Return-Path: <bjames@exponent.com-DeleteThis> Received: from opus.hpl.hp.com (root@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis [15.0.168.176]) by jr.hpl.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA24521 for <wind_talk_ls@jr.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from hplms26.hpl.hp.com (hplms26.hpl.hp.com [15.255.168.31]) by opus.hpl.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/8.9.3 AgilentLabs Workstation) with ESMTP id IAA29284 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:46:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from menlomail.exponent.com (unknown-107-17.exponent.com [198.70.107.17]) by hplms26.hpl.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_18979)/HPL-PA Relay) with SMTP id IAA05809 for <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis>; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:46:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by menlomail.exponent.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) id <JACHS43M>; Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:44:28 -0700 Message-ID: <6717C84A8642D2119F1700A0C9D5D9F4014CD125@menlomail.exponent.com-DeleteThis> From: Brad James <bjames@exponent.com-DeleteThis> To: "'wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis'" <wind_talk@opus.hpl.hp.com-DeleteThis> Subject: RE: RE: Hola Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2000 08:44:27 -0700 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>>Brad, Dude, you must have been humpin. Usually it takes at least 20 - 22
>>hrs. Maybe a few cervesa seneor eh? make you sleepy and lost some time?
The only way it could take 20-22 hours is if you had problems (or a recent
rain) on the dirt road. I would hate to see that dirt road when it's muddy.
I think in a lot of cases the 20+ hour drive stories are attempts to
dissuade people from making the trip.
It takes about 8 hours to get from the Peninsula to the border (driving
80ish on I5). From the border, El Rosario is less than 250 miles away. It
took us about 5 - 6 hours to get to El Rosario (about 40-50 mph average).
The dirt road was in good condition - and it took maybe 1.5 to 2 hours - and
that was being relatively slow and cautious. We didn't speed (ok... not
much - at least in MX) but we also didn't do a lot of messing around either-
most meals we ate in the car, only bathroom breaks when we stopped for gas,
etc.
It's really a relatively easy drive - not much longer than to the Gorge -
and infinitely better sailing IMHO.
It was fairly crowded - maybe 15-20 at times at the point with another 20 or
so at Old Man's. Lots of people from So. Cal., a few Euros, but also a huge
number from the Gorge. BTW, all the Gorgies were telling me it took them
about 28 hours from Hood River to San Carlos...
Brad
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