Drifting South ... Baja, 01/2019 ...

[OaklandF4i]

Drew, Eric, and Lance should at Daggets. The rest of us are rolling into National City now.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Yes!!! Looks like blue skies and miles of smiles are fully engaged!

blue skies fully engaged for sure!

Oooooh!

Have fun, John!

WC

posted that pic for you, WC ...

Nothing says country like a Tele, and nothing says adventure like an old KLR!

sometimes an old Tele is the best ax ... Brother Roy was the master Telecaster ...

Great stuff John!

Awesome pics for sure! Woot!

thanks for reading and posting guys, see you soon ... Baja f-yeah!

 

[SFMCjohn]

Good times John! Punta Blanca looks great!

you’d love Bahia Blanca, Cabrito ... 77 miles from barrel gas in Catavina ... and a total of 140 miles from barrel gas in Santa Rosalillita ...

 

[SFMCjohn]

Drew, Eric, and Lance should at Daggets. The rest of us are rolling into National City now.

that Spotwalla is awesome-sauce ... looks like they’re just about to make the left off Hwy 1 towards BoLA ...

the road west from Catavina ...

 

[m0t0_ryder]

Canyon de Guadalupe hot springs Sunday night ...

Oooooh!

Have fun, John!

WC

I agree with Woods(rather be soakin)Chick!

 

[Eric B]

that Spotwalla is awesome-sauce ... looks like they’re just about to make the left off Hwy 1 towards BoLA ...

the road west from Catavina ...

We are staying at Los Vientos tonight. Daggetts tomorrow. We’ll look for you John.

 

[SFMCjohn]

We are staying at Los Vientos tonight. Daggetts tomorrow. We’ll look for you John.

cool!

I know you remember I don’t ride with plated dirt-bike guys so you all don’t have to worry about tag-alongs with me ... (though I will meet up around the campfire)

 

[SFMCjohn]

sunrise at Daggetts, 01/25/2019:

viva Baja!

 

[SFMCjohn]

success! not wondering around solo anymore ...

BARF Baja 2019 crew members Lance, Eric and Drew ... with fun Catavina llantera stories ...

my BARF Baja interface mission is now completed! arty

will probably hang out with the plated dirt bike guys tonight and try to start the slog back north tomorrow morning up Hwy 5 to Hwy 3 to the Milk Run ... try to cross the Tecate border Sunday or early Monday ...

 

[SFMCjohn]

and Drew, Eric and Lance, ready to ride Baja ...
Husky, Kawasaki and Suzuki ...

 

[budman]

Rid.... er Right on John!

Thanks for taking the time and effort to embed pics too.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Rid.... er Right on John!

Thanks for taking the time and effort to embed pics too.

Thanks for reading and posting, Budman!

here’s a pic just for you ... thanks for your ongoing support of BARF Baja over the years!

got a pocketful and directions from CJ to post pics of how they’re distributed ...

gang all rolled into Daggetts before dark, pleased to have made good time ...

 

[flying_hun]

 

[ThumperX]

Wow John, talk about raising the bar on ride reports. Musical accompaniment

Really wish we were there, near there, drinking a margarita on the beach, ad earning that sticker

 

[HadesOmega]

Jeez look at those cheater bikes

and Drew, Eric and Lance, ready to ride Baja ...
Husky, Kawasaki and Suzuki ...

 

[SFMCjohn]

Wow John, talk about raising the bar on ride reports. Musical accompaniment

found was getting really stressed thinking about the trip in advance, ‘til I came up with the just-drift-that-general-direction-see-how-far-you-get frame of reference ... guess Mr Buchanan’s Sweet Dreams wound up being the go-to music playing in your head this trip ... sometimes it’s opera, I’ve posted this vid before but it’s good drifting Moto-music also:

 

[ThumperX]

found was getting really stressed thinking about the trip in advance, ‘til I came up with the just-drift-that-general-direction-see-how-far-you-get frame of reference ... guess Mr Buchanan’s Sweet Dreams wound up being the go-to music playing in your head this trip ... sometimes it’s opera, I’ve posted this vid before but it’s good drifting Moto-music also:

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our scrubbed 2018 plan to visit Catavina and points west with you all had the silver lining of being the foundation for this year’s trip for me ... maybe we’ll all make it in 2020 ...

she always surprises me because she looks like a pop star and I expect sugearey sweet bubble gum music to come out of her

 

[budman]

Supermike did a good job designing the sticker.

Awesome to see one on your bike! arty

Looking forward to some smiling kids getting some and one or two on the wall somewhere.

 

[SFMCjohn]

Jeez look at those cheater bikes

lust after Drew’s Husky and may own a cheater bike like Lance’s or Eric B’s someday ...

I’m home now, did the over 900 mile ride home in two pulls, 13 hours on Saturday and 10 hours on Sunday on a used $2k 2000 KLR ... try that on a late model KTM 350 ...

there is one DR 650 on this year’s BARF Baja, and Mark’s sweet XR-L, and maybe an XR-R, but many of the BARF Baja regulars have migrated to 450cc and smaller Euro plated dirt bikes ... proud of them all for finding and exploring a lot of the epic central Baja single-track ... try that with a KLR ...

 

[larry kahn]

Well I kept the light on at LarryLand, but since you Ironbutted the ride home glad you had a great trip. See ya next time you drift this way.