Baja Adventures

GREEN RIVER / TEN MILE WASH DAY 02

2010-05-04T15:21:00.000-07:00

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69.2 TOTAL MILES

Here are the Videos from Day 1 and Day 2

http://www.youtube.com/user/bajabunk#g/u

Here is a few pictures from Day 2

Casey on top of the World

Assessing the damage and preparing for JB Weld

Token group Photo

Getting readyto go down the Big Drop

Looking back at the Big Drop

Its easier to ride up the hill than it is to WALK Billy!!

Casey Making the Drop

Ryan in The Tubes

Dustin and Rick

GET THE JB WELD!!! GET THE JB WELD!!!

Rick making it look easy

Steve doing the same

"Yessir Mr Obama"

Where's your bike Phillip?

Oh there it is. Back up the hill.

All in all, it was a great trip. One that we will definitely have to do again

GREEN RIVER / TEN MILE WASH - DAY 01

2010-05-03T12:42:00.000-07:00

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69.1 TOTAL MILES (28.4 of it was just 10 Mile Wash)

The morning of Day 01 was spent by taking care of this

The night before we had a blowout sometime after Salina which is 100 miles from Green River. No one noticed until we pulled up to the motel. After breakfast and grocery shopping we headed out to the White Wash area. It was cloudy but no signs of the rain that was supposed to happen.

Todays Ride was going to include White wash, Slickrock, Ten Mile Wash and if we had time, Dead Cow Wash and the Tubes.

Dinner at Rays Tavern

GREEN RIVER / TEN MILE WASH RIDE

2010-05-03T09:40:00.000-07:00

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List of Riders

Rick Leavitt

Bill "Come Late Leave Early" Morgan

Shane Haycock

Steve Shearer

Ryan Taylor

Phillip Conk

Punky "Don't Make Me Leave Your Ass in Modena" Tom

Dustin Lewis

Casey Craig

Jay "not in any pictures" Larsen

Dave Cayseezbronlaw

and Myself

BAJA 2010 - DAY 06 - OLD MILL TO SAN FELIPE

2010-04-09T09:08:00.000-07:00

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After talking to a few riders in Catavina a few days earlier we decided to bypass going over Mikes Sky Ranch and decided to go further up the coast and cross over the road just north of Colonet that drops into Valle de Trinidad. Apparently alot of the roads over Mikes had been washed ou ond a lot of exploring had to be done. The riders we talked to said it took them 13 hours to get from Valle de Trinidad to Meling Ranch.
We left Old Mill and headed up the beach.

We went up and saw the other beached ship.

We saw this old guy plowing his field the old fashioned way.

Stopped in Colonet to get gas and we gave a couple kids rides.

Pictures from going over the Mountain.

Made it back to San Felipe

BAJA 2010 - DAY 05 - CATAVINA TO OLD MILL

2010-03-31T17:34:00.000-07:00

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We left Catavina this morning headed towards Santa Catarina and then on to El Rosario.

The first 30 miles were new trails that we had never ridden before.

My handguard hit a cactus and it exploded

Made to El Rosario and hit Mama Espinoza's for a late lunch

Chad noticed he had a flat tire when we got to the Federale check just past El Rosario. We noticed a truck with an empty bed ahead of us and decided to see if we could make a deal with the guy to haul the bike to Old Mill for us. It was getting late and we felt like we would get into Old Mill after dark if we changed it on the road. We agreed on $30.00. After the check station, he pulled over so we could load the bike. after we got it loaded, one of the Federales came over and talked to the driver of the truck. After that he said that the driver wanted another $70. to haul the bike. I think the Federale wanted a cut and it ended up costin the guy his $30. We unloaded the bike and started fixing the tire.

This is what we saw on the ride into Old Mill

BAJA 2010 - DAY 04 - BAY OF LA TO CATAVINA

2010-03-26T14:28:00.000-07:00

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Keith, Charlie and Dave left for San Felipe this morning and the rest of us headed to Catavina.

They ran into rain and fog when heading to the junction.

We decided to bypass the Pacific side of the 22 Day Trail and do the Pacific Run and add in a new trail that we had never done before.

On the way out to the Pacific Ray went down in a rut and put a hole in his clutch cover and broke one of the bolts that hold in his clutch.

