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[*] posted on 4-5-2023 at 05:50 PM


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Google Maps shows a Pinturas rupestres "El Chavalito" at the mouth of that arroyo. About here: 26.539030, -112.122532


Hah! It's on Google Maps! Well I won't bother keeping the location secret anymore. No wonder there's razor wire.

OK, I'll use the name "El Chavalito" in the future.




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[*] posted on 4-6-2023 at 06:48 AM


Google also has the correct location for Comondú Viejo shown, when you zoom in. It is almost as if Google (or A.I.) is reading Baja Nomad!!



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[*] posted on 4-6-2023 at 05:45 PM


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WOW! One hell of a neat trip report.
2 questions-
Did you fix the track rod before going all the way to SEA? :-)


No... Maybe not the safest decision on my part, but the track bar end still seemed pretty sturdy in the "C" configuration instead of "O". That's a thick piece of metal, and it had held so far (for who know exactly how long). And I rationalized that highway driving wouldn't push things horizontally very hard.

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Does anyone know who or when all the rock art was made?
We have some pictographs in my area that have been dated to about 1200 years ago by what used to be called the Anasazi.


I keep getting asked that, and embarrassingly I don't offhand know. Time for some googling...

I read that recent estimates are: 5000 to 10,000 years ago




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[*] posted on 4-6-2023 at 07:54 PM


Questions for you all:

Anyone know offhand about the "dangerous" area the army guys warned me about (GPS: 29.2637,-114.3222)? It's so new that Google Earth / Google Maps doesn't show anything there yet. But it is visible on Bing Maps satellite -- a single building at the end of a new long road:



[edit: This was built somewhere in 2014-2016 according to https://livingatlas.arcgis.com/wayback]

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[*] posted on 4-6-2023 at 07:57 PM


Am I the only one who gets tire punctures from cactus spines? Seems to only happen in my sidewalls, and when I'm aired down (but that is pretty much always).






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[*] posted on 4-6-2023 at 08:01 PM


Anyone care to guess how long it takes for a truck to get to this state?



I counted the cylinders - V10




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[*] posted on 4-6-2023 at 08:52 PM


Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  
Am I the only one who gets tire punctures from cactus spines? Seems to only happen in my sidewalls, and when I'm aired down (but that is pretty much always)


It's happened to me several times when I was exploring in my Kia, but it hasn't happened to my trooper since I went to six ply sidewalls. Probably just a matter of time though!

Since patching sidewall punctures has a very low success rate, I carry an inner tube so that I can have the spines removed and not have to find a matching tire.




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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 05:58 AM


Great link there to that ArcGIS page. A new tool for me! ArcGIS is what I used to help make my Baja Bound Road Guide maps. They were the first to show the new Hwy. 5 between Gonzaga and Laguna Chapala, completed in 2020.
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I have gotten a lot of flats in Baja, back before I wised up to deflating my tires on graded roads! Previously, I only deflated for deep sand. Flats came from small sharp rocks on the graded roads: south of Puertecitos, nearing Laguna Chapala, south of L.A. Bay, going to Punta San Carlos (Las Pintas)... As soon as I dropped to 20-22 psi (from 32-35), no more rock punctures. Never from cactus spines, however... fingers crossed! This was on trips between 2002 and 2010.

Only one time I got a flat while deflated, and that was in 2016 on the Baja Extreme tour, driving north from San Borja... I was going too fast (showing my guest how nice a Tacoma handles) and a large rock ripped the inner sidewall of my right, rear tire. OOOPS!




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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 07:38 AM


Puncher experiences:
Sidewall cactus spines are best resolved with Slime. Way to much effort to do a patch. Replacement of the tire occurs when you get tired of pumping up for each trip.

Sidewall punchers from sticks if small can be resolved with plugs. Maybe more than one plug will be required I have used a many as 12 to get to a tire shop for tire replacement. A one plug sidewall repair will last a very long time and eventually will develop to a slow leak.

For a moderate sidewall puncher* a hot patch will last many off road miles. Hot patch is usually a 2-3" diameter rubber patch on the inside and vulcanized with a special heater. Takes several hours if the tire guy is up to speed. I usually tell the tire guy I will come back the next day to get the tire.
I am currently running with two hot patched tires.
* My successful experience with hot patches were from small sticks from 1/8 to 1/4" diameter. The tire guy leaves my plugs that I used to get to his place.

