EDR Recon Report 11/13/06
Bill, Chris Collins, '07 EDR chase trucker Tony Larson and I went to San Felipe last weekend to confirm details for next year's run. Here's a brief report on what went down:
Ruben's Camp owner/operator Aaron has agreed to be the official beachfront palapa hut hoedown hospitality house and camp site April 19 and 20, 2007. What this means to Diablo Runners is simply this: as soon as you arrive at Ruben's Camp the afternoon of Thursday, April 19, Ruben and his staff will greet you with 400 complimentary Mexican beers on ice! I'll say it again: the first 400 beers at Ruben's Camp on Thursday afternoon are on the house. On Friday, April 20, Ruben will fire up his beachfront barbeque and serve up 250 complimentary fish and shrimp tacos for lunch. We have reserved the eight closest palapa huts for EDR sponsors, but Aaron has promised to make the remaining 22 palapa sites available for $30 per night. Remember, each palapa hut can accommodate 6 people, so if you don't mind sharing your space with other Runners the $5 net price per night is a bargain. We will publish Aaron's online reservation email as soon as we have confirmed its function, and the remaining 22 palapas are first come, first served. Don't worry EDR sponsors: the keys to your individual palapas will be waiting for you on April 19.
In other good news, the ever-vigilant Mexican DOT finally paved a wavy ribbon of blacktop from San Felipe all the way to Puertocitas 54 miles to the south. Puertocitas is home to the most rustic and relaxing oceanside sulfur spring I've ever had the pleasure of dipping my Aqua Sox into. Natural sulfer springs bubble hot gas into the tide pools that settle in the rocks on the Puertocitas shoreline. As the tide changes, so too does the number and location of personal jacuzzis in the rocks. The four of us drank top shelf margeritas and cheap bear under the stars last Saturday night. If all of this sounds too gay for its own good, please reserve judgment until after you've dipped your ass into this natural spa. We're planning to send a chase truck with gas and an icechest full of beer for anyone who wants to ride to Puertocitas Friday morning during next year's EDR. Be warned: The whooped-out two-lane to Puertocitas is fraught with danger. Billdozer learned this the hard way when he snapped the rear axle housing on his E-150 attach van right at the pumpkin. While Chris and I sat on the side of the road guarding the rig, Lardog and Bill hitched a ride to San Felipe Saturday morning and found an auto shop and wrecker service. By 6pm Saturday night, the truck was fixed and we were fed. Here's to Mexican ingenuity and the power of the greenback.
Chris and Bill will post photos from our little adventure as soon as Lardog sends them over.
