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woody with a view
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11 days SOB
For the past 2 months we've been outfitting the 20' travel trailer to spend the rest of its life in Baja at Bahia de Los Angeles, upto and including a
new TPO single ply roofing membrane with a 50 year warranty. It's good to work on a construction site!
We left last Friday around 6am and made out breakfast stop in El Sauzal at the world famous El Trailero. We needed to wait 20 minutes until they
opened and WOW have they upgraded the place! All new interior and paint job. As usual, the tacos are top notch!
We were concerned about traffic as the Baja 1000 was just starting and so we took the commercial route around town with zero problems. There was no
issues with race traffic all the way to our destination. The only snag was the Pemex in El Rosario looked like a parking lot with 50 rigs there. We
bypassed it and got 10 gallons of gas from the roadside vendor in Catavina.
The next 4 days were spent getting the trailer dialed in and getting accustomed to our new digs. We fished with out new neighbor Andy one day for
spotted bay bass out at the islands. We saw Fin Back Whales and Whale Sharks and had a great time. The fish tacos that night were amazing! Try
seasoned Masa flour without egg wash next time. Better than beer batter, or maybe just something different?
We closed up the trailer and headed for Bahia Asuncion and got there just as a front was passing thru. 2 days of rain showers and then it cleared. We
passed the time beach combing, surfing (it has been the smallest Nov in recent history!), and just having a great relaxing vacation. We stayed at the
Casa Pargo and met a bunch of cool people (you know who you are!). We finally got a day on the water and scored 3 Yellowtail, 2 Skipjack and a metric
butt-ton of Bonito. After 3.5 hours the Yellowtail bite evaporated so we went back to the beach to spend our final day cleaning up and getting ready
for the 12.5 hour drive home.
We made the border at TJ at 8:30pm and wasted 2.5 hours of our lives sitting in line. I picked the 3rd lane from the left and it was the SLOW lane.
Now I've got until Monday to recuperate from vacation before returning to work! All in we put on about 1450 miles. Gas was 11.7 pesos per liter.
[Edited on 11-27-2013 by woody with a view]
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55steve
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I've sure spent a LOT of time at Cerveza Lane & Tequila Way! I'll most likely run into you guys down there at some point.
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Timo1
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If any of you want instant grins and laughter you HAVE to meet Woody and Bia
sold out and got out !!!
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David K
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Great trip report Woody... Your new home location is a surprise... being on the non-wave side of Baja... but I don't blame you!
Nice to see 4baja's street sign is still there... Here is a photo I took when we camped next to his trailer in 2003... That was the trip we found Inky
the dog going to Mission Santa Maria...
Inky (and Bedman's Daisy playing) with Sarah
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motoged
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Woody,
Looks like you guys had a "mixed activity" getaway....fish, waves, whales, friends,tacos, playing house.... Thanks for the pics and taco stand
recommendation.
[Edited on 11-27-2013 by motoged]
Don't believe everything you think....
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
Gas was 11.7 pesos per liter.
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Yeah...11.71 today. That's $3.41 a gallon at todays rate. Goes up at least 5% in a month.....that would be 17 cents today.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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woody with a view
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we like the fact that the fish are always in BOLA and the surf is not far off. easy day trips when the swell pops up going forward.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by woody with a view
we like the fact that the fish are always in BOLA and the surf is not far off. easy day trips when the swell pops up going forward.
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And, it's all downhill from your place. That's a big gas saver. 
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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Gypsy Jan
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Great Pictures!
So beautiful.
Glad that you are having a good moving experience.
GJ
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—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
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shari
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Oh yeah...hangin with Woody & Bia was indeed a moving experience...shake your booty...
I cant believe Timo let you dye his beard and mustache! most excellent times
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elgatoloco
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Good times. That first surf pick you look like your walking on water........ 
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Ateo
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Loved those shots from south of town. Glad to see you got in the water. I bet you had some good food on this trip. I need to know where that
Taqueria is.
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BornFisher
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Glad you guys had a great trip. Must have been a bit SLOW taking the trailer on that road south of town in BOLA. It is one BAD road!!
Congrats on your new pad!!
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Pacifico
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Looks like a great trip! Is your new place in Gecko or thereabouts? El Trailero is one of my favorite taco stands! (I think Tacos El Poblano in GN is
my #1...Curt introduced me to Tacos El Poblano, thanks to you Woody! (I think he told me you recommended it to him.)
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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Taco de Baja
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Sounds like fun to me. Good fishing, good surf, good food, good friends, and no break downs.
Thanks for sharing.
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bigboy
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Woody,
Nice meeting you and your wife at the gathering at Casa Pargo. Nice that you caught some YT, I got skunked but had a great time catching and releasing
some big calicos!
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wessongroup
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Thanks for the trip ..... 
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DawnPatrol
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you guys rock, looks like you have fun wherever you travel
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Udo
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Nice photos, and trip report, Woody!
You two scored some nice YT's!
Udo
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Paulina
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You got a lot accomplished in eleven days! Welcome to the Bahia neighborhood, we are just a short walk up the beach from your new digs. We are on the
same page regarding popping over to the Pacific side. It's also a nice to take a break from the summer heat.
Saludos,
P>*)))>{
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