After getting Ray patched up we sent him and Buckles back to the highway and up to Catavina. The rest of us headed on to the ocean.

We headed in land from the Pacific using a different route to get to the Todos Santos road and back to Catavina. It was a fun trail with just about everything. Rock, Cactus, Sand, Grass, Whoops, Washes. You name it it had it. The one road I remember that was a fast sandy road was completely washed out due to the recent rains. Heres a link showing a place where the road became a river.

CATAVINA!!!!

BAJA 2010 - DAY 03

2010-03-21T17:49:00.000-07:00

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Todays ride was gonna be a loop. We were gonna start off by doing the eastern half of the 22 Day Trail. The Prowler crew and Dale, went fishing earlier with Igor, Guillermos son. After we ate breakfast, we were walking back to the rooms to get ready for the ride, when one of they guys who was staying next to us from New Hampshire, said that someone had broke into his saddlebags and stole his GPS and Passport. We started looking at our bikes and a few of us noticed that we were missing some tools. We started walking around the motel and found a couple things but we were still missing some items. We looked around a little more and finally decided that were were just going to take the loss. More on that later.
We were now running behind schedule and were still going to try to get in over 120 miles. We headed down to the San Borja turnoff and headed out towards the trail head.

We got to the trailhead and were missing 2, Shane and dad.
We waited a little while and I decided i would go back and see where they were at. I went back and this is what I found.

There was a nasty wash that snuck up on him and I guess he rode a pretty good wheelie on the front wheel and didn't quite ride it out. He decided he was going to go back to Guillermos and take it easy. The rest of us decided to keep going.

While we were out riding, the fishermen, Dave, Charlie and Dale, were busy catching dinner. They caught around 24 Yellowtail ranging from 15 to 20 pounds each.

Dave had the cook at Guillermos prepare some Ceviche, Sashimi, and then just grill up some of the filets. I think most of us in the group would agree that it was one of the best, if not the best meal in Baja...EVER! It was that good.

They also caught the thief that stole the tools off of our bikes. We got everything back except Ricks sleeves off of his jacket.
We also made arrangements with one of Igors friends to haull the Prowler back to San Felipe. He came to the hotel later that night and we loaded it up in the back of his truck. Charlie and Dave were going to ride back to San Felipe in the truck and dad was going to ride the bike back. He was feeling a little stiff and thought it would be best to head back with Charlie and Dave.

BAJA 2010 - DAY 02 - ALFONSINAS TO BAY OF LA

2010-03-21T17:46:00.000-07:00

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This is what we woke up to at Alfonsinas

Todays ride started with a quick run out to Punta Final before jumping on the road to go see Coco. You could tell they had had a lot of rain due to all the flowers and grass that was growing in the desert.

Heres a couple shots of the Side X Sides from Cocos Road.

When we got to Cocos there was some others from the UTMA there so we didnt stay too long. We stayed long enough to get a picture, sign the book and drink a Coke.

We rode Cocos Road to Chapala Junction. There was a house just down from the Junction the had gas which came in handy. They had a couple kids that came out when they sold us the gas. The littlest girl was afraid of all of us with the helmets and gear on.

After fueling up we headed back to Chapala and hit the single track.

Shane

Keith, Rick, Chad and John

After the singletrack, we headed to BOLA Junction and saw this

Charlie said they were going along fine and all of a sudden it lost power a started making a real loud racket.
We ended up having to get the gas guy at BOLA Junction to tow it to Guillermos. He remembered Charlie from 2 years ago when he and Robert locked the keys to Ryans truck inside the truck.
Heres a link to the video of Dave and Charlies ride to Guillermos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZrAxnmH_Rw

After we left the Prowler, we continued down the Highway and ran into the Jenkins Group. They were having problems with one of the bikes. I think they sheared off a woodruff key and Derrick had found a shop and was making a new one. It apparently worked because the bike finished the trip.

We ended up going to Rosarito and taking the back entrance to San Borja Mission.

Finally made it to Guillermos

BAJA 2010 - SUNDAY - DAY 01 OF THE RIDE - SAN FELIPE TO GONZAGA BAY

2010-03-16T14:42:00.000-07:00

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Day one of the ride was quite uneventful. We tried to get away ASAP after the Service Project. We were only going 100 miles to Alfonsinas, but we wanted to make it before dark. we were suprised to see how much of the highway they have paved since last year. All but the last 25 miles to Gonzaga Bay is paved.

