we think back, just digesting all the pictures and emotions of our flight. I learned a lot about this part of my country, not only through the maps we used, but from the people living here, from the friends I made.

The Teratorn made 2nd. place for the last leg from La Paz to Los Cabos. At the finish line, at Los Cabos, Champagne was the order or the day. Hugs and handshakes. We had beaten the Baja! 1000 miles of dusted enduro-flying were behind us. Having the Baja reach out and slap one of us had bonded the three remaining teams together and it had paid off.

That evening at the Awards Banquet, each team received a first-place medal naming us "Baja Conquistadores". NORRA also had special trophies for each team for their indivual efforts. Although we were only a small group compared with the expected participation in next year's event, we had something no one else could ever claim:

We were the first to meet the Baja 1000 Challenge and that makes us all winners.

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