Racing in Baja!

Well this last weekend the wife and I headed South of da border to spend the weekend with some close friends just outside of Tecate, Baja California. You can read a more detailed account of our weekend here: losbryants.blogspot.com. I am going to focus more on the motor sports highlights of the weekend. 


The place where we stayed at all weekend was a church camp about 10 miles off the highway down a windy dirt road out in the mountains. Some close friends of ours take care of the grounds there. So on Saturday morning my wife and I get to talking to our friend Israel and he mentions he has a motorcycle with small wheels, as he describes it that has trouble running. So before I know it I am taking it a part(with what little tools he has) to figure out the problem. A little side note, I love working on vehicles in the middle of nowhere Mexico; you constantly find yourself having to improvise with what tools you have and your lack of parts. After a few minutes tinkering around with it I got it running like a champ. He then offered to let us take it out on some of the "roads." It was some of the most fun I have had in a while. It just goes to show it doesn't matter what you have to ride to have a little fun. Oh and it helps to have your favorite little lady to hang on for the ride.

Road block

On our way too and from we passed by Laguna Salada. It is a dry lake just Southwest of Mexicali. I remember reading in Hot Rod Magazine that in 1967 the SCTA ran a meet there as many of the dry lakes in Southern California were being taken over by the government. Since getting back in town I have not been able to find the article Hot Rod. If anybody has it please email me some scans of it.