Baja coming up!

We’re less than 3 months away from our scheduled departure to Baja, my friends, and I’m sure looking forward to it.   I was already thinking about Baja as my Avianca flight landed in LAX after the Moto Colombia adventure.

There’s a lot of info on the Internet about riding a motorcycle in Baja, and I found a great site from a Facebook reference earlier today.   It’s about two Scandinavians who recently rode through Baja (hitting many of the same spots we will), and I was greatly impressed by the photography.   You can get to it by clicking here.

Speaking of photography, you might want to bring a camera along on our Baja trip.  I’m sure most of you were already planning to do so, but I thought I would mention it.   My advice is to do the trip with a real camera.   Cell phone stuff just won’t do justice to what we’re going to see.  I like the Nikon D3300 with its standard 18-55mm lens.   That little camera does a fantastic job, and as a full-featured DSLR it gives you the ability to exercise creative control over your photos.  It has a built in video feature, too, which does an awesome job.   The point-and-shoot cameras are okay, I guess, but I’m a camera snob.  I like a camera that responds instantly (the point-and-shoots frequently have a lag that drives me nuts).   The D3300 is light enough to wear while riding, and its vibration reduction feature lets you capture tack-sharp photos from the saddle (like the one below from our last Baja trip).

For “on the go” videography, if you haven’t already bought a video cam, most folks go with the Go Pro.   I’m in the minority here…I don’t care much for their cameras.  The problem I have with the Go Pro is that it’s very difficult to tell when it is on unless you are in front of it, and that’s hard to do with a helmet-mounted camera.  I greatly prefer my Midland video camera, because its switch design lets me know when it is on or off.   I have the Go Pro camera (I had to buy one to see what the excitement was all about), but I don’t like it.   If anybody wants a cheap Go Pro, I’m probably going to unload mine in the near future.  I just don’t ever use it.

If you haven’t already signed up for the Baja trip, my apologies but we’re already at capacity and I’m not adding any more riders.   There’s always next year, or you can always venture into Baja on your own (and we encourage you to do so).   It’s a great place and a great ride, and the RX3 is the perfect Baja exploration platform.

We’ve had a few inquiries about a TT250 ride into Baja, and we’ll be doing one of those later in the year with an emphasis on more off-road travel (Mike’s Sky Rancho, Coco’s Corner, and one or more of the ancient missions that are well off the beaten path).   But that’s another trip for another time, and I’ll talk about it in another blog.

Stay tuned…more to follow.