And fast. Faster than the usual BAJA hotel...multiple routers, no password BS.


Internet is the reason I come to BAJA, haha

That is a good thing.  I've always felt isolated there even though we are only 10 kilometers from Ensenada but no cell service.  A good step for Horsepower.
Any other news on their plans or future operations?

Since the shop no longer houses W.O.B. buggies/supplies they are starting to refurbish old cars, I mean like classics and muscle cars, not necessarily off road cars.

Change of ownership at the ranch?

No its still Todd Clement and he has been around two of the recent 3 times I have stayed there. The company WIDE OPEN BAJA, that has supplied spec race cars for the BC (Baja Challenge) class in SCORE and that also hosted high-end adventure tours for corporations and other groups has been sold and the operations have moved away from HP Ranch's property to a facility closer to Ensenada proper.

The HP Ranch is a cool place and, apparently, group rides like Malcom Smith's, Morto's and Cameron's enjoy posting up at the ranch. Racers and Ranchers has stayed there at least 4 times.

Rodrigo is the manager and is very cool, speaks near perfect english and very patient about letting you practice spanish with him.

Its a good place to check out if you haven't been there before. They always fill up around the SCORE races. I would recommend it to anyone, especially for pre-running.

Cool.

I was under the impression that before (when WOB was staging from there) that you could not just make a reservation and stay.

I had a great time there at a R&R event and have wanted to go back ever since.

Todd is a great guy.  Last year he spun some proposed dates for the general public to attend the Ranch, complete with a whole phethora of activites for all including non-riders.  I didn't see a bunch of interest.....maybe it was the economy?  I talked to Todd at the time about one of the weekends which was Father's Day.  Based on what sounded like a lack of earlier interest, he was going to pull the plug on the Father's Day dates.  Hopefully I helped talk him out of it because we went for four days and had a blast.

With my wife and then 17 year old son in tow we took the three Hondas down and rode all over everywhere.  One day Todd took us to a private winery outside of Ojos in the middle of nowhere, where we were invited down into the cellar to join a tasting in progress.....riding gear and all.  Another day Rodrigo joined us for a leisurely excursion up into the forest where we checked out the newly built Rancho Casa Verde.  He can ride just as good as he can make a margarita.

We were hoping Tood was going to ramp this up, but I'm sure he's busy with the new classic car endeavor.  Love to see more of this family style ranch activity again one day.  Some days you don't even need to ride.....

+1 for HP ranch!

Place was great, we rented the house on the hill for a night during out B500 pre-run a few years ago.  Was cool to check out the race shop, too bad its gone now..

Still a great place to go to relax during an adventure... heard the Tequilla is strong down there, lol...