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cliffh
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baja 4000
Any current news, supposed to go through La Paz next tues on the way to Cabo. Then Cabo up the pacific side to San Juanico on Wed. thanks Cliff
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willardguy
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hopefully there will be gasoline for all!
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El Comadante Loco
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GAS
Mexicali/San Felipe will be up to speed in the couple of days now that the tankers are rolling again. The policia federal gave the protesters the
option to vacate with safe passage or to be removed by force. They of course decided to move on so the gas is flowing again...
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David K
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Thanks for the report Rudy!
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El Comadante Loco
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GAS
Things have been crazy around Mexicali lots of pisanos coming over to Claexcio and El Centro to buy gas even longer than usual gas lines here at
Costco. Extra long lines at the border to the US, during the last few days, at least double the wait time except for Sentri.
It was reported that emergency service providers and police were expected to be out of gas within days. The whole city was on the verge of coming to
a standstill.
I am off my to my house at K43 on the road to puertecitos then off to fish Gonzaga. Will report on gas situation as I find it.
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Ken Cooke
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The race starts tomorrow..
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cliffh
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Good excuse to hang out at Conejo for a few days
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chippy
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A better excuse would be waves. Are there any?
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Gulliver
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Never heard of this thing before. On the surface it sounds like a bunch of posers.
I went to the site and there doesn't seem to be any better map than this. On the South bound route they are either staying on the pavement from San
Ignatio to Loreto or teleporting everyone over the Sierra Giganta. I'd like to know so that I can stay out of the way.
I especially find amusing the claim on their site of traveling in "Untouched places". Not after they come through.
Hope it works out but it sounds like they are just turning people loose with no support. Any tracking or radio stuff?
Maybe we locals had better get our water jugs tow ropes and first aid kits ready.
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willardguy
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damn those people out there having fun!
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Gulliver
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I want them to have fun but being busted down with no one knowing where you are might be a heck of a downer.
I hope I have the wrong take on this. We'll see.
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mtgoat666
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Quote: Originally posted by Gulliver  | I want them to have fun but being busted down with no one knowing where you are might be a heck of a downer.
I hope I have the wrong take on this. We'll see.
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They should have hired you gray hairs to hold their hands!
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willardguy
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I remember grey hair it was wonderful !
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David K
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Where are looking at each other and there's gray hair that wasn't there before... we are changing,,,, Baja is changing... nothing is forever.
See you at Universal City maņana12-2;30)
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Gulliver
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According to Barbara my gray hair sank in from the top and is coming out my nose and ears. Gravity!
I'm sure very few of these greenhorns will break down and/or get lost. Lord knows I've been working at getting stuck and lost for long enough myself
and all too often without anywhere near decent preparation or planning. Tube patch glue dried up? How could that be? Not again!
The reality is that unless you've spent your whole life cruising your off road iron down Sunset Strip showing off for the urban cowboys, most of Baja
isn't that all fired demanding unless you are total tool and get all uncorked from going too fast. On the other hand there was a low slung surfer van
with a busted oil pan on the road from Rt. 1 to San Isidro a couple of days ago. Six inch clearance just isn't enough.
Been a while since I've found a road without a goat farmer at the other end of it. Sweet people too.
There is that little stinker from Santa Inez out to the mission. That last mile is an equipment breaker and drownder. Ralph is still dragging the
busted and wounded out of there every year. Speaking of sweet people.
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tecatero
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I am all for the adventure this race offers, but we were passed by 15-20 of these bozos on the road yesterday. They have no clue on Baja road
etiquette , they think because they see you, you see them. Nearly got clipped by some hipsters in a new 4Runner. Saw them at the gas station, with a
bunch more hipsters, these guys were Euro hipsters. I said, you better learn to signal when passing and to make sure people ( I.e, locals) see you or
your gonna kill someone or yourself. They giggled. Be I retesting to see the stats once it's done
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cj5orion
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http://www.bamakoadventures.com/en/the-route/
Home Remodels/Builds..Recession!
Gone BAJA BUILDIN/FISHIN !
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bajalinda
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According to their map, the race (or should I say "rally and challenge") is coming by our place on Wednesday.
We have seen no directional signs along the road showing the route as we see with the other off-road races that come by here. No pre-runners either.
Nada. Will see what we see on Wednesday.
[Edited on 1-15-2017 by bajalinda]
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Gulliver
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cj5orion,
The problem with that rather crude map is that it shows the route from San Ignatio to around at least Mulege as going down the middle of the
peninsula.
There is no road there. Nothing. Nada.
My conclusion is that either they are using the same route down the coast going both ways (I think that has been shown recently to be a pretty
bad idea) or they are going down Rt. 1, not that challenging but probably a bit more sane.
We will see.
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mtgoat666
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| Quote: Originally posted by tecatero | | I am all for the adventure this race offers, but we were passed by 15-20 of these bozos on the road yesterday. They have no clue on Baja road
etiquette , they think because they see you, you see them. Nearly got clipped by some hipsters in a new 4Runner. Saw them at the gas station, with a
bunch more hipsters, these guys were Euro hipsters. I said, you better learn to signal when passing and to make sure people ( I.e, locals) see you or
your gonna kill someone or yourself. They giggled. Be I retesting to see the stats once it's done |
What's worse, baja 4000 rally-driving hipsters, baja 1000 race team/fan knuckle draggers, or semana santa road trippers?
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