Hi Friends,
Well, here we are in Oregon, and Ben convinced me to write this because "it's not summer yet!" Hah! Some excuse! I'm giving him a break today because he is working with our friend Mike lifting the motor out of his Model A, which made the journey nicely, except for one little dent. That dent was thanks to a fellow at one of the five Mexican Military stops. I think the only reason they stopped us was so they could get pictures and sit in it. This was the stop where a fellow sat in the front passenger seat, and didn't latch the door properly. When we started out, the door swung back with enough force to put a dent in the rear fender. :-( We'll get it fixed here, hopefully by someone who does as good of work as Caliman.
There were many miles (or kilometers) of road construction and detours in Baja Sur, so our very nicely cleaned and polished car ended up with dust and some mud. Fortunately, the fresh oil didn't reach the Model A.
They do have some nice equipment available to use. We are hoping this construction project results in a bit wider roads, and a bit less steep shoulders!
We left Ryan behind with his good friend Mike to hold the fort while we are gone. I think this is the point when Ryan was sharing how he was going to turn the stereo up real loud so the neighbors could appreciate his music... (as long as I don't have to listen to it!)
As usual on the trip, we saw some gorgeous scenery, in both Baja and California, Nevada and Oregon. Bahia Concepcion always has some lovely beaches, and the desert has myriads of plants; trees and flowers and cactus and agaves...and huge rocks and volcanoes!
Tres Virgenes mountains, Baja's volcanoes.
We hadn't seen double striping in Baja before this, but we think they need a little more practice of when to use the solid and when to use the dash, based on sight clearance. Hmmmmm... safe to pass or not?
Appreciative hotel staff at Baja Cactus in El Rosario.
Still looking good, in spite of the dust!
Sierra Nevadas still have snow, and the foothills are green! We don't usually see the green parts by the time we come north about the 1st of July. There were a lot of wild flowers blooming, too!
Abert Rim north of Lakeview.
The cloud behind Summer Lake Hot Springs is the alkali blowing! The lake is very low this year.
Home sweet home for a while....
Our view this morning from Ben's brother's house of the North Sister.
We plan to be staying in the Bend area for the month of June and into July, while the Model A is being worked on. We hope to connect with friends and family in the area here, and we'll be making some quick trips to the valley, too. If you want to get together with us, let us know! We have an extra month this year, after all!
Who knows when this will come out next time...or when Ben convinces me to do it again! Probably not until we have something newsworthy to report!
Your Baja friends in Oregon,
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey (who are appreciating grass and wide open spaces after days and days in the back seat!)
Well, here we are in Oregon, and Ben convinced me to write this because "it's not summer yet!" Hah! Some excuse! I'm giving him a break today because he is working with our friend Mike lifting the motor out of his Model A, which made the journey nicely, except for one little dent. That dent was thanks to a fellow at one of the five Mexican Military stops. I think the only reason they stopped us was so they could get pictures and sit in it. This was the stop where a fellow sat in the front passenger seat, and didn't latch the door properly. When we started out, the door swung back with enough force to put a dent in the rear fender. :-( We'll get it fixed here, hopefully by someone who does as good of work as Caliman.
There were many miles (or kilometers) of road construction and detours in Baja Sur, so our very nicely cleaned and polished car ended up with dust and some mud. Fortunately, the fresh oil didn't reach the Model A.
They do have some nice equipment available to use. We are hoping this construction project results in a bit wider roads, and a bit less steep shoulders!
We left Ryan behind with his good friend Mike to hold the fort while we are gone. I think this is the point when Ryan was sharing how he was going to turn the stereo up real loud so the neighbors could appreciate his music... (as long as I don't have to listen to it!)
As usual on the trip, we saw some gorgeous scenery, in both Baja and California, Nevada and Oregon. Bahia Concepcion always has some lovely beaches, and the desert has myriads of plants; trees and flowers and cactus and agaves...and huge rocks and volcanoes!
Still looking good, in spite of the dust!
Our view this morning from Ben's brother's house of the North Sister.
We plan to be staying in the Bend area for the month of June and into July, while the Model A is being worked on. We hope to connect with friends and family in the area here, and we'll be making some quick trips to the valley, too. If you want to get together with us, let us know! We have an extra month this year, after all!
Who knows when this will come out next time...or when Ben convinces me to do it again! Probably not until we have something newsworthy to report!
Your Baja friends in Oregon,
Harriet, Ben, Sam & Zoey (who are appreciating grass and wide open spaces after days and days in the back seat!)
What a superb blog. I love the picture of North Sister
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