Photos from Ted's Baja California bike ride.


San Diego harbor

Me with my bike in San Diego harbor.

Tijuana, Mexican boarder

My bike at the Tijuana, Mexican boarder

dangerous corner near Ensenada

Wrecked cars at the bottom of a dangerous corner near Ensenada. A lot of the bad corners had wrecked cars and diesel trucks in the ditches.

Baja California, Mexico

Unofficial trash dump near the road south of Ensenada. There was a lot of trash near the roads of Baja California, Mexico.

Kenworth Diesel truck grave

The road down Baja California is very dangerous. Cars and trucks move very fast and there are several monuments erected where people died in accidents. This monument is in memory of person, Hector, that died in a Kenworth Diesel truck.

San Agustin

Interesting plant in San Agustin

interesting desert plant

My bike on dirt road near interesting plant south of San Agustin

Wrecked vehicles in front of a home

Typical house with wrecked vehicles in front.

Oases near Mex-1

One of the only streams I saw near Mex-1. Near Catavina.

Ted with his bike

Ted with his bike in Baja California, Mexico desert.

Ted at his camp

My campsite in the desert between El Rosario and Guerrero Negro. The middle of no-where!

cactus near El Rosario

Me near cactus between El Rosario and Guerrero Negro.

Vulture in cactus

Vulture in cactus between El Rosario and Guerrero Negro.

La Bay junction

Vacant gas station at LA Bay junction.

Buy gas from trucks at La Bay junction

Fuel for sale at LA Bay junction near vacant gas station. About 100 miles from nearest gas station, probably very expensive gas.

My bike at La Bay junction

My bike at LA Bay junction.

My bike in desert

My bike in desert.

Doctor at Guerrero Negro

I had a flat tire about a mile before entering Guerrero Negro and a very nice man (the man, Victor, next to my bike) stopped to help me. We had a couple of beers together and he let me stay at his home. He is a Doctor and his wife a nurse.

Whale watch boat near Guerrero Negro

The whale watch boat I took near Guerrero Negro.

Sea Lions near Guerrero Negro

Sea lions we saw from the whale boat near Guerrero Negro.

Dolphin near Guerrero Negro

A dolphin we saw from the whale boat near Guerrero Negro.

Whale near Guerrero Negro

A whale we saw from the whale boat near Guerrero Negro.

Salt boat near Guerrero Negro

Guerrero Negro is the world’s leading supplier of salt. This is a barge loaded with salt in the harbor near Guerrero Negro.

Ted's camp near Mex-1

My camp site about 35 miles south of Guerrero Negro.

Junk Chevy van

Baja California is full of cars that have been stripped and left in front of homes and fields. This abandoned vehicle is 60’s model Chevy van.

Gas station

Military Hummer and police car at gas station. I went through several military stops along the way, where men with automatic rifles stopped and searched vehicles. I was not searched on this trip through Mexico . I also felt it was a better idea not to take photos at the military stops.

abandoned van near Mex-1

A burnt up, abandoned van near the highway with my biking leaning against it.

Ted's camp near Mex-1

My bike at my campsite about ½ mile from the bunt out van.

Nice spot to live in a truck  campershell

Ocean front home north of Mulege.

Ted's camp at Bahia Concepcion

My campsite at the first beach in Bahia Concepcion, Playa Santispac. Bahia Concepcion is one of the nicest areas along the route to La Paz.

Bahia Concepcion

Next campground in Bahia Concepcion.

Freightliner Argosy truck

A Freightliner Argosy truck in front of restaurant. Throughout Baja California there are isolated homes that have restaurants. They need to make money somehow, the funny thing for every 10 restaurants I would see about one person that may have been a customer.

People that gave Ted water

There were long stretches in the desert without places to get supple. I normally left these stops with over one gallon of water. At one point I was close to running out of water and was going to ask the people in the above photo for water. The funny thing is the guy was a biker and asked me if I needed water. He ended up giving me a sealed 1.5 liter container of water.

waterfront restaurant

A waterfront restaurant on the Sea of Cortez . Nice spot, I image they often got a customer.

Ligui market

I ended up getting a lot of water at Ligui market. It was the last stop before the big hill.

Toughest hill in Baja

This photo was taken near the top of the biggest hill climb in Baja California.

Man that gave me water

As I was biking the above man stopped so his daughter could get a photo of me. I stopped to talk with him and he gave me water.

Desert flower

Flower on sticker bush in desert. It seemed like every plant in the desert had stickers.

Store

This is a typical small town Mexican store. These stores usually did not have things that were easy for me to eat. Most of them had flower but not bread.

Home in Baja California

A Mexican home across from the above Mexican store. Most of the homes were old, run down and made of cinder block (not much wood construction)

Ted's camp

The campsite I had on December 28 th between Ciudad Constitucion and La Paz .

Sunset near Ted's campsite

Sunset near the above campsite.

Abandoned, burnt out car

Abandoned car about 3 miles north of El Triunfo. This was near the turn off to my last night’s campsite.

church in El Triunfo

My bike in front of the church in El Triunfo.

Old building in El Triunfo

My bike in front of the church in El Triunfo. This town is a former mining town and has several interesting ruins and a piano museum.

View from Condo in Buena Vista

Andrea’s cousin, Jeff, owns a condo in Buena Vista and runs a real estate company. His condo is on the top floor and he arranged for us to stay in a lower condo. This photo is a view from our condo.

Ted on quad

Jeff's has a Quad and we used it to travel around on the Buena Vista beaches.

Roast pig at New Year's party

Jeff has several friends in Buena Vista and invited us to one of his friend’s house for a New Year’s party. This photo is the roast pig they served at the party.

Dolphin

Andrea’s cousin, Jeff, took us deep sea fishing we didn’t catch anything, but did see the above dolphin from his boat. It was a nice boat trip!

Hot springs near Santiago

Hot springs near Santiago, Mexico.

church in La Paz

Jeff and Kimberly took Andrea and I to La Paz . While they went shopping I took photos, like the above church.

Ted's bike near cactus

I saw several large cacti; the above cactus was photographed on the short (70 mile) ride from Buena Vista to Cabo San Lucas.

Ted's bike entering Cabo San Lucas

A photo of my bike as I entering Cabo San Lucas. I forgot to bring my biking gloves and put socks on my handlebars to replace the missing gloves.

Pelicans

Pelicans seen from the boat Andrea and I took to Cabo Arch and Lover’s beach.

Arch (Los Arcos) in Cabo San Lucas

A photo of the Arch (Los Arcos) in Cabo San Lucas. You can view this arch from either across the harbor or by boat. This photo was taken from a boat.

Sea lions near Lover's beach

Sea lions seen from the boat Andrea and I took to the arch near Cabo San Lucas.

Andrea getting off boat at Lover's beach

Andrea getting ready to get off the boat we took to Lover’s beach.

Ted at Lover's beach

Ted at Lover’s beach near the Cabo San Lucas arch.

pelicans on the peer at Cabo San Lucas

Ted next to pelicans on the peer at Cabo San Lucas.

Iguanas on Ted

Iguanas Ted paid to $2.00 for photos with at Cabo San Lucas.

Bike in Cabo San Lucas

A bike at the end of the peer in Cabo San Lucas.

Building near Todos Santos

A building a little north of Todos Santos.

Ruins at El Triunfo

Andrea standing near ruins of old mines at El Triunfo.

Building Ruins at El Triunfo

One of the old buildings in El Triunfo, the town was a very old mining town.