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CVO Social => Ride Report => Topic started by: sanjoseduke on January 30, 2010, 11:30:26 AM
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I will be leaving sometime today for a ride from Tracy, California to Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico sometime this morning. Fisaacs2 from the board will be riding with me. The round trip will probably be about 2 weeks, we will travel around 3,500 miles. We plan on taking around 5 days travel each way.
I have purchased a Spot GPS personal tracker that will allow anyone to track where I am as well as track my progress. You can view the trip on Google maps by going to the link below.
I will attempt to send some pictures of the ride whenever I can find internet access.
Hi,
I will be leaving for Cabo San Lucas, Baja Sur, Mexico in a little while on my motorcycle.
I have a SPOT Messenger. You can follow me on Google maps by clicking the link.I am sharing my location information with you. Click on the link to see where I am. Keep this link and you can follow my progress by visiting it often.
Duke
Just follow this link to see my location updates:
http://share.findmespot.com/shared/gogl.jsp?glId=049T5Fud7bxf4NAJZImA2OXIHbVHvhEOq
If the link doesn't work, try copying and pasting it to your browser's address bar.
Thanks,
Richard
p.s. To learn more about the SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger, visit
http://www.findmespot.com
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Have a great, safe trip. Look forward to following your progress.
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Have a fantastic time!! Look forward to following along with you... :2vrolijk_21:
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Have a great & safe trip Duke. I also will be following you on your adventure :orange:
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Safe travels and I am looking forward to seeing the journey too
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Sounds like a blast Duke. Have a fun and safe trip. Will be following your progress. You have to love technology.
Regards, Moe :bananarock:
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As we have snow on our roads i shall follow your trip with jealousy.......have a safe one
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Duke
Have a safe trip :2vrolijk_21:, looking forward to hearing all about it on your return.
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Best of luck on a safe and fun trip and have a great time!
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Jock is green with envy for Duke...
Have a Great Trip!!!
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Hi Duke I live in La Paz I have done the trip to Sandiego and back 4 times now on abike u will love it .If u want to send me an email i will give u my cell 3 and hopefull we can catch up on ur way through . Steve Stephenpwilks@yahoo.com
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I got a late start today but did make it to Valencia. We should be south of the border late tomorrow morning. I have been watching the road reports for Baja and it seems heavy rains washed out some roads and bridges south of Ensenada. They have bulldozed some detours and traffic is moving but can only imagine trying to ride my bike with bushtec in tow through creeks, rivers, ruts and mud. I think it is going to be a very interesting trip.
After I stopped tonight I logged onto the spot map and discovered that spot was not following me. The only thing on the map is when I hit the I'm ok button. I'm a little disappointed and am trying to figure out what, if anything I am doing wrong. I'm going to change the batteries the first thing in the morning and see if that helps. It did work Ok the first couple days I tested it.
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GOOD LUCK WITH THE WEATHER!
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Looking forward to your trip Duke. Actually, I'm not that far from you tonight. I'm down in Kettleman City, coincidentally. Put over 400 miles on the bike today.
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Hi Duke I live in La Paz I have done the trip to Sandiego and back 4 times now on abike u will love it .If u want to send me an email i will give u my cell 3 and hopefull we can catch up on ur way through . Steve Stephenpwilks@yahoo.com
I sent you an e-mail steve
Duke
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that find me spot thing is pretty neat. ive bookmarked it and am going to follow-love baja wish i didnt have work! :bananarock:
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duke- you supposed to turn right when you crossed the border. oh well your going the right direction
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Give us the code so we can follow.
I got a late start today but did make it to Valencia. We should be south of the border late tomorrow morning. I have been watching the road reports for Baja and it seems heavy rains washed out some roads and bridges south of Ensenada. They have bulldozed some detours and traffic is moving but can only imagine trying to ride my bike with bushtec in tow through creeks, rivers, ruts and mud. I think it is going to be a very interesting trip.
After I stopped tonight I logged onto the spot map and discovered that spot was not following me. The only thing on the map is when I hit the I'm ok button. I'm a little disappointed and am trying to figure out what, if anything I am doing wrong. I'm going to change the batteries the first thing in the morning and see if that helps. It did work Ok the first couple days I tested it.
