dizzyspots
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Got wood in Baja Norte
Heading down to Gonzaga...usually gather up wood stateside and just pack it the truck along with other camping gear...last trip, we were questioned
about it, but ultimately allowed to pass with the wood. Is there wood to purchase in San Felipe? Any one else have an issue bring firewood across?
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Ken Cooke
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I wonder if it is available along either Hwy 2 or Hwy 3 in one of the many convenience stores as you travel through the highlands.
I organized a 4WD run several years ago, and my friend 'CG' saw a downed tree and went to work on it with a small hatchet - he drove to the Laguna
Salada from Tijuana along Hwy 2 where there is ample vegetation.
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torch
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Ive been turned around at the border for firewood and for lumber (couple pieces) both diferent times
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captkw
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LAANYA-FIRE WOOD
I HAVE HEARD OF FOLKS BEING TURNED AROUND AND ALSO PAYING A SMALL "MORDIDA" BUT I THINK ITS A CRAP SHOOT !! K & T
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mrfatboy
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I always bring down at least 3 nights worth of firewood on my San feiipe/Gonzaga trips. I pack the logs in boxes as to be a little more discrete
just in case. Never been questioned. The boxes make for good kindling also. More room on way back.
My last trip I actually stored complete ready to light fires in arrowhead water boxes from Costco. They pack well in suv. Just filled with paper and
wood. I just put the box in the fire pit and throw a match in. Boom! Insto fire!
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woody with a view
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pack it in a flat single layer on the bed of the truck. pack your coolers on top of it and the rest of your "must have" stuff that you mostly never
use. make sure you can't see it so when they look in it looks like the Sanford & Son truck on a camping trip.
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"¿Hay leña?"
AY LAIN-yah?
Is universally understood. It'll get you mesquite (mes-KEE-tay)
and Palo Fiero (PAUL-oh fee-AIR-oh) ironwood
and sometimes pino (PEE-no) pine
but once in awhile Roble (ROH-blah) Oak
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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captkw
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laid ya ?? OK,OK..me bad..LOL
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The Gull
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Good to have wood when attempting to "laid-ya"
�I won\'t insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said.� William F. Buckley, Jr.
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mcfez
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The only wood you will find to burn is from one of the lumber yards in town. They will sell you junk pieces ....just tell them "firewood".
I pack firewood from Ca to SF regardless. Lay it flay, not to past the wheel wells. Stack your gear up top of that. The military check points couldn't
care less about your wood.
If you are going thru Mexicali....I have been stopped....and they didn't say anything to us.........but that was perhaps luck.
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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Ateo
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I have purchased wood at the big mercado in El Rosario. The one that you would crash into if you didn't make the big left turn once passing Mama's.
If you ever find yourself in a pinch, this is an option.
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woody with a view
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in a pinch the big, dead agave burn spectacularly well. just watch out for the critters trying to escape!
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dizzyspots
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So...IF you were a Nomad, trying to play by the rules of the country that you enjoy visiting...and you were traveling from San Luis to Gonzaga
Bay..where could you buy firewood?
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Curt63
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The dead agave are nice cause you can peel off one or 2 leaves at a time and keep the fire going a good long while. smells nice too.
Woody is right about the critters (scorpions) coming out
No worries
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thebajarunner
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Those surf boards look like they would burn just fine
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in a pinch the big, dead agave burn spectacularly well. just watch out for the critters trying to escape!
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Sprocket
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I would stop at the ejido just before San Felipe. Just south of the storage yard on the west side theres a guy who sell fire wood.
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dizzyspots
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Thanks Sprocket
I
ll give that a shot...
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