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#1 BBZ

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 01:39 AM

Hey All

We just made it home from our Baja trip in our 14 F150 and 81 Fleet..

 

A perfect trip.

 

We crossed in Mexicali.. no issues whatsoever, did not look at the vehicle weight or anything. (we saw many, many 3/4 ton and 1 ton trucks with campers).

 

We hit some pretty amazing places.. Agua Verde for my wifes birthday was spectacular.

 

I felt safer in Baja than the nights we camped in the US before crossing.. never had an issue, everyone was nice and helpful.  We were lucky, no truck issues, no tire issues, camper never got ejected on some of the very rough dirt road, haha..  We spent 19 out of 21 nights in the camper and only got hotels in La Paz because we wanted showers and we wanted to check out the town.. and after crossing the border back home as it took nearly 4 hours and we wanted to drive a little further into the night (honestly, I slept much better in the camper).

 

All said and done.. 4556 miles and a respectable 16.2 MPG..

 

I did weigh the camper when we got home and we were within the Gross Vehicle weight, but just barely, thankfully our camper is very light as it doesn't have sink, furnace, cooler etc..

 

Definitely a trip to remember... and pretty sure we will be back soon.

 

 

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#2 Bombsight

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 03:10 AM

Welcome back. Awesome report!


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#3 DavidGraves

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 03:13 AM

Howdy.

 

Aqua Verde !

 

I TOLD ya !

 

Glad you had a wonderful time and it sounds like you were kind considerate visitors to that wonderful place.

 

David Graves


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#4 Wango

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 03:25 AM

Glad you had a great trip, we were there in Dec/Jan. What an amazing place, wonderful people.


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#5 BBZ

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 04:43 AM

Howdy.

 

Aqua Verde !

 

I TOLD ya !

 

Glad you had a wonderful time and it sounds like you were kind considerate visitors to that wonderful place.

 

David Graves

Thank you!! was a highlight of the trip for sure!


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#6 kmcintyre

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 12:24 PM

We went down a year ago after a long time and still love it!  Planning on a mainland Mexico trip soon!  Maybe the butterfly migration or Copper Canyon or ????


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#7 BBZ

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 02:46 PM

Copper Canyon sounds cool.. maybe that will be next years trip?


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#8 Cayuse

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 03:21 PM

Sounds like an amazing trip!  Definitely one to think about.


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#9 smlobx

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 04:54 PM

Great report and thanks for the update on 3/4 and 1 ton trucks crossing over.
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#10 Tomas Tierra

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Posted 09 February 2018 - 05:43 PM

Good Choice on AV. Such a beautiful and welcoming place. Hopefully you found the taco shop!

Where did you guys camp? In “town” or down at the Portito with Tio and Cascabel the pooch?

We were lucky enough to drive out of there the back way last April. Up the hill to San Jose de la Noria. Crazy climb but worth it. Washed out last August pretty badly I’ve heard from some moto guys

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