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fxr
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 Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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And we're back home after a GREAT trip. 
Huge thanks to Corwyn once again for promoting these Baja excursions and guiding new 'ducklings' into the Baja waters. 
We only had three weeks to make it from SF to the tip of Baja and back again, but managed that with ease. A more fulsome report when we've got our breath back from the last 519 mile stretch (!) we did today.
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Corwyn 
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Location: Olympia, Washington
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Glad you had a great time and got home safely. It was great to see you both again!
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'90 White Westy ("The Longship")
FAS Gen V 2.0
The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
"If anything's" gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there"
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Squidfish
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 8:18 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Next year is the year for us! Need to get Baja bound. 
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ledogboy
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Location: Scappoose, OR / Oakland, CA
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| Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 11:51 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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| gonewesty4good wrote: |
| Next year is the year for us! Need to get Baja bound. |
Us too! We are relocating to Southern California soon, so van willing, I expect to be there. Glad to hear y’all had a good time.
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bustamoov
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Location: Boise, ID
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 2:51 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Good times! My last night in the Baja in San Felipe. Pretty difficult to pay their prices considering I've been free camping on beaches that make this place look like s*#t hole.
Great to meet everyone and thanks again Sam!!
Hasta la Vista Baby!
Jay |
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fxr
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| Posted: Thu Feb 27, 2020 6:57 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Good times! My last night in the Baja in San Felipe. Pretty difficult to pay their prices considering I've been free camping on beaches that make this place look like s*#t hole.
Great to meet everyone and thanks again Sam!!
Hasta la Vista Baby!
Jay |
We thought all the camp sites in San Felipe looked worse than Oakland homeless camps - so paid our $20 US to stay at Pete's Place just 10 miles further north. So pleasant we stayed two nights! That was the first we'd paid since leaving the rest of you at Mulegé.
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Tobias Duncan
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Location: Taos NM
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| Posted: Fri Feb 28, 2020 4:14 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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I never stay in San Felipe anymore. I camp out in the desert or Papa Fernandez campo and then drive to Mexicali.
Mexicali is a way cooler town than people realize. It has a large Chinese population that has been there for generations and an entire underground tunnel system that you can tour if you hire a guide. There are tons of great Chinese fusion restaurants and decent well priced hotels with secure parking. |
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Corwyn
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Location: Olympia, Washington
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 4:30 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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. . . and so ends another chapter. I crossed the border a few days ago and am in Tucson now. I will say MX 5 is completely paved and a beautiful road. I had a wonderful time and hope it was worth the trip for everyone who came along. I look forward to seeing some new faces next season.
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FAS Gen V 2.0
The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
"If anything's" gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there"
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Love My Westy
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:49 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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I met Jay, who said he was with your group, at Agua Verde. He has a Syncro with a Carthago top on it. It turns out I had met him before in Moab several years ago.
Sam, I'm in Tucson myself right now. My wife wanted me to come home from Baja because El Presidente mentioned possibly closing the southern border due to the Corona virus. I just crossed back Monday. Rich |
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Corwyn
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 9:52 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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I'll be visiting with friends in town tomorrow .and collecting some items I left north of the border, then making for Red Rock canyon west of Las Vegas. Safe travels!
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'90 White Westy ("The Longship")
FAS Gen V 2.0
The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
"If anything's" gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there"
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bustamoov
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Location: Boise, ID
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| Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 10:11 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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| Love My Westy wrote: |
| I met Jay, who said he was with your group, at Agua Verde. He has a Syncro with a Carthago top on it. It turns out I had met him before in Moab several years ago. |
Rich! How are ya? What a great beach that was! Sorry to hear you had to head back early! |
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Tobias Duncan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 7:35 am Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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| My wife wanted me to come home from Baja because El Presidente mentioned possibly closing the southern border due to the Corona virus. I just crossed back Monday. Rich |
Sorry I missed you this year. I am going to head to the general loreto area for a few weeks after doing some mangrove kayak fishing in Bahia Magdalena .
Was hoping to see you there. |
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Love My Westy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2020 5:50 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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| Sam, Tobias, I hope to see you guys at Syncro Solstice in May. |
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Corwyn
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 9:34 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Provided the dust clears and we are allowed to enter, the next trip departs Potrero County Park on 5 February 2021.
Several have asked "why not sooner"? I had been crossing on that date for several years. One year I did not go two things of significance in my life happened - The Seahawks won the Super Bowl and my father passed away - ON THAT DAY. I never saw that Super Bowl. February 5th is sort of a memorial day for me.
That being said, last trip I recommended we try CB radios; which turned out to be a great success for everyone on the trip but me, 'cuz I went cheap with a handheld and had crap for range. I'm having a real one installed this summer, by a company that installs them in logging trucks in the Northwest. The CBs worked well down there.
I have "been there, done that" most of Baja California. Now each year I go, I meet new and interesting people from all over and I get to see Baja California "new" again, through their eyes. I look forward to the trip each year. My blood pressure drops 10 points when I cross the border and I actually feel safer in Mexico.
Enough ranting. I hope to be joined by some more adventure-bound people again.
Any questions? Be safe!
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'90 White Westy ("The Longship")
FAS Gen V 2.0
The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
"If anything's" gonna happen, it's gonna happen out there"
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ledogboy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 12, 2020 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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I really wanted to make it last year, and will now pin my hopes on this year being possible. February is a LONG way off, in times as volatile as these. But hope and a plan are always a good thing, so for now, we’re in!
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Energy Concepts
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 7:19 am Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Prayers for Baja !
It appears that it's opening up ! 
Hope it continues !
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Corwyn
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:01 am Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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We have eight months to see the next re-spike, re-closure and re-opening . . . . 
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'90 White Westy ("The Longship")
FAS Gen V 2.0
The Annual Baja Rally
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=604813&highlight=baja
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Zeitgeist 13
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| Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2020 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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Which brand/model CB are you going with?
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Corwyn
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Energy Concepts
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| Posted: Mon Jun 15, 2020 9:05 am Post subject: Re: Annual Baja Rally ~ Feb. 5, 2020 |
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| Corwyn wrote: |
| We have eight months to see the next re-spike, re-closure and re-opening . . . . |
Yeah... I guess you're right ... I'm Chompin' at the Bit though !!! |
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