ADVENTURE
rcycle and Off-Road Adventures
tions / ad gu y Mark Thome accompanied
me on the trip (and drove, thankfully),
along wi th the assembled crew of Tim
Cla rk from Ma fian a G ra phics and hi s
sid ekic k, Te rry Gagno n (a. k.a . "Lim e
Boy"), Mike Garre tt and Brion McHal e
.fro m FM F, pho to god Kinney Jones
(a .k.a , "Pack Boy" ) and trail-boss Mor ton . Morton 's fath er, Tom Mort on, who
has been exploring Baja since th e '50s,
and Applied Racing honcho John Duffy
served as our chase-vehicle drivers, su ppl yi ng a m ple fue l, food, lau ghter and
minimal sy m pa thy a t a bou t 80 -m ile
intervals through out the trip.
Th e rid e s ta r te d a t Rancho Sa n ta
Veronica, just south of the border crossing at Teca te, on Friday morning. Morton used connec tor roads and highways
to lead us up into an area wi th so me
incred ib le single-track tr ail s, mos t of
w hich arc used in the infamous Tecate
Enduro. Fro m there we jammed through
a pine forest, checki ng ou t ancien t pet roglyp hs an d bea utiful rock formatio ns
a lo ng the way . A lake nea r the to p ,
called Lag una Ha nson, wa s a spectacular s ig ht wher e we s to p ped a nd sho t
s o m e photos b efor e stopping a t the
Saw mi ll fo r lun ch . Mach aca burritos
and refres h me n ts served by o ur g ra·
cio us Mexican hostes s, Ram o na, were
. (Above) Beaut iful scenery and excellent
riding are the norm in Baja California as
the group found out in the Pine Forest on
the first day of our SO
