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

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2010 8:41 pm

BVCRD wrote:

oddball wrote:

I just hope he doesn't go into the Sea of Cortez at night. There's a good chance if he does, we won't ever hear from him again. The squid are HUGE and killers, but the Tiger Sharks make Jaws look like a guppy.

Hammerheads too. I'd be down for some squid steak though. Slab one up, pound it tender, bread and fry. Squid is one of those things that you either cook for 2 minutes, or 2 hours. Nothing in-between unless you want rubber bands.

I had some for lunch today! Some times it's good living in Florida.

Terry

BVCRD · **Posted:** Wed Feb 24, 2010 11:43 pm

Fulltimer wrote:

BVCRD wrote:

oddball wrote:

I just hope he doesn't go into the Sea of Cortez at night. There's a good chance if he does, we won't ever hear from him again. The squid are HUGE and killers, but the Tiger Sharks make Jaws look like a guppy.

Hammerheads too. I'd be down for some squid steak though. Slab one up, pound it tender, bread and fry. Squid is one of those things that you either cook for 2 minutes, or 2 hours. Nothing in-between unless you want rubber bands.

I had some for lunch today! Some times it's good living in Florida.

Terry

Oh Man! I had some last in San Diego at Anthony's Fish Grotto. I high recommend it.
They brought the squid steak out and it was as thick as a fillet of fish patty at McDonalds and as tender as warm budda.

durangotang · **Posted:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 2:07 pm

Hola Amigos! :SOMBRERO:

Slowly heading back north up the peninsula... stopped in Mulege for the day... sailing and spearfishing tomorrow!! :BANANA:

Fulltimer · **Posted:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 8:54 pm

I would give my left n*t to be down there with you on that ride! MORE PICS PLEASE!

Terry

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:25 pm

Fulltimer wrote:

I would give my left n*t to be down there with you on that ride! MORE PICS PLEASE!

Terry

I'l give my right :jester:

X2 on the pictures!

kskj · **Posted:** Fri Feb 26, 2010 10:27 pm

Sure looks nice and warm.

durangotang · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:05 pm

Hola Amigos!!! :SOMBRERO:

Greetings from San Felipe! I have come almost full circle on the peninsula and have 3 days of relaxing in San Felipe before I head back across the border... I've taken some back routes through the mountains of Baja on the way up and it's been quite the adventure :mrgreen:

I'll update once again when I can... in the meantime... some pics from the journey :JEEPIN:

I assure you this was not a place to be bringing a trailer...

Crossing a flooded riverbed... the trail washed out so I just went across and climbed up the riverbank :rockon:

Trailside trailer hub replacement and spring hanger fix...

Yakima wins the "weak sauce of the month" award... NOT TRAIL WORTHY!!!

Including the drink... what you see was $12

My home for the next 3 days...

...now it's time for Tacos Pescados y Tecate :SOMBRERO:

ADIOS!!

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:12 pm

GREAT SHOTS!

kskj · **Posted:** Tue Mar 02, 2010 10:17 pm

Great pics, As always.

BVCRD · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:55 am

Looks like you did a little excavating to get up that river bank. Great pics. Have a safe ride home.

Boiler · **Posted:** Fri Mar 05, 2010 10:17 pm

Are we almost home yet?

durangotang · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:18 pm

Boiler wrote:

Are we almost home yet?

We are home :dizzy:

Just in case anyone was wondering, you can drive straight from San Felipe, Mexico to Durango, CO in about 20 hours.... including the 3 hour border crossing :JEEPIN:

I'll get the day-by-day trip report flowing on here soon :SOMBRERO:

kskj · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 3:29 pm

Welcome home.

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:12 pm

Did you bring me back any fireworks or switchblades?

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:17 pm

durangotang wrote:

Boiler wrote:

Are we almost home yet?

We are home :dizzy:

Just in case anyone was wondering, you can drive straight from San Felipe, Mexico to Durango, CO in about 20 hours.... including the 3 hour border crossing :JEEPIN:

I'll get the day-by-day trip report flowing on here soon :SOMBRERO:

Welcome back

Groo2 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:28 pm

Durangotang,

Congrats. I am glad you made it with out any issues, and got enjoy yourself along the way. I really enjoyed the Pics too. With any luck I should be moving back out west (Arizona) in about a year's time

. I look forward to seeing you and JLRockies again once I am out there (and meeting all the LOST AZ folks).

Groo2

KJWildman · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 6:43 pm

Welcome back Duragotang, looks like it was a nice trip. can't wait for more pictures

durangotang · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:27 pm

OK here goes.... official trip report :5SHOTS:

Day 1-3

I finished a 48 hour shift and headed straight home at 8am to finish packing the Jeep with our goodies, say our goodbye's, and hit the road to Calexico... (with a brief stop in AZ to camp)

We met up with our travel companions in Calexico and picked up some last minute things at Walmart... we were hitting the border early the next morning at the main Mexicali crossing.

The border area is quite the shady place... some form of loud alarm was blaring when we got there and many broken down vehicles sat around... as I would imagine they had been for some time...

After bouncing around between various offices, paying some money, and getting some stamps... we got the green light and were across the border in 5 minutes or so. Onward to San Felipe!! We didn't spend any more time than we had to in Mexicali.

Seems safe...

We made it!!

We decided to stay at Pete's camp and almost had the place to ourselves...

San Felipe is quite the beach-combers paradise....

But I had more important fish to fry... and put into tacos.... and eat

And the other essentials...

Everyone called it a night early... we had big plans for the next day...

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 7:34 pm

Very nice so far

durangotang · **Posted:** Sat Mar 06, 2010 8:02 pm

Day 4

So we're in Baja now... time to get down to business.... we headed south on Mex 5 out of San Felipe. Our destination for the day was Papa Fernandez in Gonzaga. We had heard that the road was bad... haha

Fueling up in San Felipe...

And south we go... into the unknown

The new highway was gorgeous and smooth... complete with one of the 3 pull offs we saw the whole trip.

...then came the first of my troubles for the trip... Nicole told me we lost something off of the trailer and I looked in the mirror just in time to see my 20# propane cylinder about 8 feet off the ground tumbling down the road. I pulled over to see exactly what had happened and saw this slight trail behind me.... uh oh...

The ratchet strap had somehow loosened and the propane cylinder jumped out while crossing one particularly steep "vado". Once that happened, the straps went slack and the diesel cans dragged on the highway. I was spilling diesel out of 2 holes worn into the bottom of the containers.

I decided to dump out our 2 water cans and pour the diesel into the water containers... I'll go without spare water before I let 10 gallons of diesel go into the ground. I don't need that kind of juju hanging over me this early in the trip... a quick inspection of the propane cylinder showed no dents, no leaks... those things are stout!

Back on the road... our first wild burros...

We drove through Puertocitos and the road instantly took a turn for the worse...

We aired down and headed off into the rocks and washboard... pictures cannot convey how washboarded this road was...

I also lost a Yakima tower on the road... they weren't up to the task of holding the rooftop tent... sadly, this quick fix held better than the rest of the towers.

Problems with my trailer persisted and we soon ran out of daylight... you need a FULL day to run that road... then things took another turn... someone posing as police tried to stop us on the road. Three vehicles: one mid 90's Chevy PU, one S10 Blazer, and an older Toyota PU blocked the road and turned on red flashing lights on their dashes. I promptly went off the road and drove around them... they chose not to follow us and I don't know what they wanted...

We finally arrived at Papa Fernandez and set our camp in the dark... I was eager to see just where we were when the sun came up

Off road to Cabo San Lucas... Trip Completed

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