Melissa Clark's Baja Trip: Updates

Laura
Mar 07, 2024
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Mar 07, 2024

In case you missed it, @Melissa Clark and her husband Brian (@RKYMTN) are on an incredible trip right now with racing legend Curt LeDuc. You can read about the trip here: Touring the Legendary Baja with a Baja Legend. We're glad she left the laptop at home, but we're excited to hear how it went, and how we Bronco owners might be able to do a trip like that ourselves. Happily, she's been texting me some updates, and you can find those below. I'll add to the thread as I get more!
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
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Mar 07, 2024

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Tuesday, 3/5 at 12:21 pm
"Just crossed the border at Tecate. Needed to fill out FMM? Card to be in Mexico for more than one week. It was 600 pesos. Meeting the group at the McDonalds in Tecate"
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
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Mar 07, 2024

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2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Adrenalin, the poacher
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Mar 07, 2024

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Tuesday, 3/5 at 7:41 pm
"Today we drove the Compadre trail, doing over 100 miles off-pavement.
We had lunch at a fantastic taco shop that's right along the Baja1000 course.
We did some high speed driving on the Diablo dry lake bed, before arriving at San Felipe for our first night, staying right on the beach.
An amazing group of people, looking forward to another great day tomorrow."

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2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Adrenalin, the poacher
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Mar 07, 2024

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Wednesday, 3/6 at 7:48 pm
"Checked out the Chenowth museum where we had breakfast. Then, down Hwy 1 towards the Bay of LA with some off-roading along the way. Night 2 at Villa Bahia."
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
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Thursday, 3/7 at 1:48 pm
"Drove the Baja 1000 course from Bay of LA to a little fish camp on the Sea of Cortez. Heading to see cave paintings and then over to Guerrero Negro and Whale Camp."
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Adrenalin, the poacher
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Mar 07, 2024

#6
@Laura you should check with @Roughstock11, I think that he is good friends with that family shown on the museum marquee. The Chenowth family are legends!
the poacher, Deano Bronc

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Mar 07, 2024

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Digging the Montana Plate. Brian filled me in at SCW last year!
21 Badlands, 2 dr, four banger, slushbox, SAS. PERFECT!
the poacher, Roughstock11

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Mar 08, 2024

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Wednesday, 3/6 at 7:48 pm
"Checked out the Chenowth museum where we had breakfast. Then, down Hwy 1 towards the Bay of LA with some off-roading along the way. Night 2 at Villa Bahia."

Very cool, his son Rory and his wife are good friends of ours. Their ranch is just down the road from us. I enjoy off roading with him and all round general off road talk. I was with him Wednesday night and we were discussing V6's vs V8's, Bronco, carts, engine swapping, specific engines for a specific races and such. Looking forward to seeing you guys soon. Great trip and nice pics.
23 Bronco Raptor, code orange belts, keyless, lux, leather trim/suede seats, carbon fibre, shadow black
Melissa Clark, Deano Bronc

I trust the dirt

Mar 08, 2024

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@Laura you should check with @Roughstock11, I think that he is good friends with that family shown on the museum marquee. The Chenowth family are legends!

Yes sir. I just posted about that. It was so cool to see them at their museum. Rory wants to do more in the Bronco. He can certainly throw it around on his trails at the ranch. He knows the trails well so all he has to do is focus on getting used to how our truck drives. I was laughing last time I was having so much fun. I like to go quick. There is a mountain pass he wants to tour through. That will be a good day. You should come down and we can do it together.
23 Bronco Raptor, code orange belts, keyless, lux, leather trim/suede seats, carbon fibre, shadow black
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Thursday, 3/7 at 7:02 pm
"Found some ancient cave paintings. Just arrived at Whale Camp"
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
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Thursday, 3/7 at 8:44 pm
"Mooch the camp mascot. We are literally in tents in a National Park right on the lagoon. No one else is within miles of us. Everything is on generator power."
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Adrenalin, the poacher

Dharma Bum

Mar 09, 2024

#12
If these photos don't make you want to take your Bronco on a road trip, nothing will! 😎
Chris here. I drive a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands with Sasquatch, Lux, a 2.7L V6, and an automatic transmission. It’s fun.
Adrenalin, the poacher

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Mar 09, 2024

#13
If these photos don't make you want to take your Bronco on a road trip, nothing will! 😎

True…
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Friday, 3/8 @ 1:44pm
"Whale camp! We had multiple Gray Whales approach us in our boat this morning. One even brushed the boat. A mother brought her baby to see our boat and we got some good photos of them.
This lagoon where our camp is, is a National park. There's no one for miles and it's an hour's drive from town."
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Adrenalin, Unicorn
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Mar 11, 2024

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Friday, 3/8 @ 1:44pm
"Whale camp! We had multiple Gray Whales approach us in our boat this morning. One even brushed the boat. A mother brought her baby to see our boat and we got some good photos of them.
This lagoon where our camp is, is a National park. There's no one for miles and it's an hour's drive from town."

Spectacular!
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Mar 11, 2024

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"It's Curt's birthday but he's not telling where the tequila went ... Actually it's Jack Daniel's....🤪.
Cave paintings and a one room school house made from onyx."
2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Unicorn, the poacher
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Mar 11, 2024

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2021 Oxford White 2-door non-Sas Mid package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
2021 Carbonized Gray 2-door Sas High package 2.7L/10-speed Badlands with MIC top
Keeping the Jeeps: stock '89 XJ and 3.5" lifted '00 XJ on 31s and '89 MJ
Unicorn, UserError
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Mar 11, 2024

#18

Wow!

Dharma Bum

Mar 11, 2024

#19
So cool! I’ve been enjoying their exploits on Instagram recently.
Chris here. I drive a 2-door Velocity Blue 2023 Ford Bronco Badlands with Sasquatch, Lux, a 2.7L V6, and an automatic transmission. It’s fun.
UserError, Kenneth

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