Real de Tayopa Tropical Tramp
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HI ORO: K, long em in the morning.
Don Jose de La Mancha
Don Jose de La Mancha
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OOOOOOHHHH I see how you two are !!!!!! going off in your own corner.... whispering.... HEY what about me ?!?!?! Don't I count ?
GGGGGEEEEEEEZZZZZZZZ......
Hello Oro,
Well you're in luck. I can't seem to sleep, so I thought I would do some late night " trolling ". First of all I am feeling all warm and fuzzy inside.... so THANK YOU... But on to the task, I would think you you were covering all your bases, you have to take a horse, a mule, some quads ( for distraction ) and of a course a " new guy " just for some added beginners luck ( see that's where I come in ). Use the horses for the easy stuff, and then the mules for the hard stuff, and send the quads in another direction just to throw people off the trail. But ALWAYS listen to the new guy crying about a warm bed, having toilet paper, what are those noises at night, D@#$ there are a lot of bugs, a cold beer, some " companionship " ( not the trail kind ), and constantly saying " are sure this is the way Cause the other path looked better ", because you know the minute you stop listening, he will make the GREAT find...
Frankly this isn't any wheel type country, foot or animal only, where possible. Naranjal is basically the same
A) Why sleep on the ground when we have a nice warm House, compete with a two hole outhouse.
B) You can drive to within 800 meters line of sight of Tayopa
C) If any recoveries are made, we have descrete Helicopter service from Creel.
D) The local people do grow, but are friends of ours, besides we will share with them..
I do believe you should never run into the hills without a guide though.
Good luck on your quests with or without a local guide
Your description makes it sound very attractive amigo, though early nights and early mornings are certainly not my strong point - it is considerably more civilized than some places we have spent time in the hunt for gold. There is an old saying in the north country that the folks over on GPAA use a lot, that if those beans don't taste so good for lunch, work a bit harder and they will taste a lot better come dinner time! (heh heh) I do have to wonder about which city ways you are referring to though, for there are some "conveniences" we have not had since the trip for a wedding, and prior to that....lets see, 2005 I think. If you refer to the internet, computers etc well those are "necessities" aren't they? (heh heh)HI: We have excellent cell phone service, fantastic view of some 100 miles to the south, 60 to the east, and 80 to the west. To the north it is covered with dense Pine trees.
Later in the rainy season, it is an herb lover's dream, the cool Pine laden air, mixed with herbs, is soo fragrant sigh. The heavy rains on that tin roof lull you to sleep.
Night life is just fine to 7:00 pm, then it's off to bed. Lighting is by solar charging or Kerosene amps. A small generator is there, but only to run the washing machine.
Bathing facilities are good, just break the ice off of the bucket first.
Breakfast is generally at daylight, you can sit around the stove until the tortillas are done, perhaps occasionally stealing one to be slathered with real butter, while drinking strong hill coffee...
Lunch on the trail consists of Tortillas wrapped around beans, and cold coffee. Believe me, you will appreciate them.
When the local Indian gal gets her rock/adobe oven hot , you can have hot fresh bread and cookies, no preservatives here
And so on. A city guy may not really enjoy it, but you might. We might even install Sat TV some day.
Incidentally supplies are available at Yecora. It is 35 miles to the highway, then another 15 to Yecora, a 6 1/2 - 7 hr trip one way in dry weather, ?? days in the rainy season.
A beautiful spot to write, no distractions. Still one must not forget why they are there.
Once you are broken of your city ways and thoroughly broken in, it's off to Naranjal.
I heard Oro might be making an appearance at the LDM Rendezvous this fall
One of the reasons I don't like going to Mexico, is because they don't like Gringo's with guns. They have a nasty habit of locking them up and losing the key.
There are some things I just don't leave home without!
When you have done the research cross reference your data with me,
See if we reach the same conclusions.
I want to carry a slingshot and ride a camel to El Narnajal. That way my friends can call me a slingshot packing camel jockey.