carnet de passage

[jirvine@nmsu.edu]

I made the commitment to Big Bend on the weekend of February 10th. I wanted to go over Christmas but it was all booked so this is a good reason to go now. I'll have to tote the whole family over and stay in the Basin Lodge. I'll bring my KLR, the daughters KLR 250, and I'd like to bring the XX since it is a HSTA get together but I think I'll have to pass on that. There are a number of dirt roads for exploring, no off trail in the NP. Nice little hot spring down by the river. I love the view from the lodge at Sunset. There is good camping in the Basin as well, spent many nights there. No showers if you're into being clean. For that I think you need to hit the campground on the Rio Grande but I did say there is a hot spring right?? I'm new to this dirt stuff but look forward to some fun cruising. The road up to the Basin, while short, is one of my favorites. And for pavement the road along the River to Presidio is another great one, just be careful of turns after you come over the top of hills, fat and lazy cattle, and very slow drivers, mexican and others. Look forward to meeting anyone over there.

[Backroad Bill]

--- In DSN_klr650@egroups.com, jirvine@n... wrote:

> I made the commitment to Big Bend on the weekend of February 10th.

I wanted

> to go over Christmas but it was all booked so this is a good reason

to go Ride the KLR. If it's anything like the BMW rallies or any other rally I've been to, if you ride the Honda almost no one will come up and just start talking to you. OTOH, if you ride the KLR, everyone will want to know what owning a real "adventure bike" is like. Wear some big ass boots, and get some for the daughter too! No Kiddin!

[Bogdan Swider]

> I No showers if you're into being clean. > > Nothing wrong with bathing in the Rio Grande. I've done it for weeks on > end, The river looks muddy but you come out clean. Bogdan >

[TLrydr@aol.com]

The Hot springs are real nice, About 30 years ago ii hard boiled eggs in the US side hot springs,,,,,, Mike In a message dated 1/4/01 1:05:39 PM EST, bSwider@... writes: Nothing wrong with bathing in the Rio Grande. I've done it for weeks on

> end, The river looks muddy but you come out clean. Bogdan >>

[John Irvine]

At 04:00 PM 1/3/2001 -0700, you wrote:

> > I No showers if you're into being clean. > > > > Nothing wrong with bathing in the Rio Grande. I've done it for weeks on > > end, The river looks muddy but you come out clean. Bogdan > >

Ycccch, the Rio Grande, especially this time of year, is barely a trickle here in NM, then the open sewer of Juarez, the black canel, gives it a little more flow, and then somewhere South of there is get more untreated flow. Has to be some of the nastiest water around. Really, Juarez has close to 2 million people and no sewerage treatment, just don't have any open wounds.

[k650dsn@aol.com]

> > > > I No showers if you're into being clean. > > > > > > Nothing wrong with bathing in the Rio Grande. I've done it for

weeks on

> > > end, The river looks muddy but you come out clean. Bogdan > > > >

This explains a lot of things about Bogdan. Gino

[punkynsquirt@cs.com]

Gino: This is Lew LOL. Poor Bogdan.

[Bogdan Swider]

> Ycccch, the Rio Grande, especially this time of year, is barely a trickle > here in NM, then the open sewer of Juarez, the black canel, gives it a > little more flow, and then somewhere South of there is get more untreated > flow. Has to be some of the nastiest water around. Really, Juarez has > close to 2 million people and no sewerage treatment, just don't have any > open wounds. >

It used to be worse than that. On the Mexican side a few miles up river from the place I used to camp was a town called La Linda. It was a company town run by (I think) Dow Chemical. It was very hard to get there from Mexico but a paved road accessed it from the American side. It was obviously put there to avoid U.S. environmental regulations. They manufactured some of the chemicals that went into Freon. They dumped stuff into the river. This knowledge never stopped me from my daily swim and I'm not dead yet, as far as I can tell. Bogdan

[Bogdan Swider]

> > > > > > > > Nothing wrong with bathing in the Rio Grande. I've done it for > weeks on > > > > end, The river looks muddy but you come out clean. Bogdan > > > > > > > > This explains a lot of things about Bogdan. > > Gino >

Thanks for the observation. I've undertaken an intense voyage of self-discovery. Every bit of analysis helps especially if it's about me. Bogdan

[Peter Berghs]

Hi Juan, Here is some info that may help http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/TravelersFAQ.htm#carnet Peter Berghs P.S. Where of you off to now?!

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