lav_ocotillo
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camping equipment?
hi everyone!
i normally live in southern arizona but have been living with my partner and their family in mexico city + morelos. the two of us are planning a
socially-distant, thoughtful month in baja and are thinking to rent a car and camp/rent air bnbs when we just have to, but don't want to deal with
flying to mexicali etc w camping gear.
we're considering buying some things at the walmart in mexicali but, i don't know if this is a ridiculous idea, would it be beneficial for anyone to
rent us a solid tent/sleeping pad/etc for a month or so?
alternately, any alternate suggestions? we know it's super hot and are okay with that! i camp in the sonoran desert in the summer which i don't find
too unbearable 
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lav_ocotillo
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nvm, saw this exact thread posted elsewhere! yay collective brain
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TMW
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No need for a tent get a cheap cot or pad and sleep on the ground. Get a cheap sleeping bag too. Actually with the warm weather just use some
blankets. However it does get cold along the Pacific ocean even in the middle of summer.
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JZ
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Fly into Cabo, LA Paz, or Loerto..
Baja Sur is the best of Baja.
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Quote: Originally posted by lav_ocotillo  | hi everyone!
i normally live in southern arizona but have been living with my partner and their family in mexico city + morelos. the two of us are planning a
socially-distant, thoughtful month in baja and are thinking to rent a car and camp/rent air bnbs when we just have to, but don't want to deal with
flying to mexicali etc w camping gear.
we're considering buying some things at the walmart in mexicali but, i don't know if this is a ridiculous idea, would it be beneficial for anyone to
rent us a solid tent/sleeping pad/etc for a month or so?
alternately, any alternate suggestions? we know it's super hot and are okay with that! i camp in the sonoran desert in the summer which i don't find
too unbearable |
Much easier to pay the extra baggage fees and bring your own camping gear.
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weebray
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Lots of bad advise here but the worst is to get a cheap sleeping pad. Trying to find an inexpensive Therm-a-Rest used at a garage sale, flea mkt. or ?
is a great idea; buying a cheap sleeping pad is not.
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I would at the least get a screen tent - it can get buggy at night. Cheap bags or blankets would work. We used pads last weekend, but are upgrading
to cots - the ground is too hard for these old backs, even with pads. A five gallon bucket with a quart sized dipper .makes a fabulous shower. A
propane camp-stove is a necessary. Walmart may have kits - tent, stove, bags. Being the end of the season may be on sale...
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A good Swiss Army Knife and some type of collapsible shovel. You will use them!
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lav_ocotillo
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wow thank you everyone! this site is such an incredible resource
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AKgringo
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I prefer a multi-tool with a plier option but a knife, or tool, could cause you problems with any air travel.
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You can get sand storms, wind, cold, mosquitos - better off with a tent. If there's a Dollar Tree in Mexicali you can get everything else. You don't
need good equipment - it only has to last a month, and in fair weather. One of the most useful camp items is a chair with a back. gets old sitting on
a rock.
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thebajarunner
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I have slept on my folding cot, under the stars for about 250 Baja nights. Never slept in a tent
The big problem is the dew.
On a clear night your sleeping bag gets wet, sometimes real wet!!
But just toss it over the hood or the tail gate in the morning sun while you make your coffee and it dries out quickly
Agree on the sleeping pad. Even a decent cot is pretty firm.
I have a Thermarest that folds three times into a nice compact square.
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I was surprised this winter to see the La Paz Walmart had no camping gear and supplies.
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Being that you are only doing this for a month don't over think it. If you listen to some people here you'll spend lots of money on good stuff and
after a month what will you do with it they won't buy it from you. If you think you'll use it more often fine get the good stuff. I've been going to
Baja for over 40 years, camping over 95% of the time. I've had RVs, tent campers, cab-overs, truck shells, tents and for the last 20 years I sleep on
a cot outside under the stars. If it rains I have eyelets on the shell I can hook a tarp to. My motto is KISS=Keep it simple stupid.
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Allwaters
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| Quote: Originally posted by lav_ocotillo | hi everyone!
i normally live in southern arizona but have been living with my partner and their family in mexico city + morelos. the two of us are planning a
socially-distant, thoughtful month in baja and are thinking to rent a car and camp/rent air bnbs when we just have to, but don't want to deal with
flying to mexicali etc w camping gear.
we're considering buying some things at the walmart in mexicali but, i don't know if this is a ridiculous idea, would it be beneficial for anyone to
rent us a solid tent/sleeping pad/etc for a month or so?
alternately, any alternate suggestions? we know it's super hot and are okay with that! i camp in the sonoran desert in the summer which i don't find
too unbearable |
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Allwaters
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North Baja cold in winter, south baja warmer. Cheap sleeping bag is good, take tarps at least or tent, water jugs, cooking stuff, propane canisters,
lamp, cooler and the like. Don't forget fishing stuff!
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bajaric
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Allwaters how are they going to get all that on an airplane?
the post was from last summer, wonder if the OP ever went?
Pictures or it didn't happen!
My two cents rent a full size SUV with bench seats (do they make those any more?) and buy some pots and pans and little camp stove and some folding
chairs and a couple of nice down filled comforters --
Or salvage a thick foam pad out of a memory foam mattress and buy a big quality stand up tent when you get there.
or both!
[Edited on 10-30-2020 by bajaric]
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