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Anybody want to go to Baja?

We are prepping for the next run. February 16-19-2013. That's Presidents day weekend so plan accordingly!

 This run will start in San Diego Saturday morning.
Day 1
We will caravan down to Cuatro Casas Hostel. Once we arrive at the hostel we will check in and head South for a few miles along the beach just to shake down the rigs and have a little lunch.



Scuba Steve and Chuy from our last run


Day 2
After a hearty breakfast we pack up and run the highway North for a few miles then we will catch the Baja 500 race course East for about 25 miles into the town of Valle De Trinidad. We will turn South and run along the highway for just a few miles into San Matais. After lunch in San Matais we will get on the Baja 1000 race course through the pass down to El Diablo dry lake. Want to open her up and see what she's got? This is the place to do it. Flat out as far as the eye can see.
We will then turn our sights West toward the Sea of Cortez. We pick up a small part of the San Felipe 250 racecourse down the famed Z00 Road into the sleepy fishing town of San Felipe.
We will enjoy a terrific feast and great bench racing that night.


Good times!

Day 3
We wake up and have breakfast then leisurely head North and cross the border in Mexicali.

Can you imagine yourself on this trip?
Come along with us the only costs to you are accommodations, food, and fuel
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Feel free to call Matt or email info@camp4lo.com if you have questions.

Running the routes

The day after Christmas Bill and I loaded up the Taco and met Huber and Scuba Steve in his bitchen 4 runner at the border and headed for Cuatro Casas, to run the Camp 4lo day one part of the tour.

Mexico greeted us with a new port of entry. Now entering Mexico is even simpler. 

Rain followed us most  the way but as we motored South, Baja rewarded us with mostly sunny skies and low 70's temps.

We arrived at Cuatro Casas mid day, and as usual Richard, the proprietor greeted us with open arms. 

We checked in, secured our gear, and found ourselves with a few remaining hours of daylight. We decided to run the beach route South for a few miles, to shake down our rigs and go for some Tacos down at the Pirate bar on Punta Camalu.

Scuba Steve wasted no time displaying how he got his moniker.

After some lunch we took a little run down on the beach South of Camalu. As the sun started to set, feeling good that our rigs were ready we turned around and motored back to Cuatro Casas.

Back at Cuatro Casas we enjoyed an epic dinner of Richards famous halibut tacos, some fire pit, a couple cold Pacificos, and great conversation about the day that was to come.

Morning greeted us with a great sunrise. Richard had the coffee hot and breakfast ready.

We hit the trail north toward Campo Corona then hit the beach again toward San Antonio Del Mar.

We spent some time on the dunes.

Airing down

Nothing but fun to be had on these dunes.

After the dune fun, we traveled East and met up with the Baja 500 race course.

Taco in 4LO getting some work done.

A little mud obviously does not bother Huber.

Steve negotiating the trail.

We traveled North up the coast toward Erindria and saw great vistas, challenging climbs, and fun overlanding.

Baja has something for everyone. There were plenty of either or's so any 4 x 4 can have fun over this terrain.

We continued on the Baja 500 course into Erindria then hopped on the pavement back to Cuatro Casas.

Richard had a nice dinner of scallops prepared for us. We enjoyed another nice evening around the fire pit where we exchanged recollections about the trail that day.

This was a great trip with some even better guys.

Scuba Steve

Chris Huber

Bill Bryant

Rob Black 

Flynn Bryant 

my son Jacob Frick

And Chuy the wonder dog

Band of brothers forever on the Camp4lo inaugural run

Thank you all for coming down and sharing my love of Baja. 

I can't wait until the next run in February.

All the photos from this trip can be viewed at
Camp4lo Flicker page

Additional photo credits

Scuba Steve

Chris Huber

Bill Bryant