cj5orion
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Gonzaga Bay road !!!
For anybody coming down.....
I hear the "dirt pile" barrier is gone,but you still need to turn off the pavement and hit the "old road" at the same spot !!!
Home Remodels/Builds..Recession!
Gone BAJA BUILDIN/FISHIN !
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David K
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Well, let us know the truth when you can, okay?
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fishsticker
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A friend of mine used the new section last week.
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Marc
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I must say that I am a proud member of the "THAT ROAD" club. Pre pavement days.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Marc
I must say that I am a proud member of the "THAT ROAD" club. Pre pavement days. |
(from the Road Conditions forum):
The good old days!
BryanMcKenzie's post on 1993 vs. 2010 Mex. 5 motivated me to pull out the photos from my earlier trips to Gonzaga... before pavement and BEFORE the
graded road of 1986... back when it was a 'Jeep Trail'... and after 1974, no longer maintained as the truck drivers now came to Gonzaga from Hwy. 1
through Calamajue Canyon (until 1983 when the Laguna Chapala-Puerto Calamajue graded road was built).
April 1974 (I was 16) and my friend Pat and I took my dune buggy on a Baja loop trip down the Pacific side and back up the gulf side. Side trips were
made to Mision San Fernando and El Marmol/ El Volcan.
I have two photos between Gonzaga and Puertecitos:
In 1975, I repeated the trip with another friend Mike and two other vehicles joined us. Two photos north of Gonzaga Bay:
Can you see the 2 burros?
In 1979, I was a co-driver in the Baja 1000 and I pre-ran the first section I was to drive (San Matias Pass to El Crucero) in my 4WD Subaru... The
road to Gonzaga was very torn up from lack of care for over 5 years. I made it to Gonzaga that evening, but without an exhaust!
(skinny and shaggy 22 year old me, but having a blast in Baja)
El Huerfanito Island.
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mcfez
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Wow! 
DavidK...
That your young son ?
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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cj5orion
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Well, let us know the truth when you can, okay? |
I wont be on the road for another 2 weeks.....
I'm jus passing along the info as I heard it.
With no warning sign indicating the end of road.....well...fiqure it out !!!!!
Home Remodels/Builds..Recession!
Gone BAJA BUILDIN/FISHIN !
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Wow!
DavidK...
That your young son ?
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No Deno... that be me, in 1979.
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by cj5orion
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Well, let us know the truth when you can, okay? |
I wont be on the road for another 2 weeks.....
I'm jus passing along the info as I heard it.
With no warning sign indicating the end of road.....well...fiqure it out !!!!! |
Have fun and looking forward to your report... maybe take a photo looking across the new bridge, where the pavement had ended since last April?
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mcfez
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by mcfez
Wow!
DavidK...
That your young son ?
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No Deno... that be me, in 1979. |
Was pulling your leg David! :-)
That new section of road by was suppose to be opened a few months ago...
Someone here at BN said he talked to the Engineers and got a confirming answer "it be opened in two weeks".
Old people are like the old cars, made of some tough stuff. May show a little rust, but good as gold on the inside.
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