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Hey Duke,
That's pretty cool! We know who your are, and saw what you did!
Here's to a safe and trouble free trip. :drink:
Take care & ride safe,
Grizzly
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Duke, have a fun and safe ride. We'll be watching your progress. Enjoy the trip :sombrero: :divers009:
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Looks like Duke knows some cool shortcuts across the water between marks 42 and 43 :huepfenlol2: :huepfenlol2:
This is great being able to track their trip :2vrolijk_21: All we need now is Ride Report
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We saw your highway from the water fishing off the coast of TJ yesterday. Have a safe trip. Doc
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Give us the code so we can follow.
You don't need any code just click the first link on my opening page and it will direct you to the google map.
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duke stop to eat at mama espinosas in el rosario famous place for lobster tacos- also the oasis town of san ignacio has a good place called rice & beans
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Day 2
We left Santa Clarita around 8:30 and stopped before the border, got gas, changed money, bought Mexican insurance, had lunch and crossed the border around noon. Everything went well until we crossed the border, in all the confusion and traffic we somehow bypassed immigrations and could not find our way back to check in at the border. Oh well we said screw it and Fred led me through all the back streets of Tijuana until we finally found the freeway 15 miles later. We wandered around Ensenada until we found a very nice hotel & casino. The Hotel San Nicolas is very nice and clean. They locked our bikes up in a cage with a 24 hour guard. We will try to go to immigrations here in Ensenada tomorrow morning but we heard a rumor it is a Mexican holiday so we may have to lay over another night and catch them on Tuesday.
I got some pictures of the road damage between Ensenada and El Rosario from last weeks storm from another traveler.
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More road damage
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More
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more
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These pictures were last week. They say they have bulldozed temporary detours across the creeks & Rivers and that traffic is flowing. We'll see
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thanks for the pics. the immigration place is open 24/7 in tj. you could run back and get it i think its about 40 miles?
ride safe
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We are all living vicariously through your ride, while people are freezing in the states we will enjoy coming home ever night and see your trip. Have a great ride and PLEASE be safe. Keep the pix coming.
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GRRRRRRR!!!!! Go ahead, have phunn! No really, at the expense of my feelings, Go ahead PLEASE! :2vrolijk_09: :guitarist: :gorgeous:
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Are you serious.....we were supposed to stop at immigration? :nixweiss:
I mean I only went to Ensenada each time, but I never stopped at immigration on any of those trips. :nixweiss:
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Duke, just heard about the earthquake there (off the coast of Ensenada) there yesterday and again a couple hours ago. Said it's a 4.4 so hopefully it's not an issue for you. Let us know how it's going.
We should have got you the GoPro HD camera to mount on your bike so that we could have really gone with you. :2vrolijk_21:
GoPro HD camera......... http://www.pashnit.com/product/gopro/gopro_HD_hero.html
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Earthquake epicenter......... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=32.0508,-117.4485(M4.4+-+Offshore+Baja+California,+Mexico+-+2010+February+01+14:19:48+UTC)&t=h&z=8&iwloc=A
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Ok we were able to get Imigrations to open up in Ensenada so we have all our paperwork in order. We'll be headed south shortly.
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Earthquake epicenter......... http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=32.0508,-117.4485(M4.4+-+Offshore+Baja+California,+Mexico+-+2010+February+01+14:19:48+UTC)&t=h&z=8&iwloc=A
Great!! First floods now earthquakes what's next.
El Rosario next stopI hope!
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I never got any immigration papers and have never had a problem. Have fun and stay safe!
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He's on the move. I zoomed in then switched to satellite picture.......he's at the liquor store. I see a bottle of tequilla and it's the one with the worm in it! :huepfenlol2:
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Thats not the liquor store. Thats where the girls are and that wasnt a worm :bananarock:
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Thats not the liquor store. Thats where the girls are and that wasnt a worm :bananarock:
That's not what Wanda says :huepfenjump3: :huepfenjump3:
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looks to me like hes at the baja cactus hotel and eatin @ mama espinosas-great place big with the baja racers
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Really liking this thread... :vrolijk_11: :2vrolijk_09: Doc
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I never got any immigration papers and have never had a problem. Have fun and stay safe!
