BAJA! The Mission Santa Maria 4X4 Trail

I am so jealous of all these Cal guys, and your awesome trails.

 

Hey you old fart... come on down! By-the-way, going to Plaster City tomorrow (FRI) night for Saturday's Off Road Race... Our son is pitting there... See you at the party, yah?

 

A month after the above post, we went to Mission Santa Maria, again.. and HB Murphy joined us. There is a separate trip report here on TW... lot's of photos and video clips. I also made a web page to give a quicker look at that awesome trip... even if one of the Tacomas blew out its differential trying to leave the mission! See http://vivabaja.com/msm2010

 

Bump... for the newbies who want more than just the USA to drive to!

 

So a stock 4x4 Tacoma could make it through all that? Mine is just the base model

 

With a competent driver and an experienced spotter.

 

Nope first time I need a beginner trail or somthing ha

 

Well, Paul and I each had Off Road TRDs and made it through all parts of that run with ease. Paul also had a front locker added to his. However, I just used the A-TRAC, stock tires, and it was fun.

I did it twice before (2003, 2007) with the rear locker (before A-TRAC was available)... but the bog was either shallow or not more than damp mud. 2010 was the last wet winter we had before this one.

In comparison to before, climbing the Widowmaker was easier with A-TRAC than with the rear locker.