When we arrived at Alfonsinas, we found out that they had rented some of the rooms that I thought I had reserved earlier. Apparently we were a few beds short. We had 11 beds for 14 riders...oh well. Beats sleeping in the desert with a space blanket.This is how the conversation went between Shane and I.
Greg: Did you see who's sleeping in the same bed? Gross!!!
Shane: I don't want to look!

Dinner made up for the lack of beds.

More pictures from around Alfonsinas

BAJA 2010 - SAN FELIPE AND SERVICE PROJECT

2010-03-16T12:40:00.000-07:00

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Travis Marx was in charge of the Los Arcos Service Project this year. he was doing it for his Eagle Project.

We ended up giving out over 275 bags and 16 0r 17 bikes. I'm glad the Owner of the store has th job of deciding who gets the bikes. Its tough when all the kids are asking you for one.

The dentists even got to pull a few teeth. Chad Ellsworth and Peter Smith had 49 patients in the hour that we were there. I think for the most part they were just pulling teeth. I'm sure there was some sore mouths the next day.

We ended up leaving right after the Service Project, but we still managed to find time to get down to the Malecon and relax a little bit before we started the ride.

BAJA 2010

2010-03-15T14:57:00.000-07:00

We had another successful trip to Baja this year. We had 14 peoople in the group including the two side x sides that wanted to stay with us and not travel with the Quad Squad. Six of the fourteen in our group were first timers. They are the ones with the * by their name below. The list of participants was as follows:

*Ray Bates* - Bike

Stu Bringhurst - Bike

Matt Buckles - side by side

Charlie Bunker - side by side

Greg Bunker - Bike

Keith Bunker - Bike

*Dale Call* - Bike

Phillip Conk - Bike OUT OF ALMOST 1000 PICTURES THIS IS THE ONLY ONE WE HAVE PHILLIP BY HIMSELF---WITHOUT HIS HELMET ON!!!

*Chad Ellsworth* - Bike

Shane Haycock - Bike

*Dave Huntsman* - side by side

Rick Leavitt - Bike

*Steve Lee* - side by side

*John Manning* - Bike

The morning started off with a dead battery (Stu I put this in for your benefit)The border crossing wasn't too bad. They just hassled us a little bit, but a couple hats later and we were through.The drug sniffing dog was kind of a joke. he was afraid to go inside the trailer and wouldn't go in. He also tried to bite one of the border patrol guys.They're still working on the highway Finally. Made it to the El Cortez and got unloaded.

CALIENTE RIDE OCTOBER 2009

2009-12-03T11:07:00.001-08:00

I am finally putting what few pictures we had of the ride up. The trip was great. I think we all had a great time and we definitely need to do it again. We ought to shoot for a ride in April or May depending on the weather. Any ways, here they are in no particular order.

By the way, we did 350 miles in 2 days. Not to bad for not knowing where we were going or what the terrain was like.

Gas Stop in Caliente

Phillip and Keith

Ryan, Greg, Rick and Cooper

Ryan and Rob

Shane

Shane, Greg and Rob

Million Dollar Courthouse in Pioche

Rob, Greg, Cooper

The bushes looked a little dry. Thought I'd water them.

The 2 Bobs

Rob you need to change your cologne brand from Musk of Mutton. Ryan is always sneaking up behind you. You know what they say about Wyoming....Where the men are men and the sheep know it!

Keith, Rick and Dustin

Shane, Rob and Punky

John, Scott, Phillip, Punky, Shane, Cooper, Greg and some guy in the back that wanted to be in our group

Phillip

Shane

Keith

Cooper waiting on the train

We need to try harder to take more pictures. It looks like we spent the whole time hanging out at the Branding Iron. At least Shanes camera did. For those of you that didn't hear, Shane lost his camera in front of the Brandin Iron the night we left to come home and it laid there in the gutter for at least two weeks until someone found it. It just happened to be Casey Folks, who puts on the Besst in the Desert races who found it. He recognized Shane and Robbie from the pictures and and contacted them that he had the camera

Link to Follow Vegas to Reno

2009-08-19T08:47:00.000-07:00

Heres a link to follow Vegas to Reno.

