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RE: If you have stayed in Rancho Bougainvillea?
No the ;ocatopn and owners were special. We now boondock on the way south at San Juan de Alima.
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gwbaines
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06/01/13 06:47pm |
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RE: Anybody going to mainland first of November or so?
I have a small group of 3 camper trucks leaving for southern Mexico at that time. We will probably be moving too fast for a big rig. Staying at Organ Pipe Natl. Monument, or at BLM lands near Why are convenient places to stay when crossing at Lukeville. As of last year, get your personal papers at the border and car papers down the road east or Caborca. Easy crossing, good roads.
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gwbaines
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06/01/13 09:50am |
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RE: wanting to travel down baja to San Quentin for clamming.
Correction BajaNomad.com
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gwbaines
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04/23/13 09:44am |
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RE: wanting to travel down baja to San Quentin for clamming.
For more direct and current information on Baja and specific information about how the clams are doing in the San Quintin area, I suggest you ask this question on the Baja Nomad website. BajaNonad.com, go to the questions forum and ask. There are people who live there to answer these questions.
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gwbaines
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04/23/13 09:43am |
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RE: Another Fun one, What kind of Rig?
2001 Dodge diesel 4x4, w/ homebuilt camper and two Dobermans
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gwbaines
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09/24/12 04:56pm |
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RE: Trips' End! FUN!
"the road goes on forever and the party never ends" Turnaround point Chetumal, QR
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gwbaines
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09/21/12 09:09am |
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RE: Overnight South of PV
If you are interested in a boon docking place in that area, look on the map for Chalacatepec. Turn west in the little town and out to the beach. It is a dirt road, easy in a pickup camper. Turn left before you get to the beach, heading SW toward the light house. We like to camp near the lighthouse, with views up and down the beach and for great sunsets. The beach to the south rarely has anybody on it and is a great place to let the dogs go for a long run. There is a turtle hatching facility there that is fun to visit when they are releasing the babies. Another but more distant came is near Maito out on the Cabocorientes area. This is better for a stay of a few days or weeks, camp near the small hotel, very friendly people.
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gwbaines
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09/18/12 03:20pm |
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RE: First trip to Mexico
If you happy sticking to the main roads, and staying in established RV parks, larger RVs seem to get around just fine. If you like to go to outback areas, visit the mountains, go to remote beaches, you need a smaller vehicle. We prefer the latter and have a 20 ft 4x4 off road motorhome able to go where we like. We had to build it ourselves. Point is, what you need depends on where you want go and what you want to do. This is balanced by how much comfort you require. It is always a compromise.
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gwbaines
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09/11/12 09:58am |
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RE: Propane Connections
Getting a connector for POL to OPD will be of great use in southern Mexico. I have found that they have trouble filling our newer tanks in Chiapas and Oaxaca without this connector. Also useful is a connector to allow them to fill your tank at a "Gas Carburation" (automobile) filling station. Although these are not as common anymore, they are still a way to quickly and easily fill tanks on the go. And you can fill 'built in" tanks which can be hard to fill in many locations. You can get the parts to make these adapters at many propane dealers or they can get them for you, if they are not in stock.
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gwbaines
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09/11/12 09:51am |
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RE: Propane available in Mexico
Unfortunately you will not have a choice as to what mixture of propane vs. butane you receive. This is determined by what is considered best for the region you are in, ie. more propane in cool or cold areas and more butane in the mix in hot areas. This is not normally a big problem, except for returning to Alaska with butane in the tank in winter! I live here in Calif. and have no problem using the butane mix anytime.
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gwbaines
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08/29/12 10:04am |
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RE: Weber Q100 BBQ problems
One common problem with the newer type of propane hose connection with the tank, is that inside the green coupling is a valve that prevents fast flow. It is a "safety" device, that is supposed to prevent rapid flow of gas if there is a leak. These seem to fail frequently and allow only a low flow condition. This will allow your refrig to run but will prevent using high flow things at a high rate. Thus your stove or BBQ will not heat up as high as you would want. This is especially a problem in southern Mexico and Central America, where in the hot climes, they mix butane and other messy gasses with the propane. A waxy buildup in the safety valve causes this and there does not seem to be an easy way to restore or fix the valve once clogged. It is a good idea for all traveling south to have a spare hose and green connector, to replace any that get clogged. You can go back to the old type fitting and eliminate the 'safety' valve and not worry about it or carry a spare. This can be a real problem if you bring back "propane" from the south and try to use it in colder climates. RV partsdealers recommend you carry spares!
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gwbaines
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08/25/12 10:05am |
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RE: UPDATE Nov 23 2012 Oaxaca (City or area) campgrounds?
We were in the Oaxaca Trailer Park last Christmas for the Noche de Rabinos. Although the park is not great it was quite serviceable, clean and being worked on. The attendant was very friendly and helpful and they were painting and generally cleaning up the place. The power was not good, but if you are careful and don't overload the circuits, useable. Don't try air conditioning or other heavy uses, and there seems to be only three circuits for RV's, so when many are there, there are problems, so spread out. It is very convenient to taking busses through out town and very near three big supermarkets. If your expectations are low, you will find it quite acceptable! And Oaxaca is marvelous!!
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gwbaines
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08/13/12 09:17am |
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RE: Beach Campground
Last year with two dobies we stayed at Villa Onac (Teacapan), Boca de Iguana, Jose's Cabins and Camping (Chiapas), Chalacatepec(boondocking), Chemulco ( outside Guadalajara, no beach but great dog runs), Pie de la Cuesta (Acapulco), Maito(Cabo Corrientes), Rainbow in Merida and so many others that I can't relate them all. In fact we have never had a problem with parks not letting in our dogs. Good dog owners generally have no problems if they clean up and don't make noise.
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gwbaines
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08/12/12 02:09pm |
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RE: Auto insurance rebates, 10 year permits, & other questions
I tried this by suspending my insurance on my vehicles in California, while I was in Mexico for four months. The insurance company had no problems with this, but state deregistered the vehicles because of lack of insurance and it was a mess to get them reregistered and I really had to sneak back home from the border with a technically unregistered vehicle!
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gwbaines
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08/06/12 09:43am |
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