Good timing…

For you brave riders on the CSC Inaugural Baja Run, it looks like we timed the trip well.   You may remember that Susie and I did a scouting run in the Subaru about 5 weeks before our adventure ride and we got caught up in a labor riot in San Quintin.

San Quintin, you will remember, is where we turned off the road for the Old Mill Hotel on our last night in Baja.  San Quintin is just north of El Rosario (that’s where Mama Espinoza’s is located).   It’s one of the many little agricultural towns on the way south through the farming region (like you see in the photo above).  On the CSC Inaugural Baja Run with you last week, we rolled through San Quintin on our RX3 motorcycles (both coming and going) with no problems.

It seems our timing was perfect.   The San Quintin labor riots erupted again yesterday.   Here’s a link to an article about that in today’s Los Angeles Times:

Dozens Injured as Farmworkers, Police Clash in Baja, California

I’m glad we went, I’m glad we missed the labor unrest, and I’m already planning the CSC Baja run for next year.    We had to wait for the bikes to arrive this year; next year we’ll make the run a bit earlier so we can see the whales.

I’m changing the oil in my bike later today and I’ll adjust the valves on Tuesday.  I’m getting pumped up about the Overland Expo ride.   We’ll be in Arizona next week, and I’m hoping to see you there!