IslandAngler
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Driving from San Diego to La Ventana/Los Barriles
Looking for a convoy driving south to La Paz area. Leaving San Diego just after Easter. Would like to join or start a convoy.
[Edited on 4-17-2014 by IslandAngler]
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IslandAngler
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Off we go. Still looking for a convoy or another wing man for trip south from San Diego. Leaving Tuesday, April 22nd early am. Hoping to get to
Guerrero Negro on first days drive. I'm just a single driver and his pick-up truck. Could use some back up if necessary. Packing up and getting ready
to go. Final destination is either La Ventana or Los Barriles.
[Edited on 4-17-2014 by IslandAngler]
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David K
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Leave very early if you need to get to Guerrero Negro in one day and don't want to drive at night. Hwy. 1 south of Ensenada is not a high speed road,
nor should it be.
There is so much to see along the way, it is sad to just be in a hurry to get to the bottom end of the peninsula. Beaches, cactus gardens, prehistoric
rock art, palm oasis canyons, old Spanish missions, abandoned mines, are all along the way.
Have a nice vacation!
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chippy
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David he might be like I was. After decades of tooling around Baja I just wanted to get to the tip as fast as I could. I used to leave No. San Diego
Co. at 4 am and drive to Mulege at least. Next day the tip.
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IslandAngler
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Roger That; David. I figure 06:00 is a good time to cross. If not earlier, Gray Light. That's what I did last time and made it to San Ignacio buy
dinner time. Had Margaritas next door to the mission downtown. I love that little quite town. Slept like a baby with the frogs singing in the back
ground. And up the next day and on the road after coffee.
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David K
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Sounds like you know the road then... I figured it was your first time, asking for the security of a caravan to scare off the banditos and
chupacabras!
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Frankyinhummer
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How long are you going for?
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IslandAngler
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I'm planning on 3 weeks to a month. Should return to San Diego on, or around May 20th.
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Skipjack Joe
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Perhaps you should look up osprey. He can direct you to that good snorkeling beach just south of Pulmo. It's like an aquarium there.
A month? You should have good memories.
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Safe travels and have fun!
Would love to join you, but I did the San Diego-GN drive, solo in my truck, just a few weeks ago, to see whales for a 3rd and final time this season.
Please post report regarding Cabo Pulmo- I want to head there when school lets out in June.
\"Probably the airplanes will bring week-enders from Los Angeles before long, and the beautiful poor bedraggled old town will bloom with a
Floridian ugliness.\" (John Steinbeck, 1940, discussing the future of La Paz, BCS, Mexico)
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IslandAngler
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Been working as a Captain on a Whale Watching boat for 3 months now. Need to see an acre of of frothing hungry fish. Preferably Big Tuna.
[Edited on 4-19-2014 by IslandAngler]
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BajaBlanca
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Bill -please check your U2U ....
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josesbox
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Rules of the road?
Hey there I was planning on heading to La Ventana possibly February or March of next year. I have a van that I am fixing up with no windows along the
side and windows in the back with tint. I heard there was some rule in TJ about tinted windows. Would I have a problem getting through?
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by josesbox
Hey there I was planning on heading to La Ventana possibly February or March of next year. I have a van that I am fixing up with no windows along the
side and windows in the back with tint. I heard there was some rule in TJ about tinted windows. Would I have a problem getting through?
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Drivers (front seat) side windows... same law as California that some ignore. Keep your window rolled down if it is illegally tinted. Cops need to see
if you are pointing a 45 at them!
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BajaBlanca
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Welcome josesbox! No one will even look at your windows in TJ.
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