Just like coming into the US!
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looks to me like hes at the baja cactus hotel and eatin @ mama espinosas-great place big with the baja racers
You are correct on both parts Van. We are in El Rosiaro tonight. Had a great lobster dinner and a couple cervesas :drink:. The trip was great, cool riding weather and good roads, even the detours were good. We are off to San Ignacio or beyond tomorrow. I'll get some pictures off to you all when we get to Cabo.
No Ernie I wasn't at the liquor store or with the girls.
Duke
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dont miss the seafood combo plate @ the el nido ( the nest ) in loreto. that some good food- nice hotel next door. and dont forget the TOPES!! :bananarock:
DUKE BE SURE TO STOP AT THE MISSION IN LORETO. It was the very first of all the calif missions 1697 i thinkWay to go made it to san ignacio its like a million palm trees in the middle of a huge desert-beautiful!
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Duke,
I see that you made it to Santa Rosalia. Nice little oasis, isn't it? Does this look familiar? Oh, and definitely stop in Loreto, it's a great town.
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Posting this for Duke...
Hi all
We made it to San Ignacio last night in light rain. Left this morning in rain and had intermittent showers all the way to Santa Rosalia on the coast. The rain slowed us down enough that we decided to stay in Loreto for the night rather than ride back into the rain at night to try to get to La Paz . The scenery here is incredible, lots of twisties through the mountains and the road along the coast is absolutely breathtaking. Unfortunately there as very few places to pull off the highway so all my pictures will be one handed point and click. We will try for Cabo tomorrow unless it’s raining inland again then we will probably stop in La Paz . I hope to catch up with Steve, (I can’t remember his name from the CVO board) who is living in La Paz .
The trip has been great with no problems along the way. We are staying at a beautiful beach front hotel with great security, locked gates, guard, and they let us park right outside our door.
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Good Lord...This is A TRIP!
:2vrolijk_21:
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I see Duke..........laying on the beach in La Paz! :2vrolijk_21:
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Another post for Duke since he can't access the site from where he is
We spent the night in Lareto 2 days ago where we found a great hotel on the beach with great security for the bikes.
I have been in contact with Steve from La Paz (from cvoharley) and he hooked us up with a fabulous hotel "Fiesta Inn" at a great discounted price . The Hotel and marina are all owned by his boss as well as the 140' yacht Steve works on. Steve met us at the edge of town and led us to the hotel. He took us and his girl friend out for drinks and dinner last night. You have to love the cvoharley site when you can connect with locals who go out of their way to help you out in a strange country. A big thank you to Steve for all his help. Steve and the ship's captain (another cvo owner) will meet us in a little while and lead us 1/2 way to Cabo. The trip has been amazing with a variety of beautiful terrain. We have been in deserts, and some fantastic mountain ranges with twisties galore. The ride along the Pacific and the Sea of Cortes are not to be believed. When I get to Cabo and get a little orgainized I'll have Ernie post some pictures for me. We will spend 2 or 3 days in Cabo and then head back.
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Pictures from Day 1/2, posting for Duke
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Pictures from Day 1/2, posting for Duke
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Pictures from Day 1/2, posting for Duke
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Pictures from Day 1/2, posting for Duke
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looks like the duke left cabo this morning via east cape. jealous im not there - heres a pic
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ok 1 more
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Well, he's either been up all night or he's left the tracker on all night. Looks like he may be headed back north this morning. :nixweiss:
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looks to me like the duke stopped at the el nido for lunch in loreto and is now heading for mulege- :bananarock:
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great trip ! thanks for letting us follow. :2vrolijk_21:
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Catching on for Duke since I was out of town
Feb 4
We made it to La Paz with no problem today.The weather was great, blue sky's and 70 plus. A friend from the CVO Harley web site I belong to who lives in La Paz hooked us up with a fabulous hotel at the marina and on the beach at a big discount. He met us at the edge of town and led us to the hotel. The person he works for owns the hotel and marina and probably half of Baja. The Hotel Fiesta Inn is a 5 star new hotel with a fabulous setting. We had dinner and drinks with him and his girl friend and had a wonderful time. We are only a couple hours from Cabo and he will ride part way down with us in the morning.
