Maderita
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Snow in the Sierra de Juarez, New Year's Day 2015
A cold winter storm brought snow to the Sierra de Juarez on New Year's eve day. The weather cleared on New Year's Day to reveal 2" at La Rumorosa.
Driving south toward Laguna Hanson/Parque Nacional there was 8" of fluffy snow above the 5,000' elevation.
We made an early morning border crossing at Tecate in hopes of an adventurous drive on the nearly untracked snow covering the 25 miles of dirt roads
to Rancho el Topo. Just for fun, I kept the 4x4 van in 2WD, with the rear ARB air locker engaged. Forward momentum wasn't a problem, though steering
sometimes involved accelerating and decelerating with the throttle to make turns.
Temperatures Thursday night dipped to 13 F. (-10.6 C.) The watering troughs were frozen with ice 4" thick. The ice had to be chopped through so the
horses could drink.
   
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Ateo
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Great pics. I think I know where I'm going next time there are 100,000 people heading for Julian.
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woody with a view
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no kidding!
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TMW
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Fresh snow in the mtns always looks beautiful, thanks.
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David K
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Thank you! Good to show Baja isn't all desert and all beach!
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vgabndo
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El Topo has had a warm place in my heart for more than 40 years. When a lady friend and I got separated from our chase vehicle in November while
riding in jeans and tee shirts on our lightless motorcycles, we finally crept into the rancho in the middle of the night frozen to the bone and very
grateful for the thread bare flannel sheet the long gone abuelita gave us. She had all her grandchildren with her, and it was the last piece of
bedding. We shivvered all night in a ranch shack but she saved our butts! The Sierra Juarez is still one of my favorite places on the peninsula.
Beautiful Pondorosas! Wonderful people.
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Mexitron
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Really pretty up there with all that snow, thanks for sharing.
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Chupacabra
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This is Valley of the Moon on New Year's Day, in the southeast corner of San Diego County. The border runs right through the valley and is barely
marked. We stepped into Mexico and back again just because we could 
That's me in the white and a friend way up on top of the boulder pile.
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ehall
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Beautiful pictures. I love that area.
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BajaBlanca
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nice!
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BAJACAT
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NICE I GOT TO GO BACK...LOVE THAT PLACE
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Marc
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Great photos....but I personally would not seek out anything to do with snow. 
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