capn.sharky - 12-17-2003 at 06:46 PM
I don't know how to check the profiles, but it seemed to me that I had to fill in a bunch of information on mine when I signed up for the board.
However, Capt. Sharky is Russ Hatch of Upland, California. I have been going to Baja since the late 50's and I am 61 years old. Married, four grown
children and one grandchild. I have no qualms about your knowing who I am and think everyone should know who everyone is. I don't post things that I
think would make someone want to kick my butt for....I just had open heart surgery for a bypass and valve replacement. So if you want to ......you
will have to realize that I will use an equalizer to make it an even fight. I speak some spanish and love to fish and boat. Loreto is my favorite
place on earth and I don't care what people think about me. There, that should fill you in.
Skeet/Loreto - 12-17-2003 at 06:50 PM
Sharky
oes that meant because I only had a 90% blockage and 2 stents that you have
Senority:
Skeet/Loreto
David K - 12-17-2003 at 07:12 PM
Hi Sharky, at the top of each forum and each thread just click on 'Member List'. We are listed by date we registered or at the bottom you can choose
to see a member list by alphabetical order or by number of posts (Steph and I are pretty far up on that list).
In the list, just click on a name to see a profile. I only have an email addy, my birthday, and my county listed.
But, since you spilled the beans, for those who did not know: My real name IS David and the K is short for Kier, rhymes with beer (read page 57 of
Bernie's new book, 'Bouncing Around Baja').
I have been going to Baja since 1965 (I was about 8 years old) and was addicted from the start, with Baja Fever. We drove to the tip in '66 on the old
main road in a Jeep Wagoneer... and many, many other trips, as well. As soon as I got a driver's license at 16, the first vacation I could go (4-74),
I went to Baja with a friend in my Myers Manx dune buggy... to Gonzaga Bay with side trips to San Fernando, El Marmol, El Volcan, Calamajue, La
Turquesa canyon... then back north over the grades through Puertecitos, before they bulldozed it so sissy's in 2WD cars could drive it and still say
what a 'bad' road it was!
You get the idea ('So Much Baja... So Little Time')!
More of my Baja biography is in my web site's first link... http://davidksbaja.com
I treat my Baja Fever by going to Baja as often as I can and then sharing my trips with you folks on the Internet. And for that, people either love me
or hate me...
Anonymous - 12-17-2003 at 07:57 PM
Capn. Sharkey, you left out you phone number, address, social security number, driver's license number, blood type, and favorite color. Just
kidding. Juuust kidding.
I would be hesitant to give out too much personal information on the internet, no matter who cries foul for posting anonymous. It's simply none of
their business and not necessary for posting an opinion, story, thought, idea, etc.
The best way to know someone is to actually converse with him/her face to face in a relaxed atmosphere---as in Baja.
I, too, try not post anything that would stir the juices of someone enough to want to kick my short, fat fanny. I'm not here for that, but I do
think that I should be able to post what I think whether it goes with or against the flow. None of us should have to worry about someone taking
offense and make threatening remarks.
Maybe that's why so many people do use aliases. Lets them loosen their tongues a bit without fear of reprisals. By the way nobody knows if
anybody is telling truths or lies on the board. We are all taking it at nonface value...."El Mochilero"
Skeet
capn.sharky - 12-17-2003 at 09:01 PM
You are senior to me---in years. But remember, I am much better looking. Couple of stents is no big thing. Just don't be taking Viagra as it could
kill you with your heart. I have found the answer to impotence is a younger woman. Although, I must be honest and tell you I celebrate my 40th
Wedding Ann. in June of 04. You can buy Viagra in Baja California (just wanted to get the Baja word in so I wouldn't be accused of not talking about
Baja. Wonder why all this negative stuff is on the site right now. Things seem to be going pretty good for the U.S. Market is up a little, Xmas is
right around the corner---you know who just got captured and I just read that the Sari Indians invited Bin Laden over for dinner. Peace and Goodwill
and all that crap.
Good posts Guys.......
