live in Baja Sur.

Another benefit of going by myself is that I won’t have to put up with the snoring and the farts of traveling companions.




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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