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TonyC
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Possible alternate route
As we all know by now 1D is closed in either direction. I am still here in Socorro waiting to try to get on the road, any road, to head home. I am
hoping someone knows an alternate safe route to Ensenada. On a lighter note there is power and phone service again.
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postholedigger
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Horse or pack mule?
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You should probably post what it is you are driving.
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TonyC
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Toyota Tundra 4X4. Not a horse or a pack mule.
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There are too many possible flooded arroyos both north and south of you, at Socorro...
There is a rough dirt road that goes east from Socorro, past El Cipres, and meets a better dirt road that goes south to Hwy. 1 via Los Martires... for
DRY WEATHER... lot's of arroyos are crossed, and it is NOT an escape for you now!
You are on an island for a few days... Have you checked the long bridge aver Arroyo Santa Maria... just north of the Los Pinos Pemex/ Cielito Lindo
road? That and the new Hwy. 1 route was built after the original route of Hwy. 1 was so frquently washed out.
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TonyC
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Thanks but that sounds sketchy, I have faith in my Toyota but it is not indestructible I will hold tight till I know more.
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David K
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When you can, drive up to Los Pinos and see if the big bridge there is still standing, or if it looks like El Rosario's bridge:
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TonyC
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Will do. Thanks again. I tried Wednesday due east and could not pass thru. On Thursday tried due west. I am currently dry and safe at home in Soccoro.
May venture out for food and may go see if that route is a good one.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
There are too many possible flooded arroyos both north and south of you, at Socorro...
There is a rough dirt road that goes east from Socorro, past El Cipres, and meets a better dirt road that goes south to Hwy. 1 via Los Martires... for
DRY WEATHER... lot's of arroyos are crossed, and it is NOT an escape for you now!
You are on an island for a few days... Have you checked the long bridge aver Arroyo Santa Maria... just north of the Los Pinos Pemex/ Cielito Lindo
road? That and the new Hwy. 1 route was built after the original route of Hwy. 1 was so frquently washed out. |
We tried taking those connector roads after the winter of 1997...impassable, the road had become the river, guess the ranchers didn't need the road
enough to rebuild...but a few years later a better road had been built by the Yuccadores.
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Is that a current picture of the bridge just south of El Rosario?
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TonyC
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I believe that was posted at 7:30 this morning from someone that was at the site.
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Reminds me of the bridge between SJDC and Cabo. When Juliette visited BCS in 2001. Blew out both ends of the"brand new bridge". Had to stay 2 extra
days to be able to walk across carrying all our luggage. That is going to take some time to repair!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
When you can, drive up to Los Pinos and see if the big bridge there is still standing, or if it looks like El Rosario's bridge:
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David has been posting this image al over as if its his own. Sad in times like this... but he should give credit where credit is due
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TonyC, did you get to fish before the storm?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by norte
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
When you can, drive up to Los Pinos and see if the big bridge there is still standing, or if it looks like El Rosario's bridge:
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David has been posting this image al over as if its his own. Sad in times like this... but he should give credit where credit is due
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Norte,
Gee, I didn't notice David taking credit for the bridge pic....but I DO appreciate seeing the pic....I think the important issue here is "Is that a
current photo?"
Bash David ONLY when he deserves it....
Don't believe everything you think....
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I also like the picture. But maybe he could have clarrifyed that it was a earlier picture posted by Baja Cactus. But minor detail given the
circumstances
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TonyC
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Thanks to all for the updates. Bridges that were first reported as affected are washed away. Definatley stranded trying to get a plan B here. Maybe it
will be drier tomorrow and the southern route will be a long way, but a way around back to the border.
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David K
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Since the photo was posted by my friend BajaCactus first, in the major thread on the storm people should be reading first, I believed it was already
known whose photo it was...
re-showing it again in this thread to show it around more and to ask if the Santa Maria river bridge looked like it.
I guess some read stuff here from the bottom up? 
PHOTO FROM BAJACACTUS taken by his employee in El Rosario!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Since the photo was posted by my friend BajaCactus first, in the major thread on the storm people should be reading first, I believed it was already
known whose photo it was...
re-showing it again in this thread to show it around more and to ask if the Santa Maria river bridge looked like it.
I guess some read stuff here from the bottom up?
PHOTO FROM BAJACACTUS taken by his employee in El Rosario!! |
Yeah David K... What the hell is wrong with you???
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
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David K
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I'm a BAD MAN!  
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