Baja Adventure: Take 2, Pappy's Revenge

[pappy]

Mike and I are in Bahia de Los Angeles for the night. As expected hurricane Odile had her way with the peninsula. The back roads are a mess. The bugs are even worse. Still it has been an adventure. Sorry about no pics. WiFi is very slow and my attempts have timed out. I will try again when we get a better connection in San Felipe.

 

[pappy]

I tried. Too slow. Here is one.

 

[pappy]

One of the washed out roads.

 

[evanz80]

What a mess! Those "roads" will give your Toyota a workout. The ocean picture was beautiful.

 

[BionicCruiser]

you need some Jimmy Buffet for those lonely beaches!...

 

[OGBeno]

One of the washed out roads.

C'mon Jon.... You and Mike have done harder crossings in Moab.



Safe travels.

 

[pappy]

https://www.google.com/maps/views/u...073937167806222450?gl=us&heading=487&pitch=65

Photo sphere. Open, scroll left, right, up down.

 

[pappy]

Google Earth Track

 

[pappy]

OK, a few scattered pics, then I need to cook dinner.

#1, the grouper I caught. About 2# and damn tasty.
#2, Pappy where he belongs, in the Las Floras jail.
#3, a little flexin'.
#4, first beach camp.
#5, and last, there is no such thing as a "wrong way" in Baja.

 

[marcfj60]

I like the photosphere until I spotted the severed feet on the ground.

 

[pappy]

https://share.delorme.com/Xylorhiza

In addition to carrying my inReach sat communicator, I also had real-time tracking turned on. You can see where we went at the link.

 

[pappy]

OK, time for some pretty pictures.

IMGP0286 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

IMGP0281 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

IMGP0257 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

IMGP0201 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

IMGP0100 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

IMGP0049 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

PANO_20141023_075703 by xylorhiza, on Flickr

 

[marcfj60]

Great pictures Jon.

 

[Pyro-boy]

Beautiful photos Jon!

 

[jstncse]

Very nice. I love the ruggedness of Baja

 

[Poupon]

Thanks for sharing Jon. Nice pix.

 

[alia176]

where are the pics of crime, mutilation, drug runners and all that?

 

[pappy]

The only crime were the biting bugs.

The only mutilation/carnage was a flat tire, and I knocked off the gas cap to the aux tank stuffing a tire. I think Mike came out unscathed, though he did whine about a few more scratches on Pristine. He also developed a clunk of some sort in the front end.

Drug runners. The morning I went out to Laguna Agua Amarga near LA Bay for morning pics I became concerned with three trucks coming out of the back country on the road I was parked on. I don't think they were campers, and the road leads to one or two narco drop off beaches. I got the heck out of there.

 

[Beowulf]

It was another great Baja trip; my third with Pappy. Round trip about 2,700 miles. The trucks did their job and remote multiday primitive camping will stretch the capabilities of your expedition setup. Jon brought 2 solar panel rigs which came in extremely handy. Fuel range was a problem for my rig this trip due to a short fill in primary tank while we were loading jerry cans on the roof. MPG of the FZJ80 moves a large (25++ gal) sub tank higher up my wish list; right behind a 100w solar panel.

Photos are still on my camera but Jon's pics capture the trip well.

 

[Ctenosaurian]

Jealous of your trip! You need to post some Bursera and Pachycormus pictures! (Nevermind, saw your pictures on Flickr)