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geoffff
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Google Maps shows a Pinturas rupestres "El Chavalito" at the mouth of that arroyo. About here: 26.539030, -112.122532
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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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David K
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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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| Quote: Originally posted by Cliffy | WOW! One hell of a neat trip report.
2 questions-
Did you fix the track rod before going all the way to SEA? :-)
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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.
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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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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]
[Edited on 4-7-2023 by geoffff]
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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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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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| 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
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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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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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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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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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<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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| 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.
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they even stuffed one of those highly modified bad boys in a Mustang!
there's only two things in life but I forget what they are........
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| Quote: Originally posted by David K | | 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.
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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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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
The van was purchased by our late friend, Amo Pescar in hopes that he and I would have a customized tour service featuring his gourmet camp cooking.
Amo Pescar (Michael Curtis) and I on the trail to San Gregorio, 2001.
Paulina joined us for the lost mission search, south of L.A. Bay:
Mike and Mary Ann Humfreville followed us around Baja in their Poor Old Truck, and hopped into the van for the lost mission hunt. Their son, Miguelito
rode in the van all the days we were in just in Baja. He and my son Chris got along well.
Mike Humfreville, a software writer of NASA's JPL in Pasadena. He got our probes to Mars!
At Alfonsina's, Gonzaga Bay... no problem in the sand!
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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
2002 Genaro Gerardo Gaxiola at San Borja
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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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And, of course...
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| 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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Outstanding trip report!
Thanks geoffff 
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GPS Setup?
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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