PACIFIC COAST ADVENTURE RIDE
Four-Stroke Stories
April 12 -14, 2002
Edited on Thursday, July 28, 2005 15:41
Steve Ransom - XR250
Tony Tellier - XR400
Dr. Peter Herwick, MD - XR400
Marty Haak - XR250
Mark Mitchell - XR250
Dave "Deano" Dean - DR400Z
J.D. Robbins - XR250
Friday April
12, 02:
San Felipe/Pete's to Diablo Dry Lake via Zoo Road and the face of the Sierra Martir -- looking for a waterfall. LOTS of cactus thickets. Fence lines. Cow poop. thickets. Wrong route.
HSR
The Secluded Tellier Stronghold @ Pete's Campo, San Felipe, Bajahahahahahhhaaha
The Ocotillo Fence Is Growing Quite Well, Thank You!
Across
Diablo and up to San Matais Pass via the whooped-out cholla-lined wash
The Doc took the Valle del Sol road up to the "1000" race course, of course.
Fuel
at San Matais
Up
to Mike's and some $$$$ gut-bomb burros and a beer
Out
via the "1000" course to a little-used hogback route -- El Coyote --down
to the Observatory Road
West
past
Ejido Sinaloa
To
Camalu upon a narrow one-tracker
Gas
and a beer at Camalu
On
the beach
Closed
out by incoming tide
The
sandy fish camp "1000" road
Farm
roads to San Quintin ...
Molinero Viejo: $15 per person
Comped
Pacifico cervezas
Dinner
175 Miles
Sierra San Pedro Martír and El Doctor Pete
Laguna Diablo - Max A/B
Rancho Mike's
Down Hogbacks From Mike's Toward The Pacific
Uh, Put A Hold Those "Sodas", Amigo
HSR On The Way To Camalu
Camalu Kids
The Old Mill featuring Dean-O and Mark-O
HSR - Excessive Posing
JD, TT, & Dean @ El Molino w/ Huge Cedar Driftwood
Saturday April 13,
02:
Old
Mill to the old highway through the toolies and dwarf dogs
Out
to the beach
Down
the sand in light fog + dead seals
Pinched
out by rocky headlands at Santa Maria
Highway
1 to El Rosario -- very cold
(wearing 1 "T"+ 3 jerseys)
Breakfast
at Mama Espinoza's. Bought a
steeker. Irritated some Tree
Huggers w/ bike chatter.
Fuel
at Pemex.
SW t oward
the beach.
Cattle
tracks and farm roads to Punta San Carlos ... hot windsurfing spot: example,
King Air in from Charleston, SC! Very
remote. Cardon forests.
GPS-aided wandering to "Las Minas"
"El
Progreso" … . beer and German tourists
121
desert miles = 40 as the cuervo flies on the highway
Highway
1 to Catavina
On "Reserve" at 142
Buffeted
big time by cab-over semis
Out
of gas in hotel lot
Beer,
shower, dinner, lodging, and breakfast at Rancho Santa Inez: 251 pesos per person.
Bought a clean T-shirt.
Fuel
out of back of pickup truck
235 miles
Somewhere SW of El Rosario
Minor Downhill 1
Minor Downhill 2
Cerro Catavina 1
Cerro Catavina 2
Warriors of the Wastelands
Punta San Carlos Windsurfing Camp
Middle-Of-Nowhere Pee Break
HSR & Boogum
Not Exactly Lost - Yet
TT - Self-Portrait
Rancho Santa Inez / Catavina
Sunday April 14, 02
Catavina
to Laguna Chapala
To
Coco's and a beer -- bought a
T-shirt
Gas
at Rancho Grande
Beer
at Alfonsina's
Lots of southbound car traffic! Peligro!
Lunch
and a beer at Bahia Cristiana
Puertocitos
to San Felipe (still lots of potholes but newly-paved to Percebu!)
160 miles
Seven restless
riders
Dave
... The Dean of Riders
HSR
... Twisted his ankle on Santa Inez motel step!
Mitch
...Mapmeister
Dr. Pete ... Needs an electric leg
Marty
... Tail-end Charlie
JD
... Road-Riding Ranger
TT
Two flats:
Mark
Mitchell
Steve
Ransom
Daily - dawn
'til dusk
No injuries
575 miles
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