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Yes! Looks like you had a really fun trip- stoked for you. San Jose looked pretty good in that shot. Sucks to hear about that Tecate cop. Tecate is notorious for having a cop or two waiting along that hill that has all the stop signs for Gringos going home. There's a lot of stop signs so you...

The deed is done- just ordered 120 watt zamp portable solar panel to power the beer cooler, er I mean ARB. Battery shopping next.

Thanks Ron- I've still got it. Tested it out over night and it's gotten down to -.01c indicated. Are you suggesting I may need to send it back in the box or just a good place to store it?

Awesome- that's great info. Thanks! I'm now looking at two possible portable units: Zamp Solar 120 watt or Go Power 120 watt. Do you have any opinions on the two brands. I'm assuming they'd both do the job for charging a house battery for keeping the fridge going through the night and be able to...

Thanks for the advice. I'm not sure what a Hella plug is this one came with a 12v cigarette plug (male of course) it looks pretty robust and the other cord is for plugging into 110v. I've got it plugged in right now and set the temp down to -.1C, test run to see if it's functioning correctly...

Came home to find that the big, brown, UPS stork had dropped off our new toy/baby: We're in the midst of getting our Callen camper CON KSO all dialed in for this winter's upcoming southern Baja surf trip (read about it...

Gnarly. Glad to hear you're fairly okay. I went with a three rail bike trailer and had expanded metal welded across the whole floor to prevent that exact kind of accident. Loading bikes up into the bed of a truck is sketchy- loading them six inches up onto a trailer is more my speed. Get better...

Yes there is that Border Patrol check - lucky for me I've never had more than a couple minutes wait right there. That would suck if it was an hour or more. Do you use Otay or San Ysidro to avoid it? Sentri or Global Entry is the way to go and many in my town have it- I could get it but my truck...

Oh yeah- one more tip though I'm sure you've already got your border crossing technique worked out. I don't have Sentri like all my friends in town so I always cross at Tecate. If you hit Tecate early, like say 7am, the line to the border might be very short- I prefer crossing at Tecate because...

Greetings Abeer (great handle by the way)! The spot we were camped at in that first post is Punta Cabra. If you're going to Punta San Jose, Punta Cabra is south of it. If you're on the road to Punta San Jose out of Santo Tomas just keep heading toward the coast until you see a tire on the...

Day 3: Things Get Weird... the GUS BUS Alright, time to wrap up this Adventure Report (although I did use 4x4 twice during the trip so does it qualify as an "overland trip"?). Day 3 came up on us as another beautiful, sunny almost windless day. We fired up the stove, scrambled up some...

Nice truck! I've got a 4x4, '07 Tundra and it's been a reliable and comfortable vehicle to lay on the miles. I put ride-rite airbags on it and that's made it a haul-beast for me. Enjoy it.

Day 2: Moto Ride out to Punta San Jose, Rum, sun and fun We woke up bright and early- I've got a queen sized memory foam mattress in CON KSO that's super comfy with plenty of room for both of us. I always sleep great back there. Of course we fired up a semi-healthy sausage, potato, peppers...

That's great we're up for it! We'll have to stay in touch, I'll PM you my email or contact me here. Thanks for the hot tip.

Ha! Yes love it! Your Callen looks like mine- I'm with you on the low pro mode- we keep our boards inside just to keep it all streamlined. I haven't been to the whales yet- I did swim with a whale shark in La Ventana but I'm dying to get over to the Lagoons to see the real show. I'm a high...

I know this is a trip report so I hope you'll forgive me for a couple paragraphs while I express my strange attachment to my past vehicles- I promise more pics to come; but first... A little truck history: CON KSO is my third vehicle. First there was the longbed, regular cab, 2wd T-100 that I...

Just got back from a great trip down to Punta Cabra in Northern Baja with our work-in-progress offroad(ish) camper that we've named CON KSO. I've been going to Baja since I was a kid in the late 70's with my Uncle in an old Split Window VW camper- Baja dirt and dust permeates my soul. My...