Travis Pastrana - Red Bulls New Year No Limits 2009

2009-08-03T14:01:00.000-07:00

Here's a link to a teaser of this years Red Bull New Years - No Limits!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOhoiOWJepQ

2009-04-10T14:08:00.000-07:00

Finally a reality show that might be worth watching. Check out the website and the video. Looks pretty cool.

From their website:

"The Master of Baja is an adventure competition featuring dirt bike and action sports stars riding off road motorcycles between the US/Mexico border and Cabo San Lucas over 6/7 days that will feature riding and non-riding tests. 16 riders will be dropped at the border and will ride the entire peninsula of Baja together as a group all the while competing to keep their eligibility through tests.Tests will include epic versions of foot down, hill climbs, rocky obstacle course and wheelie contests on the beach to name a few. In all there are 16 proposed tests through out the days of riding to both take and give back eligibility to the competitors. Eligibility is key because there will be 6 or fewer riders that have it when we reach our destination and only one of the eligible riders will win the lions share of the $50,000.00 prize money. The trip will have a large crew that will live the journey down Baja including test set up, chase and TV film crews. The entire group of riders, film and support crew will cast their vote for the Master of Baja winner, they all will have lived for a week with each other and it should be clear who should be crowned Master of Baja."

Maybe next year we will have our own Master of BAJA.

Here is the link http://www.masterofbaja.com/index2.html

2009 Baja Pictures

2009-03-20T15:40:00.001-07:00

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Baja 2009 Helmet Cam Videos

2009-03-20T15:37:00.000-07:00

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Day 4

2009-03-20T13:59:00.001-07:00

Day 4 - Bay of LA - Window Rock Trail - Punta Prieta - Race Route - Bay of LA

Start of Window Rock Trail

If you look at the Saguaro on the right I think you can see where Roger took a chunk of it out

Wheres the tweezers

Rick manuevering around the cactus

Stu

Ryan

Second flat. Ricks feeling his head asking himself,"Damn! Do I have a bald spot on the back of my head like Greg?"

Me and Shane

Window Rock

Rick on the backside of WR

Roger, Casey Stu, Shane, Greg, Ryan, Phillip, Rick

Stu with some kids he gave pencils to in Punta Prieta

Day 3

2009-03-20T10:33:00.000-07:00

Day 3 - Catavina - Rocky Road to Cocos - Laguna Chapala - More Singletrack - El Crucero - Bay of LA

Dad pulling the Prowler out of the Hotel

How Ron Marx pulled in the night before and finished his ride...on 3 wheels
Rick in the Desert Inn parking Lot

Paul and Charlie Edmunds

Punky wishing he was riding his bike down the trail and not the highway. Charlie getting ready to refuel

Ryan and Keith

Road that goes over the Mountain to Cocos

Huge Saguoros at the bottom of the Rocky Hill

Coco had us kneel to get on his level

Laguna Chapala

Believe it or not there is a trail through there
Phillip and Ryan

Hold on there Phillip.

Roger

Rick

Phillip

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Sometimes the cactus hangs out in the trail. I think we all got some but it was worth it

Shane

Caseys Jelly Elbow

Guillermo, Igor and Greg with thier Class 7 truck

Day 2

2009-03-19T15:31:00.000-07:00

DAY 2 - Old Mill - Hogback Hill - Los Martires - Sausolito Mine - El Progresso - Singletrack - Catavina
Old Mill

From the bathroom window at Old Mill

If you enlarge the picture you can see Phillip
Ryan, Phillip, Shane, Stu

Ryan

Punky

Casey, Rick, Punky, Shane, Stu, Greg, Ryan, Roger

Ryan...I mean Burro

Rick and Stu

The only sign of Gangs we saw while in Baja. A pair of boots thrown over a cactus marking gang territory

Sausolito Mine

Lunch Break at Sausolito Mine

Single track

First Flat tire

Casey

Me and dad

Same gas man in Catavina year after year

Day One

2009-03-19T14:21:00.000-07:00

DAY ONE - San Felipe - Laguna Diablo -San Matias -Mikes Sky Ranch - Meling Ranch - Camalu - Beach - Old Mill
Laguna Diablo

