50 Best of Baja

Here ia a great video series on the 50 best places Baja has to offer. Cameron Steele long time Baja racer and ambassador hosts this series and we can attest this is a worthy rabbit hole of videos.
Check it out

Yetibuilt 750

Another run in the books. The Yetibuilt 750 was a long trip. 6 days 5 nights. We covered close to 1000 miles in country with spectating the San Felipe 250 as the finish goal.
The rigs were mostly Jeeps and 1 Tacoma.
Most had never met. Personally I like these runs because at the end there are many new friendships made and this one was no different.
Yeti and Yolo were gracious enough to lend their good names and support for this trip and we are so glad we had the chance to wheel with them again.

Our first day started early just on the other side of Tecate where we crossed into Baja and ran East to the top of the Compadre trail. This is a mellow run through the chaparral up toward the pine forest and down into Ojos Negros.


7 AM DAY 1




COMPADRE TRAIL

 AJ and Todd. Father and son came from Sacramento to run with us

 Tracy and her well sorted Jeep. She earned the VIP trophy this trip

 Yeti and Yolo 

Whats in your mirror?

We hit the highway and headed to a favorite taco stand in Valle De Trinidad for a well earned lunch.
With our rigs and belly's full we ran the trail up to Mike's Sky Ranch, passed through and took the "Easy" trail into Rancho El Coyote. This is a working cattle ranch complete with small cabins for sleeping and family style dining. We had  dinner and cervezas by the fire pit that night.

Yeti approves

Not a bad view from the cabin at Rancho Coyote

Day 2 greeted us with plenty of sunshine and pure stoke from our guests as we loaded up and headed for the Pacific ocean. Winding highway through the San Telmo area down to highway 1 where we regained the dirt trail West to the sea.

Parked for lunch at "Secret Spot"

Our trusty squatchboxx cooler performed flawlessly keeping our food and drinks perfectly chilled

Spooky day on the beach





We ended this day at Cuatro Casas Hostel
Looking forward to the coming day as we would be heading South toward Catavina. Our guests had not yet been that far South

Catavina


We camped that night in this remote spot. Yeti and I cooked up some Carne asada, we feasted and enjoyed some good campfire time.

Yeti Cooking up some carne asada with all the trimmings

We also found some petroglyphs

The following morning we traversed the peninsula at Chapala and made our way to Gonzaga Bay then hopped on the newly paved highway to San Felipe where we would be spectating the San Felipe 250.

The following two days would find us in San Felipe spectating desert racing, relaxing by the water and enjoying ourselves.

More photos ......

Thanks to Overlandcoffee for providing the fuel to keep us going

                                                       So good we put it twice!

We want to thank everyone who came with us on this Baja adventure. 

Todd

AJ

Tracy 

Yeti

Yolo

Bill

Otto

and 

Canada Shawn and Adriana for the San Felipe leg.

And especially Tyson

Overland Coffee Company

We are so happy to announce Overland Coffee Company has come on board and sponsored our next trip.
This coffee company is right in line with our values. They are a small company focused on creating a high quality for a good value.
They don't re-brand other peoples beans. They source their beans from small, family farms. That means a smaller environmental footprint, and simply better coffee.
We know. because we have tried. it and it's delicious.
Another benefit is you will be able to enjoy this fine coffee on your Camp4lo adventure.
Give em a shout and tell them Camp4lo sent you!
Thank you Overland Coffee for everything.

We still have a few spots left

Hurry time is running out, with El Nino  approaching that means a long wet Winter. Get in on this while you can.   CLICK HERE to book your vacation

NEXT Camp4lo BAJA OFF ROAD RUN September 25-28 2015

September 25-28 2015

This will be a great run that will encompass both coasts of Baja. 
We meet in San Diego and guide you through the border and down past Ensenada.
Off road down the West coast along the beach. The following day we traverse the peninsula and run to the other coast. We finish our off road journey in the town of San Felipe.
This run is open to all 4 wheel drive rigs. Stock to wild.

EMAIL  or call 844-CAMP4LO with any questions

Meeting place and times July 12

We will meet here Thursday July 12th at 10 am. You can get insurance there or online ahead of time.
See you all Thursday! Any more questions call us 844.CAMP4LO or email info@camp4lo.com
#camp4lo


223 Via De San Ysidro, 
San Ysidro, 
CA 92173-2913

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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 

Cuatro Casas Hostel Baja

Great place.

Great surfing, great fishing, great hospitality, and of course great off-roading!

Cuatro Casas

Imagine waking up to this

Plenty of surf

Bring your skateboards
Plenty of rooms