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Feb 5
We made it Cabo aok. The trip was great and we saw a lot of wales off the coast on our way down. Our friends Steve and Dan rode all the way down with us from La Paz and had a couple cold ones with us before they headed home. We will be here 2 days and then start our trip back home. The weather is great here. We stopped at the HD dealer in Cabo and had a much needed bike wash before we headed to the Hotel. We are at the Sheraton hotel......Nice.
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Feb 6
Well we spent 1 night and all day today in Cabo, it sure wasn't like the snowmageddon we see in the news back east. We actually took a cab into town to look around and did not even get on our bikes today. The weather is warm and sunny here. We spent the afternoon out by the pool watching the whales out in the ocean. We will be up and starting our return trip tomorrow morning. We will spend the first night in La Paz with our friend Steve and watch the superbowl then start a serious effort to retrace our steps back to Tracy. We are not liking the weather forecast (off and on rain) for most of the trip back. Oh well it is what it is. We only hope that all the roads are ok and not flooded for our return.
The trip down was a blast full of new sights and adventures. The scenery was great and diverse and we look forward to our return journey.
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Feb 7
We are watching the superbowl at Steves condo in La Paz. We will spend the night here an head out early in the morning. Weather is great short sleeve shirt riding conditions.
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Feb 8
We made it to San Ignacio tonight @ the Desert Inn. It was a great riding day, perfect temp and blue skies. We drove 390 miles today, we left at 7:30 AM & got here right at dark @ 7:00 PM. Kind of a long day. It is hard to make any time driving these twisty mountain roads. We hope to get to El Rosario tomorrow and do another 316 miles. We are trying to get some miles under our belt as they are calling for possible rain on Wednesday & Thursday.
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They're not letting any dust collect today......they're covering some ground.
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When I did this trip back in 2005, It was Cabo to Guerrero Negro day 1, Guerrero Negro to San Diego day 2, and home on day 3.
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Feb 9
We considered making it to San Quintin or Ensenada tonight but when we started down the mountain the sky turned so black we had to turn our headlights on. I thought for sure it was going to pour rain any minute. Luckily they had a room at the Baja Cactus in El-Rosario where we stayed on the way down. The trip from Guerreo Negro to El Rosario is 202 miles. There are no gas stations between these towns and if you are lucky you will find someone along the way selling gas out of a 55 gallon drum. He was not around today, boy am I glad I carried 5 gallons of gas in the trailer or we would not have made it. A huge thanks to Van for suggesting I bring a spare kick stand spring along. I broke mine off in the middle of no-where going over a Topa (speed bump) and was sure glad to have a spare.
If it doesn’t rain, we will cross the border at Otay Messa, and stay in San Diego tomorrow night. If it is raining we will stay in Ensenada for the night. It wouldn’t be fun sitting in the long line waiting to cross the border for several hours in the rain. The trip today was long and turned cold when we got to the coast at Guerreo Negro and stayed that way until we stopped for the night. My heated vest, grips, and seat felt very nice for most of the trip. Oh well guess I shouldn’t complain as I don’t think anyone is even thinking of riding a motorcycle in the mid-west or East Coast these last couple weeks. For some strange reason I am unable to get to the CVOHARLEY board anywhere south of Ensenada
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Welcome home! Glad you made it back to the good ol US OF A safely. Ive enjoyed following your trip with the spot gps. now lets see some pics!! :bananarock:
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Yes we crossed the border around 5:00Pm today. We stopped in Carlsbad for the night. It rained hard last night so the roads were covered with mud, water, sand, and rocks. Our bikes and my trailer are caked in mud.
I should be back home in Tracy California tomorrow night. It was a great trip and I would do it again. I'm tired so I'm off to bed. More when I get home and get organized. Thanks to everyone who followed my trip and to those who provided valuable information along the way. :huepfenjump3:
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Welcome home Duke. We really enjoyed following you on the Spot and reading about your trip. We also look forward to seeing photos.