Coming in from the Sand Wash

Phillip

Rick, Greg, Shane, Stu

Casey happy to be in Baja
San Matias

Gas stop
Mikes Sky Ranch

Roger, Charlie, Ryan, Casey, Greg, Rick, Stu, Keith , Shane

Going down highway from Meling. You can see the ocean in the background

They don't grow those in Star Valley

Stu and Shane

Shane taking it easy

Rick and Casey

Rick and Roger

Lunch

The lady and her kids who took the group photo

Stu

Ryan and Charlie listening to Chris Kelly

Shane, Keith, Ryan, Phillip

Baja 2009

2009-03-19T13:39:00.001-07:00

Service Project

Sorting Bags in the Motel Parking Lot

Casey feeling like a Rock Star

Lined up for the goods

Family that recieved some groceries

Their home

Stu with another family

Rick and Ryan handing out bags

About 350 bags

Shrimp Cocktails and more

Ryan and his Shrimp Cocktail

The old guy with the car battery giving me the juice

Rogers thinking keep that guy away from me!

Is that the girl or the store that's El Cheapo

The Chase Vehicle

Baja 2008

2009-03-11T14:13:00.000-07:00

Keith

Standing: Ryan, Keith, Shane, Phillip

Kneeling: Rick, Punky

Ryan, Phillip, Punky, Rick, Matt, Keith

Dinner at Meling Ranch

Charlie and Robert hiring some Mexican to break into Ryans truck after they locked the keys in it.

Thanks to Rick I was able to get the 2008 Baja Trip pictures.

The whole set of pictures is at http://www.flickr.com/photos/bajabunk/collections/72157613265488469/

Fire

2009-02-20T15:09:00.000-08:00

We will have to check and see if the lady got her house rebuilt from a couple of years ago at Bay of LA. I just found the video of it burning. It happened when Heres the picture of her. Some of you might remember. It was in 2006.

Duct Tape

2009-02-04T14:53:00.000-08:00

Robs Rock and the Toes

2009-02-02T08:57:00.000-08:00

Some of you know that Rob broke a couple toes about a month ago and recieved about 20 some stictches in his foot. Rick, Phillip, Preston and I went out riding to Jean on Saturday decided to stop and take some pictures of the rock that he hit. It looked like he dislodged the rock a good 8 to 10 inches if you look to the left of the rock. Where my finger is pointng is where a chip of the rock was missing where his must have hit.

Heres the video if you didnt see it before.

Baja 2007

2009-01-29T14:49:00.000-08:00

On the way to the service project. If you look close there is a full moon out.

Preston, Cooper and Rick waiting for Frazier to relay the message that none of the master links worked for the broken chain.

Nice air box cover.

Bill

The Rhino Crew getting ready to head out.

Cooper and Preston

The whole group at Old Mill.

Casey Craig on the way to Mikes Sky Ranch.

The rest http://www.flickr.com/photos/bajabunk/sets/72157613130384268/

Baja Ride 2006

2009-01-29T11:06:00.001-08:00

Heading out Fishing

Shane helping Ron Marx

Shane, Rob, Greg

Rob climbing the hill

More fishing.

On top of the hill at the Rock Garden.

Punky, Cooper, Bill and I at Punta Baja

Flat Tire Stop

Group Photo at Mamas after Breakfast

Cooper, Shane, Punky, Bill, Rob, Greg

Old Mill

Sunrise at Old Mill

Gas stop at Valle de Trinidad

Just some Vultures perched in a tree on the powerline road

Mikes Sky Ranch

The rest of 2006 is here http://www.flickr.com/photos/bajabunk/sets/72157613087967069/

Baja Ride 2005

2009-01-28T16:01:00.000-08:00

Shane and Punky at the end of the ride.

Bill and some Mexican we were asking for directions.

San Fransisquito

The Beached tugboat by San Quintin that is no longer there. It has been picked clean.

Bill, Punky Shane and myself at the top of the rocky hill. We should be seeing this spot this year.

This was trip that Punky messed up his finger on the first day and I ended up cutting mine open on the second day. Oh yeah..... and Bill got a really bad contusion.

Picture at Sunrise at Guillermos

Coming down the sandwash just before the Bay of LA Highway.

The rest of the pictures can be seen at http://flickr.com/photos/bajabunk/sets/72157613098719594/