In the US you wont find a tire place to do a sidewall repair unless you go to one that specializes in farm tractor tires.
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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 09:12 AM


5000 to 10,000 years ago- hmmm
!0,000 years ago didn't we have glaciers down in the Great Lakes area?
Didn't we have wooly mammoths still roaming the earth?

Be interesting to learn -drawn BY WHOM?

Who were the indigenous peoples in that area then?
I wonder what the area was like then? Arid and dry like now or more moderate in flora and fauna?
Nothing left more than rock art to tell of the existence of a group(s) of inhabitants?

Maybe some Doctorial student might run a thesis on this subject sometime?

Baja is a peninsula of mystery- with many unanswered questions




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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 10:50 AM


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Anyone care to guess how long it takes for a truck to get to this state?


I counted the cylinders - V10

<10,000 days / 27 years. I believe that Ford started putting the Triton V-10 6.8L modular engine in trucks and vans in the 1997 model year, first sold in 1996. My 1997 E350 4x4 van has one.
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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 11:10 AM


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Quote: Originally posted by geoffff  
Anyone care to guess how long it takes for a truck to get to this state?


I counted the cylinders - V10

<10,000 days / 27 years. I believe that Ford started putting the Triton V-10 6.8L modular engine in trucks and vans in the 1997 model year, first sold in 1996. My 1997 E350 4x4 van has one.


they even stuffed one of those highly modified bad boys in a Mustang!




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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 03:14 PM


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Quote: Originally posted by Maderita  

<10,000 days / 27 years. I believe that Ford started putting the Triton V-10 6.8L modular engine in trucks and vans in the 1997 model year, first sold in 1996. My 1997 E350 4x4 van has one.


Our 2001 Viva Baja 4x4 Ford/ Quigley van had that engine as well.


As does my van!

Seeing that made me really think about getting my van stuck below high tide all alone out there! Anxiety on my solo trips often makes me drive the soft sand above high tide, rather than risk the firmer surface where it's damp.




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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 04:58 PM


Getting stuck in a sand dune happened the first time I took the van four wheeling, full of friends... They all had a good laugh as I was showing them how well the van drives in sand... THEN, we discovered it wasn't in 4WD! The shifter had popped out and only the back tires were spinning! This event was filmed by El Camote, one of the Viva Baja Van's guests, as you can see in the fun video, at VivaBaja.com (it includes M's first BBBB party at Cielito Lindo, July 2001). https://vimeo.com/389613694

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At Alfonsina's, Gonzaga Bay... no problem in the sand!




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[*] posted on 4-7-2023 at 10:18 PM


It was fun for me to see that the Rancho Codornices rock art site paper I read features an appearance of Genaro Gerardo Gaxiola, who I met in person back in 2002 when I visited Misión San Borja, when he gave me a tour.


2016 Genaro Gerardo Gaxiola at Codornices Great Mural Site #2


2016 Genaro Gerardo Gaxiola at Codornices Great Mural Site #3


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[*] posted on 4-8-2023 at 07:38 AM


I too was impressed when I saw Genaro in that article. I believe I read that he studied archeology at the university in Mexicali and now works for INAH...?



In July 2003: José Gerardo, wife Ana Licia Gaxiola, and 3 of the 5 children I know of: L-R: Genaro, Brisa, and Nonnih. Not pictured is Angel or José.




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[*] posted on 4-8-2023 at 11:57 AM


And, of course...





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[*] posted on 4-8-2023 at 12:07 PM


Quote: Originally posted by PaulW  
Hot patch is usually a 2-3" diameter rubber patch on the inside and vulcanized with a special heater. Takes several hours if the tire guy is up to speed. I usually tell the tire guy I will come back the next day to get the tire.

In the US you wont find a tire place to do a sidewall repair unless you go to one that specializes in farm tractor tires.


The Mulege tire shop once repaired a sidewall gash of mine this way (overnight) with no questions asked. (Obviously I replaced it as soon as I could back in the USA.)

El Marrito in San Felipe initially told me sidewall gashes could not be fixed (like they always say in the USA), but when I explained it was for emergency spare tire purposes only, he did a quick inside sticker patch for me.






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[*] posted on 4-11-2023 at 10:29 AM


Outstanding trip report!

Thanks geoffff :bounce:
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[*] posted on 6-7-2023 at 10:14 AM
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Geoff, thanks for the awesome, and thorough, trip reports. They are a ton of help. Can I ask, what setup are you using for offline satellite maps? This seems like a game changer for our exploration. Thanks!
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