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Sierra Madre Occidental “Copper Canyon” Pt.#2 Returning back to Creel and our vehicles we then head into the Batopilas canyon. This was home to the richest silver and gold mines in Mexico in first years of the Spanish invasion. Batopilas for a hundreds of years was a foot/donkey path to the...

Sierra Madre Occidental “Copper Canyon” Pt.#1 This was not my first trip into the Sierra Madre Occidental of Mexico, it is around trip #10 or 11. It was a exploring adventure in the mid 80's. I was with my wife “Karen” and friends Rob and Sissy from Texas, driving the Jeep CJ-7 "Spot". We went...

Baja Then and Now In a previous post I discussed about the roads. The oldest map I still have is a 1970 AAA map of Baja, it was what was the best at that time. It did not start out to be a goal but it was many years later. That was to drive every road (route) on the map. I believed that I...

Baja California in the days before pavement Traveling by motorcycle and 4X4 into Baja, before Hwy. #1 was fully paved. In the 1970's, this was a slow drive to Cabo San Lucas. A week was making good time, to reach Cabo San Lucas. The pavement process was unique, as they had a different way of...

I have been blessed to have had many travels over my lifetime. I have done travels to many places over our lifetimes. Each place has had their own wonderful experiences. Each place is different for many reasons. One persons place may be a “Paradise” and another’s a “Junk Yard”! Where and when...

I did some checking and I found some hard copies of some years; 1999 (4), 2003 (5), 2004 (6), 2005 (6), 2007 (5) and 2008 (6). I was very surprised I had any still in the filing cabinet, I thought I cleaned most of it out when we moved. I know that I had to keep some of these for 7 years for...

Yes 4 trips solo (*1) and to 8 or 9 with one other vehicle with friends. In the last 40 years I have made around 100 trips total. When I was working I would do trips at least 5 trips per year. I had 1-12 day trip, 2-14 day trips, 1-15 day trip and 1-18 day trip. My solo trips were for a...

I am late to the party! It is nice that people are not going to be crowding the places, I go in Mexico, Baja and Mainland. I think much of what Greg has said here is what I have said for years. Buy a box of common sense and bring it with you will help. I have been down to Copper Canyon and...