Baja 2016 - The Ultimate Road Trip
One Dog, Two people and Four Wheels
A wild 6-month ride wheeling through Mexico’s Baja Peninsula, Heidi, Tom and Sam here we go…
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Of course, skip all the dribble if you like and just check out the photos
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Sam seems to be adapting to road travel well. I like to drive down rustic farm roads to take a break while on a long trip, this is working well with Sam.
Heidi, Sam and Tom, your website hosts.
In Texas it is finally warming up and we think we lost all the snow.
Photo: White sand dunes of Texas.
While riding along we see our ‘Check Engine’ light come on. Crap! We don’t want to tool through Mexico in a truck with over 200,000 miles and a ‘Check Engine’ light on! We pull into a one horse town off the freeway and find a Ford dealership. How lucky is that. We get a diagnostic performed on the light in under two hours. They don’t have the part, an O2 sensor but we got the paper work that says” bank 1, cylinder 1 O2 sensor bad”. We ride on to Tucson Arizona where we plan on getting fresh oil, four new off road tires and an O2 sensor. All good!
Our left headlight has been intermittent for the last few days and now it finally gave it up for good. We pull into an auto parts store, pull out the lightbulb and buy
another. Heidi likes to help. New headlight installed we are good to go.
Photo: Sam resting in a hotel room while on the road.
We were concerned about how Sam would adapt to life on the road. Sam grew up on a farm and was trained as a Raccoon hunting dog, he is half Coon Hound and half Black Lab. We took a couple overnight road trips and he eventually got used to that. Now on this trip Sam really seems to be digging this way of life on the road and spending 24/7 with us.
We visit Heidi’s niece Rebecca and family in Tucson. They live near Finger Rock canyon. Their home has awesome Cacti everywhere around. Hiiking is one of our favorite activities while on the road. It increases our fitness and makes us feel great (once we’re done) Finger Rock Trail is just down the street from Heidi’s niece’s place so here we go.
Views are unbelievable. Trying to determine if we can make it all the way to the Finger or not.
We are not going to make it to the Finger today, we must get home for the start of the Super bowl.
We spend a few more days in Tucson to take care of some planned chores:
• We get the O2 sensor in bank 1 cylinder 1 replaced. The ‘Check Engine” light is no longer on. Oh Yeah!
• A fresh oil change.
• Four new off-road tires “Baja Champion” (We are doing the Baja! Oh Yeah)
The next day we make a run to Yuma where we plan to stage for the border. We don’t have much to do here, just a few more road supplies and that’s it.
Stay tuned for more fun in Baja Mexico…
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