surfer jim
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Do you remember...La Cuesta de la Ley?
This is on the way from El Arco to Punta San Francisco...it still shows on the AAA map. It was "before my time" but if I remember correctly some sort
of difficult mountain climb in its day. I have been through there about 20 years ago but don't remember anything unusual at that time. Anybody with
more info on this?
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Skipjack Joe
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God yes, I remember that damn thing back in '83. That was my first big offroad adventure in baja. I still have it in my journal which I flip through
wistfully from time to time. After repeated attempts we finally made it over top but knew we would never make it back the other way without a tow.
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DENNIS
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OK......Permit me a harmless hijacking here, Jim.
Does anyone recall having a cold beer or lunch on the Kon Tiki in Ensenada harbor? The rickety gangway that led to the listing hulk of the floating
restaurant, even before the breakwater was built?
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Phil C
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Went over Cuesta de Ley on Christmas day. nice little hill, but not too difficult these days.
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baitcast
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Igor I remember your story of that trip up the hill,many 
Rob
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
OK......Permit me a harmless hijacking here, Jim.
Does anyone recall having a cold beer or lunch on the Kon Tiki in Ensenada harbor? The rickety gangway that led to the listing hulk of the floating
restaurant, even before the breakwater was built? |
Dennis, I remember the Kon Tiki and Ninos on Ruiz and La Copa de Leche.
A well informed Baja California traveler is a smart Baja California traveler!
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surfer jim
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Anybody got photos?
How did it compare to 3 sisters in Puertecitos?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by surfer jim
Anybody got photos?
How did it compare to 3 sisters in Puertecitos? |
Hi Jim,
I drove to San Francisquito the first time in 1983, from El Arco over the Cuesta... and it wasn't bad at all... Perhaps already been worked on for the
new resort. Again was over it in 2001, and the road was all graded... no problem.
There were more then '3 sisters' south of Puertecitos... but perhaps three of the grades were the toughest... Over them many times (1965-1979) before
the new graded road of 1986.
I looked through my books and found one photo of the old Cuesta de la Ley in the 1962 AAA Baja Log...
[Edited on 1-28-2009 by David K]
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baitcast
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What a beautiful stretch of hell
Rob
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