Off road to Cabo San Lucas... *Trip Completed*

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:13 pm

This would make a great annual club trip. Or maybe biannual. I would love to make a trip like that, especially with someone that has done it in the same type (except fuel type) of vehicle.

Terry

BVCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:28 pm

So you only ran into the road pirates that one time?

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:27 pm

Well I am certainly going back down there... sometime over the next year I'll fly down to do some diving, hiking, and whatnot...

I think that I'll be doing a very similar trip the summer of 2012... never too early to start planning if anyone wants to go. :SOMBRERO:

BVCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:49 pm

Safety in numbers.

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:28 pm

BVCRD wrote:

Safety in numbers.

There certainly is some truth to that... but I wouldn't hesitate to tour Baja again solo.

BVCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:44 pm

I'd certainly do it tandem. Solo.....maybe. Wish I could go down there packin.

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:44 pm

Day 17- Bahia Concepcion to San Quintin

Long day on the road this time... we really wanted to get back up north so that we could be in a good position for our adventure the following day. This was the first time I had ever been north of Chapala and things are quite different up there....

When you drive a CRD, bring a funnel... most smaller stations only have the large diesel nozzles...

On the road again...

The roadside decor changed pretty dramatically as we headed to the Pacific coast...

Wildflowers were blooming...

The long road ahead...

It just got greener and greener as we got closer to San Quintin... almost like they just got a lot of rain or something

How do you know if a semi just passed WAY too close to you? When your fender flare gets ripped off and your driver mirror gets hit.... yikes!

Unfortunately, we had to enjoy the sunset from the road this time... just south of San Quintin.

I forget the name of the place we camped... it was a little tough trying to find a place to camp in the mud hole that is the San Quintin area. Some campgrounds just seem to be gone altogether after the storms... we were the only people in the restaurant that night, odd for such a big place...

Food was good though... and the menu's were pretty nifty...

Under $20 when everything was said and done...

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:31 pm

Day 18- Into the heart of darkness

OK well maybe it wasn't QUITE that dramatic... but we set out on quite the adventure... cross the mountains from San Quintin to San Felipe. We didn't want to go all the way to Ensenada and take the highway, so it was off into the mountains we went. Time to see what a hurricane does to mountain roads;)

Woke up to a very green Baja in San Quintin...

Our campground was at the end of this cool road...

Green green green

The bridges are still gone on Mex 1... crews are working hard to fix them...

We took our turn off the highway just north of Colonet... even ran into a Army checkpoint in the middle of nowhere... they seemed quite puzzled about some gringos out there and our conversation went something like this:
"Hola. Hablas Espanol?"
"Solo un poquito"
"...something something something in spanish"
"...me looking confused..."
"...El camino... something something... es asi asi..."
"Es ta peligrosa?"
"Si... something something (poining at Jeep)quattro y quattro?"
"Si."
"Es ta bien... buena suerte amigos"

Must be safe

We cruised through farmland and the road has some rather large mud holes... the flatbed pickup with a winch that followed us made me feel much better about crossing them. Going through mud with a trailer is quite the experience...

Then I got to cruise in some deep sand for a while...

You can see how badly the area flooded...

Cruising on my little shelf road... you can see where the flooding washed away a large part of the vineyard.

And then the road was gone...

So I decided to backtrack and cross the riverbed itself... after a little bit of dirtworkboth Jeep and trailer made it up the other bank... (always bring a shovel!!!

)

After cruising a little up another arroyo... we were back on the road... apparently not the first though

Near the top, the roads felt like home... little shelf roads in the mountains...

Near the summit of our crossing of the Sierra San Pedro Martir... I think that's Spanish for "not the place to bring a trailer"

Another piece of the road gone... bypass was interesting

And after we popped out at Valle de Trinidad... we made it back to pavement!!

And we made it back to yummy food at Pete's Camp!

...and I promptly went to bed

BVCRD · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:00 pm

So, what did you learn? What would you do differently?

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:27 pm

Day 19- Relaxing in San Felipe

Ahhh... San Felipe... we decided to spend our last couple of days relaxing in San Felipe before we headed back to the states... it was a good choice.

Sunrise over the tidal flats...

Nicole added significantly to her beach combing collection...

Then we hit the town to do some shopping and eat some good food.

Headed up to the shrine overlooking town...

The San Felipe Malecon...

My prize find from the trip... hidden on the shelves of a book store in San Felipe... the book is awesome

Finished the day off with an obscenely large Tecate and sat in the sun...

jmichaelsjeep · **Posted:** Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:23 am

Awesome trip report, it was fun to live vicariously through you! Looked worthy of repeating

MtnLuvr · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2010 8:55 pm

That is really cool.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Off road to Cabo San Lucas... Trip Completed

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