This is my first attempt to do my webpages using new software. I replaced my old Pagemill with Adobe GoLive. Whether any difference will be made remains to be seen.

I have been gainfully employed since May, so I extend my apologies for not posting these pages sooner. I figured I'd better get on them now though, as we're heading back south after Christmas and I don't want to get too backed up.

The October trip started out like any other trip to Baja. We stocked up with stuff in San Felipe, dodged the ubiquitous potholes south of Campo Santa Maria on the Puertecitos, and made our way carefully down the Gonzaga road. One clear difference this year was the condition of the Gonzaga road. The summer storms this year apparently missed our area. The road was not washed out substantially anywhere I could see. We made the trip to camp in about 1.5 hour. The crew on this trip included Pandro, Dan, Ed, Donna, Cathy, and me.

Coming over the mountains, the sun combined with the sea to make for beautiful scenery. My camera was buried, so I didn't take any pictures before I dug it out at a later stop,. Here's the result. This is taken atop what I call Huerfanito Ridge. The sea was turquoise. As usual with panoramas, I've proportionately reduced them down to 680 pixels wide, to accommodate webpage viewing in their entirety. To view them full-sized at 510 pixels high, click on the panorama. JavaScript will open a new scrollable window. When you're done viewing, just close the image window and the original page will reappear from the background without any need to reload.

Here's a view of the islands from the Grade.

Here's another one. You can see the road isn't that bad at all.

Another big difference this year was a new addition to the south campo. Ed and Donna had gotten a new trailer! Well, not exactly new, but a lot newer than ours or particularly, the old trusty cabover they'd endured for all these years. Pandro magnanimously agreed to haul it down. Pandro is now 4 for 4 in hauling trailers. Here it is before "moving day".

Even though it had dual wheels and axles, the tires were on the wimpy side. The trailer made it with flying colors, at least until we were setting it on the permanent jacks. When we jacked it up, one of the leaf springs broke! But hey, "almost" counts in horseshoes, handgrenades, and Baja trailer hauling. Ed and Donna were busy setting things up. We got the solar in, along with a mini-leach bed and water storage.

Before the trailer could be placed, however, tho old cabover needed to give up the prime view spot. Ed pondered how to move it. I told him to doke Loncho a few bucks and let him figure it out. Ed took my advice and Loncho agreed. Everyone wondered how Loncho would move it. I said, half in jest, "watch, he'll show up with a few of his relatives and they'll lift it off and move it." I cracked up when he showed up the next with about 5 dudes in the back of his truck. They contemplated it for about 2 minutes.

Then, with Dan and Pandro helping, they lifted it onto the bed of Loncho's little truck and guided it back.

It eventually found its new home. The guys got ready to lift it onto its rings.

The new trailer settled in.