CTR ride to San Felipe report

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1. OK here is the ride report from the CRT trip to San Felipe and beyond. Day one (Thursday) we meet at the Tecate border lot. Tim and Mike are running a little late but we cross by 7:30am. Four in the group- Tim, Mike, Steve, and myself (we are short a couple regulars from the group that is why we don’t have many pictures). We are flying through the roads- Compadre trail to a section that goes through Jamul and ends on the goat trail that comes out on hwy 3 right above Valle Trinidad. Stop for a little lunch and everyone is feeling good we are making great time. We head off on our final leg into San Felipe (at this rate we should be there by 3:30pm). We cut into the wash that leads to the dry lake bed and stop to open a gate and make sure everyone is fine. We head out from there. It is a bit dusty so spacing between riders is best. We get across the dry lake bed to our normal re-grouping spot and there are only three of us- Tim, Myself, and Steve. We can’t see any dust coming up from behind so Tim takes off to look for Mike. Me and Steve watch Tim’s dust cloud as he leaves but as he continues past the lake bed we figure we better head back as well since, it seems Mike is probably farther back then we would like. We get to a few hundred yards from where we had original started and notice Mike going by at super slow speed. Tim tells us he found Mike struggling to get back up as he had gotten caught by a branch and cased his bike into a tree thus compressing his vertebrae with the entire load we are carrying in our back packs. He was down for almost an hour before we were able to back track to his location. He took four alieve and a vicodine that I carry for such occasions and was able to ride into San Felipe with Tim carrying his back pack between his legs thus it made for a slow ride but we got there shortly after dark. Tim and Mike stopped at the Pharmacia for a few pain killers and muscle relaxers to hopefully get him lose enough to ride back on Sunday. Myself and Steve took off for Puertocitos Friday morning as Tim decided to stay behind to keep Mike company. We didn’t have any tracks we were to follow. It was more exploratory then anything. We ended up taking some of the beach and exploring through a wash strewn with cactus and rocks. We ended up with a little more highway then we would have liked but it was a fun trip. We stopped at the cow patty for lunch and a few cervezas and gassed up at the Pemex in puertocitos. There is not much in town but some houses, the cow patty, and the Pemex. Beautiful view of the ocean and nice little port though. On the way back to San Felipe we agree for alt routes to the inland side as I’ve located on the GPS. The first trail was pretty awesome. Zigzagging through desert land and washes but the second trail that brought us back to the highway wasn’t so good. It was about 20 miles of old race course that was nothing but whoops. So, I know another trail to cross of my list. While on the trail I tried to make a sharp turn off it as there was a downed ocotillo branch that I didn’t want to run over for fear of a punctured tire. My bike washed out and ended up getting poked by both bar ends once in the stomach and once in the groin that left a couple nice bruises but nothing I couldn’t overcome. We got back to San Felipe around 4pm showered, and headed to town for dinner then called it a night. The third day was strictly relaxation hanging out recovering for the ride home on Sunday thus it was an early night. Sunday everyone is up early (6am) as we are getting ready for the ride back. Mike will take the highway and meet us where the wash comes out across the dry lake bed. We all meet up without any incidents and had a little breakfast in Valle T. Mike and Tim took the hwy to Compadre but myself and Steve decide we wanted to try more of a dirt route. We take the exit to Jamul and try to find ways around the baja 1000 course as we are heading the opposite way of the course. After not having much luck and myself almost getting hit by a race buggy we decide it’s best to turn around and run the highway. We made it back to the border to find Tim and Mike were already backed and gone ahead of us thus everyone had returned safely ready for the next trip back to Baja.

[Vagabundo 0]

Sounds like you guys had a good time. Glad to hear that Mike is ok.

[kkug 147]

Wow anouther Baja adventure.Way too much pain.Glad you are all ok.

[Driss 0]

I guess I was not the only one with a Baja incident this weekend gladd everyone is ok.

[NOMAD5326 0]

Thanks for sharing. Glad all are alright! Love Baja! Love their Farmacia's (when I need them) even more!