🌅 The Ventana View - 3 noviembre 2021
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Road Report Oct 25th. Mex #5 (258 miles) with border crossing in Mexicali going through San Felipe is awesome and the way to go. This rural smooth wide relatively straight road avoids a lot of cities, traffic and curvy mountain terrain. Crossing in Tijuana driving #1 is 75 miles longer. No bypasses on #5 and all the way to La Ventana. Nothing significant to report and in my opinion overall the road is better then it's ever been. However at all times be extremely vigilant driving the Baja Peninsula. - captain.michaeld@gmail.com
Games Night Sundays 7pm at Slim Jim's house. Possible games include regular Scrabble, Super Scrabble, Word Buy, Carcassonne, Spite and Malice or your favorite game. Email bowtiezzzz@yahoo.com
Ventana View Announcement: We are busy building out the Street Food section of our new Eat & Drink Guide! Please help us by sending us info about food carts, hot dogs stands, etc that we are missing.
Baja Night Sky – The new moon Thursday will bring dark skies through the weekend. Find a location by 7 pm that blocks out nearby light pollution. Look for Jupiter, Saturn, and Venus lined up in the SW. Catch Venus early as it sets before 8 pm. Jupiter is in the south halfway to the zenith, with Saturn at its lower right. The summer triangle is high in the WSW, with Vega at the lower right, Deneb at the top, and Altair at the lower left.
Go out by 5:30 am to see the Winter Hexagon high in the east. Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, anchors the lower right corner just below the famous constellation of Orion the Hunter. The Big Dipper is standing over the north end of Cerralvo. Do you know how to use it to find the La Ventana’s latitude from the stars? Learn about this and everything else you need to know astronomically in the Baja Night Sky Observer's Guide.
Help Save Our Night Sky – Unshaded outdoor lights ruin your neighbors’ night sky. For a temporary fix, wrap aluminum foil around the sides of outdoor lighting fixtures (while the light is off!) to direct light down where you need it. For a permanent solution, either 1) replace light bulbs with motion-detector LED+ light bulbs. They work in transparent and opaque glass fixtures and cost about 8.50us each at Amazon. At El Arco in La Paz, ask for a “lampara LED con sensor de presencia y fotocelda,” or 2) install night-sky-friendly fixtures shown at www.darksky.org Tom Spradley at bajanightsky@gmail.com
MasViento Wind Forecast - (Today: Sunny. North wind 18-22 mph) Buenos dias! Welcome back to another season of wind forecasts, nerd notes, and general discussion about the weather here in beautiful La Ventana. One of the MetOp satellites passed over BCS late last evening and measured 10 knot winds, and even a couple of 15 knot points, over much of the southern Sea of Cortez. Latest numerical model runs indicate that the north background flow will be a bit stronger today than yesterday, and with infrared satellite loops showing clear skies, we should see a solid thermal boost today. The surface pressure gradient will weaken some tomorrow, but enough background north flow should remain for another good day. Friday remains a low-confidence forecast, as it will likely be a transition day to a light wind regime as the surface pressure gradient continues to weaken over BCS. Model runs show only light north or northeast afternoon flow for the weekend into early next week. Global models have shown the possibility of a late season tropical cyclone passing far to our south early next week, but the only effect here would be increasing high clouds. Long-range forecasts continue to indicate surface high pressure rapidly building into the western U.S. on Wednesday, with increasing north flow over BCS. Models then show the season's first true arctic airmass moving south from the Yukon into the western U.S. on Thursday into Friday of next week, and this could bring our first norte...stay tuned. . Wes (daily forecasts: MasViento).
Community Action
No Más Basura - We are very Happy to announce our 5th Baja Beach Blues Concert! Safe the date! April 2nd 2022. Same venue, Casa Vista Ceralvo, same great Musicians. Get ready for a fun event! Dancing the night away under the stars, listening to music. Stay tuned for more details to come soon!
