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Pacifico
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8 Day Offroad trip - Ensenada to San Juanico and Back
I just got back the other day from an 8 day offroad trip in Baja. Great trip with great people! We did about 1550 miles total. The trip started in
Ensenada at Horsepower Ranch outside of town. We arrived and unloaded the cars; doing last minute preps.
The next day we headed through Ojos Negros over to Diablo Dry Lake and made it to San Felipe where we stayed at the El Cortez.
The El Cortez was great (POOL) and we had a fantastic dinner at El Nido.
The next day we headed south down the old Puertocitos road and stopped at Cow Patty's. Unfortunately they were closed. We continued south through
Gonzaga and visited Coco! We introduced him to Fireball and he loved it!
From Coco's we headed south through Calamajue Canyon which was beautiful as ever! We continued to the BOLA road and stopped to enjoy the view:
We stayed at Guillermo's for the night in BOLA and another great meal was had! The next day was a long one! We took the NORRA course mostly all the
way to San Juanico. After some repairs on the trail, we finally arrived at Juan y Juan's where we were met by one of the greatest hosts ever! Juan!
(Sorry, no pic!)
This was our view for the next day:
We had a down day the next day where we pretty much just cruised the beach, fished, went swimming, and enjoyed some Pacificos! There was hardly any
swell, but it looked like it would have been fun for the longboards...
The next day we headed back north for BOLA. We made a quick stop along the way at Pozo Aleman which is a really cool old town:
We did another night at Guillermo's and got some rest for the next day. The next morning we left for San Quentin as our destination. We headed to San
Borja Mission and some of the group took the tour of the mission.
We left San Borja and headed west over to Nuevo Rosarito. We took a quick break at the Santa Rosalillita road and took on fuel from our chase truck.
We then headed north up the coast. It is a very remote area with no services or help for many miles! Stay out unless you are prepared for the worst!
We went through many silt beds; some were not that long, some were 1/4 mile or more! Both a truck and a buggy got stuck in the silt which required the
tow rope. Nasty stuff!
We made it to San Quentin by nightfall and stayed at the Mision Santa Maria. It was my 1st time staying there and I really liked it! Great food and
nice rooms... I highly recommend it!
We had 3 other friends show up and meet us there in their Broncos. They made the trip the next day back to Ensenada with us. We picked our way north
along the coast through Camalu and Erindera. We finally came off the dirt at Santo Tomas and that was the end of our dirt adventure. We motored back
to the ranch and headed for home. Time to start planning the next trip!
Here is an overlay of our trip on Google Earth:
Thanks to all the Mexican people for letting us enjoy their beautiful country once again! Hope my fellow Nomads enjoy the report! Adios!
"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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BajaRat
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Great stuff. is there access to BOLA from the north or yall went through Chapala ?
Thanks for the great report 
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David K
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Oh so cool... and can I ask to see a better or bigger GE map, please?
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BajaRat
Great stuff. is there access to BOLA from the north or yall went through Chapala ?
Thanks for the great report |
BajaRat,
From Coco's we went east to Calamajue Canyon. When you follow the canyon south it comes out on Hwy 1 south of Chapala at a place called El Crucero.
Then you have just a short bit of pavement and you peel off the hwy where there are 2 blue fence posts on the east side of the hwy. From there, it is
more dirt and it brings you out onto the BOLA road about 11 or 12 miles in from the intersection of hwy 1. Check out Calamajue Canyon! It is really
beautiful!
"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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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Oh so cool... and can I ask to see a better or bigger GE map, please? |
David, check your U2U!
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BajaLuna
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Awesome! Livin' the dream!
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Ateo
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Thanks Pacifico. Jealous.
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woody with a view
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good trip! you can't imagine the lines at juanico when it's on.... once you get it ON you won't ever go back.
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ehall
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sounds like a great trip. Funny I was check checking google earth for a route from calamajue to bola.
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Thanks for the great report. Is Juan y Juans on the main road along the beach? Was the beach pic taken from there? Can you post a link to the GE file?
ThX
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by ehall
sounds like a great trip. Funny I was check checking google earth for a route from calamajue to bola. |
Years ago you could come out from Calamajue at El Crucero and turn south before hitting the pavement; staying on dirt all the way to where the dirt
hit the BOLA road. There is a small ranch there now, so you have to hit the hwy.
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by willyAirstream
Thanks for the great report. Is Juan y Juans on the main road along the beach? Was the beach pic taken from there? Can you post a link to the GE file?
ThX |
Yes, Juan y Juan's is on the main road by the beach south of 1st point. Juan said they call where they are "zero point". The pic where you see the
point in the background was taken from Juan y Juan's. Not sure if I have a link with the GE file, but the program that does the overlay is called GPS
Visualizer. Send me your email and I can send you a better pic of it.
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ehall
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Ateo
Thanks Pacifico. Jealous. |
X2 planning my next one
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willyAirstream
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Thanks. U2u d you w email
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David K
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pacifico
| Quote: | Originally posted by ehall
sounds like a great trip. Funny I was check checking google earth for a route from calamajue to bola. |
Years ago you could come out from Calamajue at El Crucero and turn south before hitting the pavement; staying on dirt all the way to where the dirt
hit the BOLA road. There is a small ranch there now, so you have to hit the hwy. |
The SCORE road is there, parallel to Hwy. 1 so you don't need to use the highway for the 5.4 miles from El Crucero to the old L.A. Bay road, if you
don't want to. It heads south from the pit area just below the highway. The newer ranch is farther away and out-of-sight of the highway.
The ranch is near the dart 'Calamajué road'...
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
| Quote: | Originally posted by Pacifico
| Quote: | Originally posted by ehall
sounds like a great trip. Funny I was check checking google earth for a route from calamajue to bola. |
Years ago you could come out from Calamajue at El Crucero and turn south before hitting the pavement; staying on dirt all the way to where the dirt
hit the BOLA road. There is a small ranch there now, so you have to hit the hwy. |
The SCORE road is there, parallel to Hwy. 1 so you don't need to use the highway for the 5.4 miles from El Crucero to the old L.A. Bay road, if you
don't want to. It heads south from the pit area just below the highway. The newer ranch is farther away and out-of-sight of the highway.
The ranch is near the dart 'Calamajué road'...
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Hmmmm.....I thought it was blocked off when we went by. I could be mistaken, however.
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we saw you at Juan's with the "live band" ... we were in the two black Dodge trucks with all the surfboards ...  ... our party was in the jacuzzi at the Scorpion Bay club
DREAM IT! PLAN IT! LIVE IT!
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Great stuff Pacifico, thanks for sharing. Did you take the same route north from San Juanico as you came in on?
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Desertbull
we saw you at Juan's with the "live band" ... we were in the two black Dodge trucks with all the surfboards ... ... our party was in the jacuzzi at the Scorpion Bay club |
I wish I knew that was you! I would have loved to meet you. I loved your rigs...they looked set-up well!
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Pacifico
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TW
Great stuff Pacifico, thanks for sharing. Did you take the same route north from San Juanico as you came in on? |
Yep TW, same route out for the most part. Small variances if any. That sand road near El Datil was awesome! 70-90 mph through there! One of my new
favorite roads in Baja for sure!
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