here here, our crap police are just $$$$$$ grubbers......tax collectors for
the local municipitality. They do some good, I understand that, but
generally, overall......they're all a bunch of *******s!!!!!

rgb wrote:
>Michael --
>
>I have made two trips from SoCal to Todos Santos, which is just above
>Cabo San Lucas in Baja California. Once in a 93 Cherokee, once in a 05
>Wrangler.
>
>Each time I took off on unpaved, deeply rutted roads over mountains. I
>don't think you could call them trails, but each involved about 4 to 6
>hours of driving at speeds ranging from a 4L crawl to maybe 40mph. I
>averaged about 12mph. I think I saw one pickup on one of the trips.
>There are multiple sharp switch-backs, many drop-offs, a few fords, and
>of course, no guard rails or signs. The occasional road off to a
>rancho is easily confused with the "highway" and you pretty much have
>to expect to get a bit lost, or at least uncertain where you are. If
>you want to drink a beer as you drive, no ones's going to stop you. If
>you want to do a bit of Baja Racer, no one's going to stop you. Of
>course, if you crash, no one's going to know it.
>
>Both roads went by old (1700s) missions (Borca and San Javier) and can
>be found on any map of Baja.
>
>For someone throughly sick of the overcrowding of Southern California,
>there is a deep pleasure in the miles and miles of open country, bad
>roads, unmarked intersections, and clear skys. The driving is not
>technical, but it's a good use of a jeep.
>
>I was just told by someone here in Todos Santos that there is some nice
>country just off the highway from Tecate to Ensenada. He used to go
>quail hunting there. I don't know of any specific roads there, but my
>experience is that any road on a Baja map that is marked as poor is a
>good road to take.
>
>On the gas and gun thing: Pemex 87 has caused me no problems in over
>10,000 miles of driving here. There are plenty of well stocked
>stations. Leave the gun home. Don't even think about it.
>
>And the Federales. I got stopped for speeding (I was speeding). He
>was like the guy next door. No US-style cop intimidation. We talked
>about where I was from, where I was going, the weather, how nice Mexico
>was. Finally I asked whether there was any way to settle this now, on
>the spot. He shrugged. I said, doscientos? He shrugged. I offered
>docscientos. He took it. I said muchas gracias, he waved good bye, I
>waved good bye, and that was it. I'll take that any day in preference
>to my last California chicken **** speeding ticket. The cop was an
>asshole and I ended up paying around $500. Doscientos is about $20.
>
>Bob Brown


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