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Fred and I arrived home in Tracy California at 5:30Pm safe and somewhat sound. The trip was fabulous the scenery was great. The locals were most helpful and the bikes ran great. I was watching the news, wow glad I'm not on the East coast right now. More tomorow when I get some sleep. Thanks to everyone for following my trip.
Duke
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Welcome home.....can't wait to see the pictures :orange: :orange: Say Hello to Wanda ;D
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Awesome, freakin awesome... :2vrolijk_21:
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Looks like you had a great trip!! Welcome home! Looking forward to some pics and stories :apple: :apple:
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A couple days before we departed on our trip North Eastern Baja had a record rain in the mountains. The run-off caused several bridges to become disabled or washed away. Hwy 1 is the only road that feeds all of Baja. Without immediate repairs the country is paralyzed. We were amazed at how quickly temporary roads were built across the river beds. What was a raging river a few days prior was tamed and temporary roads were built. The roads are narrow, with no shoulder, the cattle, horses, goats, sheep, dogs, and other unidentified critters roam the country without fences. We saw many dead cows, donkeys, dogs, and other critters that were recently killed along the road. A constant reminder to keep your eyes on the road and the edges at all times. Hwy 1 crisscrosses Baja several time which takes you through many dry & wet riverbeds as well as very steep twist mountain roads. Because this is an unusually rainy season rocks, boulders, dirt, sand, mud and you name it seemed to hide around every corner.
The 2 week trip was at least a week to short to spend any time to relax and really spend any time in the towns and villages along the way. For the most part we were on the road at least 8 hours most days.
I will give you a sample of what we saw in Baja.
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Our Hotel In Ensenada.
Note how they guard and actually cage our bikes
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A Nice rest stop South of Ensenada
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Hotel Pool Ensenada
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Was a dry riverbed
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One of the temp roads around damaged bridge.
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More bridge damage
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Hotel on the way
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Baja Cactus hotel
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Fred
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Another bridge out
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Good Eats
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Temp road
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Rest stop
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One stretch of road is 202 miles between gas stations. If you are lucky you'll see this somewhere along the road. He has gas in 55 gal drums.
A lucky find
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A nice scene
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another rest
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Loreto On The Sea of Cortez. Let us park in front of our hotel door.
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Safe parking
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Trailer parking also
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This town was devestated by a major storm last year
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Some remnants
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more scenery
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CVOHarley member Steve In La Paz
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Nice sunset in front of our Hotel In La Paz
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Sunset view from My room
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Sea of Cortez
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Fred & I in front of Cabo HD
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Captain Dan from La Paz, Steve's boat captain
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Stopped for lunch @ Todos Santos
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Duke, Fred, & Dan along the Pacific. We saw a lot of whales along the southern coast.
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La Paz Boat harbor
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Cabo Boat Harbor
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A stop along the Pacific with Fred, Steve & Dan
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Duke, Fred, & Dan
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Cabo Harbor
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A couple nice baggers from Colorado
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A nice lunch stop
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A nice resort on The Sea of Cortez
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The sea of cortez
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Sunset view
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Tropic of Cancer
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View from Steves Balcony
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Some local kids
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Sea of Cortez
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A road view
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San Ignacio, an oasis in the middle of the desert
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Comming back down the mountai the sky turned so black we had to turn on our headlights.
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My Spot along the pacific
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Last but not least crossing the border back to the USA
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13 days almost 3,200 miles. The trip was a blast.
Duke
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Awesome photos! Looks like a great trip. Thanks for sharing it with all of us.
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Duke, your pictures bring back memories of my trip to Cabo 5 years ago! One of the most memorable trips I've ever taken! Glad that you had a great time and made it back home safely.
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Awesome pics Duke! Glad you had a great ride! Thanks for sharing :2vrolijk_21:
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Thanks for the photos. It looks like you had a rael adventure.
Seeing those blue skies and blue water has got me dreaming of summer....
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Great pictures Duke :2vrolijk_21: Thank you for sharing them & taking us on your journey with you :orange: :orange: :orange:
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Looks like an amazing trip! Thanks for sharing.
Gotta get there someday.
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We haven't been that far south, thanks for showing the way. Lou and Terry
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Duke,
Thanks for sharing. Might have to move that ride up the list.
B.