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Have been rocking the 450  a bit as of late.  It's so much fun.  Went out again this morning to get a few hours in on Otay Mtn with a friend before the heat hit.

My ride buddy today told me about his "trouble" last Wednesday though.  But I'll start with my experiences last Sunday.

Last Sunday I took my visiting son out to show him the border wall.  We switched into Adventure mode at Pio Pico and as luck would have it there was a BP just opening the gate as we pulled up.  He was cordial as always, but warned the gate would be locked when we returned to wich I said "no worries", we were going out via the gun club road.  Encountered 6 or 8 BP rigs along the way, and all were friendly as is typical.

View from the Otay Towers up top looking west toward the ocean ...  look at those islands in the sky below us.

Saw 4 more BP jeeps/trucks so far in this short ride.  All friendly.

Onward toward Tecate, then Campo.

Nothing unusual, all good and friendly.

Fast forward 3 days to Wednesday and my friend rode the wall between the west entrance of Otay TT and Marron Valley and out at Barrett Junction.

He was stopped 8 times by BP, all with angry attitudes, some blocking the road with their trucks, and threats of fines up to $1000.  Even though he was allowed to proceed "this time", He was eventually detained and waited for a captain to arrive and was then escorted out to the highway.  My friend is not a jerk.  He's polite and considerate like most of us are.  So I don't blame him for the negative encounters even though I wasn't there.

This is a pretty dramatic change from years past ... even from as late as Sunday morning.

I'm just saying, I plan to stay off the wall, at least for now and until I hear further from BP.

Soooooo, today we just hit up a bunch of trails on Otay that we've never explored before.  There's some good stuff up there!  We encountered 1 BP near the Pink Gate but didn't stop to talk.  In hind sight, I wish I would have.

Temps weren't horrible as we hit dirt at 8am and ended back at HY94 around 11:30.