In the photo below, you can see almost half a ton of plastic (trash) and you can also see the posts we make with this garbage, each post weighs 15kg. These posts are for sale, and when you buy a post you help take that volume out of the dumpster. Contact us for more info. Thank you for being part of a recycling economy. Your NMB team! nomasbasuralv@gmail.com
Events & Activities
Upcoming
noviembre
04: Wingfoil Beginner Clinic - Playa Central (11am)
06: Launch Party - Engel & Völkers Snell Real Estate (4pm)
07: Swap Meet - Playa Central
13: The Bay Art Fair La Ventana BCS - Plaza del Teso (5pm)
Ongoing
los lunes
NFL Football - Anzuelo Restaurant Palapas Ventana (6pm)
los martes
Slider Night - Kurt 'n Marinas (5pm)
los jueves
AA Meeting (10am)
No Más Basura Recycling Dropoff (8-10am, every-other-thu)
NFL Football - Anzuelo Restaurant Palapas Ventana (6pm)
los jueves
Farmers Market (8am)
los domingos
NFL Football - Anzuelo Restaurant Palapas Ventana (11am)
Live Music Sunset - La Tuna (5pm)
Games Night - Slim Jim's (7pm)
Health & Wellness
The complete calendar of yoga and other wellness classes and retreats is featured on the Health & Wellness page. Announcements:
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Classifieds
The Ventana View Classifieds is your 24/7 lost & found and swap meet. Post your own available/wanted or lost/found, and it shows up on the site immediately will stay up for two weeks. Go here now to see it in action and learn how it works! New listings this week:
Mountain Bike (Sandy Schultz)
Lost Reddin twintip - red/white (jon peddie)
Freed Diving Gear (Charles)
20/21 8 meter Neo (Mike Abbott)
Foiling Gear (Charles)
Slingshot SST 8M 2019 (joel)
Wind gear (Wayne)
Slingshot Kites (Mike)
F-One Swing Wing 5.0 (Mike)
Dakine Mens S/M kite shorts (Pam)
Womens Mystic waist harness XS (Pam)
Litewave Impact vest S/M (Pam)
GoFoil M280 front wing complete foil kit (Charles)
Wanted 1Bd unit in South Beach (Eileen)
SUV - US Titled (Austin)
Van (Charles)
Windsurf sails (Janis R)
Eat & Drink
Check out the most comprehensive list of Restaurants, Cafes and Bars, with maps to help you discover them all. Announcements:
Baja Bites - Now open in our new location! New menu specializing in fresh seafood Tacos, salads, tataki, soups, sodas, Jamaica, cookies. Freshly made sauces daily. Friendly service, open daily except Sunday. Opens 11:30 till ?
Business
The Ventana View Business Directory has over 150 listings for local businesses and services. What can you find in the directory? See all of the categories. Announcements:
La Ventana Downwinder - launches this season. We’ll operate a shuttle for kiters, wingers, dingers and bikers too lazy to spin to hot springs (no e-bikes!). Shuttle will start at Baja Joe’s roadside lot and head north. No more than two quick stops at pre-marked locations. Goal is to agree on a launching point at Rasta or Agua Caliente. We will offer single rides, daily passes, and 10x time punch cards . We will offer private shuttles for groups, parties, schools, brands/teams. Pricing to be determined but a single shuttle will be 200p (10us) and wings will be 300 pesos (15us).
Real Estate & Rentals
The self-service Real Estate & Rentals section is where you manage your own rental and real estate listings. Add photos, and edit your listing as you like. Learn more and submit your listing here.
Se Vende: Houses/Condos (6). Lots (3)
Se Renta: Houses/Condos (34). RV/Camping Spots (4)
Ride Sharing & Travel
The Ventana View Travel Board is where you coordinate with other travelers.
Need a ride to or from the Airport? Want to share a shuttle?
Looking to Caravan up and down the Baja peninsula?
Need transport for you or your stuff to or from La Ventana?
Or can you offer a ride for people or stuff?
New Rideshares
Los Cabos Airport → La Ventana: Nov 6. Dec 7, 10.
New Travelshares
Southbound Nov 2021: Caravan. I'm planning to cross the boarder the 7th or 8th of November at either El Gadones or Mexicali Looking for anyone who wan… (Tom Fiore)
Southbound Nov 2021: Caravan. We will be crossing at Mexicali on Nov 18th. We have a van and it will be my husband and I and our two dogs. This is our… (Keri)
Southbound Nov 2021: Ride for Stuff. bike in san fran to lv anytime now till nov20. can box bike if preferred. $300 for gas and cervezas (gordon huxtable)
Southbound Dec 2021: Caravan. We would cross at Mexicali about Dec. 4, for La Ventana 3 days drive, in an SUV with nothing towed. We need to stay in h… (Charlie)
Southbound Dec 2021: Caravan. From US border to go to LV in 2 days. Can meet up the night before on the US side Calexico/Mexicali, to cross early on t… (Irene)
In Case of Emergency
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