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Dave Druck [KI6LBB]
CPG, great pics man!!!!! Nice 80 series wagons too!
2007 Thanksgiving in Baja
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LexusAllTerrain
Expedition Leader
awalter said:
Great Al,
So how many hours do you think it would take to drive from BOLA to San Fran at a high speed or from Bahia de Gonzaga to hwy 1 then to Bola/ San Fran.
awalter
Expedition Portal Team, Overland Certified OC0003
Bahia San Luis Gonzaga to Mex 1 about 40 miles= 2-2.5 hours.
Mex 1 at Laguna Chapala to Bahia De Los Angeles about 75 miles = 1.5-2 hours.
Bahia De Los Angeles to San Francisquito about 85 miles = 3-4 hours.
All depends on how the weather has been for the current road conditions.
Mex 1 at Laguna Chapala to Bahia De Los Angeles about 75 miles = 1.5-2 hours.
Bahia De Los Angeles to San Francisquito about 85 miles = 3-4 hours.
All depends on how the weather has been for the current road conditions.
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Overland Hadley
on a journey
Oh man, those photos look so warm and sunny.
(not sunny and not warm here, its winter...)
(not sunny and not warm here, its winter...)
Streakerfreak
Jan-Kee
jl8088 said:
When I spent several months sailing on a tall ship in the Sea of Cortez and the Pacific side the only problems we had were on the Pacific side. They did not take too kindly to Americans. It got pretty hairy at times.
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Scared to drive northern baja now!
hey there -i go down to baja frequently and now i am actually scared to drive through tj-ensenada via the toll road. I have read a lot of bad stories that have happened within the last 6 months, several of them were around this years baja 1000.
My thinking is that if i drive this stretch in the morning hours say from 7am to 10 am, maybe im safer cause its daylight out? Who knows? Also if i see a cop wanting to pull me over while driving on the toll, i think i may keep driving until i get to a toll booth - at least there will be others around.
Do you think going thru tecate is any safer?
hey there -i go down to baja frequently and now i am actually scared to drive through tj-ensenada via the toll road. I have read a lot of bad stories that have happened within the last 6 months, several of them were around this years baja 1000.
My thinking is that if i drive this stretch in the morning hours say from 7am to 10 am, maybe im safer cause its daylight out? Who knows? Also if i see a cop wanting to pull me over while driving on the toll, i think i may keep driving until i get to a toll booth - at least there will be others around.
Do you think going thru tecate is any safer?
cpg said:
bajasurf
Explorer
Otay Mesa
Another idea is to enter at Otay Mesa(San Diego) and then take the new road from Otay Mesa and you will end at Mex 1 just outside Rosarito. You will by pass two toll booths, TJ and the Rosarito booths. Save you a few bucks. No problems on the new road but daylight driving is a must or early evening when there are many vehicles. My neighbors drive down every Friday evening (Erendira) to work on their home for the weekend and they usually arrive here between 8 pm or 8:30 pm. No problems and his wife has talked her way out of 2 tickets and she doesn't speak that much Spanish. Get yourself in a caravan of other cars that are also on the road. I have heard there has been fake road workers between La Mission and Bajamar (between Rosarito and Ensenada). If anybody is working at night on the road and wearing orange vests and have orange cones out you can be sure that they are fakes. Don't stop!!! Nobody works on the roads at night in Baja. Since I live in Erendira and hardly travel back to California and haven't been on the new road I can't give you directions on how to get on it. I am sure someone here has used that road. One more thing , if you drive the new road be careful of horses and cows if you are driving later in the night. Good luck, George laning
Another idea is to enter at Otay Mesa(San Diego) and then take the new road from Otay Mesa and you will end at Mex 1 just outside Rosarito. You will by pass two toll booths, TJ and the Rosarito booths. Save you a few bucks. No problems on the new road but daylight driving is a must or early evening when there are many vehicles. My neighbors drive down every Friday evening (Erendira) to work on their home for the weekend and they usually arrive here between 8 pm or 8:30 pm. No problems and his wife has talked her way out of 2 tickets and she doesn't speak that much Spanish. Get yourself in a caravan of other cars that are also on the road. I have heard there has been fake road workers between La Mission and Bajamar (between Rosarito and Ensenada). If anybody is working at night on the road and wearing orange vests and have orange cones out you can be sure that they are fakes. Don't stop!!! Nobody works on the roads at night in Baja. Since I live in Erendira and hardly travel back to California and haven't been on the new road I can't give you directions on how to get on it. I am sure someone here has used that road. One more thing , if you drive the new road be careful of horses and cows if you are driving later in the night. Good luck, George laning
cpg
Adventurer
Here are quite a few baja photos posted to smug mug.
http://cpg.smugmug.com/Camping Trips/436752
Warning there are many!
http://cpg.smugmug.com/Camping Trips/436752
Warning there are many!
SOAZ
Tim and Kelsey get lost..
My 2 cents.
We have been crossing at Tecate for years now when we head to ensenada for races. I've followed that same logic when crossing for camping too. I like tecate, the lines are usually less and I feel a LOT safer. That doesn't mean I am, but I have never felt safe in TJ.
In Tecate I just don't feel as targeted. Also, never been stopped upon entering at Tecate, even with an enclosed trailer and a truck bed full of race fuel.
Be safe.
We have been crossing at Tecate for years now when we head to ensenada for races. I've followed that same logic when crossing for camping too. I like tecate, the lines are usually less and I feel a LOT safer. That doesn't mean I am, but I have never felt safe in TJ.
In Tecate I just don't feel as targeted. Also, never been stopped upon entering at Tecate, even with an enclosed trailer and a truck bed full of race fuel.
Be safe.
blupaddler
Conspirator
Waoow!
You weren't kidding about the picture count. Although I am proud to say that I viewed the entire album.
The trip looks like a blast. Is the white 80 a guy "darwood" on mud? I had asked him for feedback on his technitop, which was very helpful. But he had moved to Texas or something.
All your pictures make me want to go back down to baja even more. And I obviously need to visit the Sea of Cortez side more as well. Great pics.
Oh, and I pm'd you with more off thread topics.
You weren't kidding about the picture count. Although I am proud to say that I viewed the entire album.
The trip looks like a blast. Is the white 80 a guy "darwood" on mud? I had asked him for feedback on his technitop, which was very helpful. But he had moved to Texas or something.
All your pictures make me want to go back down to baja even more. And I obviously need to visit the Sea of Cortez side more as well. Great pics.
Oh, and I pm'd you with more off thread topics.