Tag: las lajas
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Day 226: June 18, 2024
ODO: 315,043 Once we turned onto pavement it was obvious the truck needed something. To drive straight the wheel was turned 15 degrees off center. We knew there was a gas station coming up in twenty or so miles, so our plan was to stop there (hopefully they had gas), and give the Tacoma an…
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Day 219: June 11, 2024
ODO: 315,043 But what is it like inside the car? We’re glad you asked! Visors down, dump the clutch….here we go! We bomb through the wash leading into Loreto. We got in the car a solid hour and a half before we expected to. In the daylight!! We run down the wash and into town,…
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Day 212: June 4, 2024
ODO: 315,043 What do I do once I finish watching Berne speed away down a rocky wash? I give the race team that just got out of the car their lunch, help pack up our pit, and get on the road. My job is to follow the racecar north, along the highway. I carry as…
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Day 205: May 28, 2024
ODO: 315,043 What a week its been! We’ve been pushing really hard, and staying at the office until 9 or 10pm almost every night. We’ve had some cool milestones thought: We hit day 200! And we’re still happy with our choices We wrapped a major project at our temp job. It was really exciting. Maybe…
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Day 198: May 21, 2024
ODO: 315,043 Still doing the long days, but allergy season has kicked in with a vengeance! Part III of our spotlight on pre-running continues now: After getting stuck in the Helltrain several times, we developed a bit of a technique to getting out. You see, while prerunning in a work truck, we’re super cautious about…
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Day 191: May 14, 2024
ODO: 315,043 In case you were curious, we’re still running 10+ hour days, and the weather is just lovely. Part II Of our spotlight on pre-running continues now: We do not pre-run fast. Sometimes pre-running feels like punishment. Sometimes we ask ourselves WTF are we doing out here. Sometimes we go through sections of racecourse…
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Day 184: May 7, 2024
ODO: 315,043 Now that we’ve settled into our new lives in the Bay area for a bit, its time for a bit of reflection. We’re going to catch you up on our first few weeks on the road, pre-running and racing the Baja 1000. We rented out the house and hit the road just over…
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Day 177: April 30, 2024
ODO: 315,043 Welcome back to the ol’ US of A! We’re here for a total of 47 days…..47 days of Bay Area weather…..47 days of access to amazing Asian food…..47 days of living in a hotel…..47 days of a whole different life. We figured this first week would be about getting settled in. While Berne…
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Day 170: April 23, 2024
ODO: 315,043 We woke up to a handful of cars parked near us. It turns out we had camped at the top of a set of stairs to a fairly popular secluded beach. We didn’t make it down onto the beach because there always seemed to be between one and seven dogs running around down…
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Day 163: April 16
ODO: 314,756 We got packed up, and now it was time to start exploring Mexico! Like all of Mexico, not just the pretty beaches. But first, we rescued a very shiny Tahoe. You know how much we love helping stuck vehicles. This one belonged to a nice family down from Texas to look at beachfront…