Debra - 12-17-2003 at 09:42 PM
I'm going to amend mine..(little more info.) although, when I first registered I gave my REAL name, and my hometown....I didn't want to boar anyone
with more......now, it seems (per a post here) a more in depth profile would be better....okay....not a problem, I will leave my email addy off, since
I just got rid of the 'spam' when I dumped the last one. 
Don Alley - 12-18-2003 at 05:59 PM
OK, Don Alley is my real name. I also use BigSkyGuy on Allcoast, and won't bother to change that, despite the fact that when I googled it I found many
BigSkyGuys ranging from pilots to gay weightlifters.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, I've lived in Kalispell, Montana for 30 years. My first trip to Baja was a fishing trip with my folks to Rancho Las
Cruces in 1961. I was 10 then, and I'm a bit older now. Haven't been down there much since, until a few years ago.
I am buying property in Loreto, and then my wife and I will argue whether to spend 8 or 12 months a year there.
Hey Sharkey, I think I met you at Capt. George's in November. And I've met Flyfishing Pam at her shop.
I have four alledgedly grown kids, and one grandchild that I know of. I have been a teacher, tackle shop (fly shop) owner, and musician. Now I live to
fish.
My politics? I'm to the right of my wife, and to the left of most everyone else. 
So most, but not all the time, I keep my politics to myself these days.
Don
Then I guess I wanna meet your wife! (JUST KIDDING)
Stephanie Jackter - 12-18-2003 at 06:24 PM
This is not a Political Post!!!!!
Skeet/Loreto - 12-18-2003 at 08:33 PM
Hey Don.Did you ever run ascross a tall Redheaded Fly fisherman named Peklusky
He use to have a coffe Shop and Store in Northern Montana.
I have fished Montana for many years, Jefferson, Galliatin,Missouri. mostly the Hi Creeks, Built a 4 plex many years ago in Helena. Hope you enjoy
Loreto I spent nearly 20 years there at Rancho Sonrisa just North of the pier on the Beach between the two biggest huses in Loreto. Skeet/Loreto
Neal Johns - 12-18-2003 at 10:07 PM
61? Sharky, just a kid! 73 is a better number. Here is my life story:
Biography - Neal Johns
Born centuries ago in Missouri, Neal moved to California before he could talk (he was 11). Arriving at the five-house railroad town of Amos, CA
(about 15 miles west of Glamis) he had a big sand dune in his backyard and thought he was in Heaven. His mid-western mother, on the other hand,
thought surely that she was in Hell. Working his way up the railroad tracks, he graduated from Palm Springs High School 40th out of a class of 40 and
was therefore deemed suitable for Federal Service. After spending nine years (including two at China Lake/Ridgecrest in the Navy - Chief Electonics
Technician), he went to work for General Dynamics/Pomona as an Electronics Engineer and picked up a wife somewhere along the line. Later he
transferred to Federal Civil Service as an Engineer fooling around with the same old missile system. Too lazy to go to college, he faked it all those
years.
While he had poked around the desert hiking and in two-wheel drive vehicles before, his real desert exploration started in 1977 after his wife of
21 years dumped him because of his sick sense of humor and chasing women. To save his mind from that traumatic experience, he bought an FJ-40 Land
Cruiser and got religion. His religion was real simple; if you passed a side road out in the desert and didn?t take it to see where it would go, then
God would get you. A few thousand miles later he didn?t know much about the desert but he sure knew where all the roads went.
One day he saw an article about something called The Old Government Road/Mojave Road (used to supply the troops in 1860 Arizona by way of San
Pedro, CA Drum Barracks) by some old geezer named Dennis Casebier who had a historical organization called Friends of the Mojave Road (http://www.mdhca.org/). It wasn?t too hard to hook up with Dennis (who was also an Aerobracero for the Government) and become his gofer and Chief
Scout. This changed his life (Neal?s not Dennis?). He got an introduction to the world of antiquarian desert books and became an avid collector. So
far, we have 21 bookcases and counting. Dennis never figured out why the empty space in his shelves kept getting bigger. He is now building a museum
at Goffs, CA centered around the restored 1914 schoolhouse.
Neal was forced to drive thousands of miles of desert roads going over the route of Casebier?s 4WD 660-mile East Mojave Heritage Trail
while writing the turn right/turn left portion of the four hardcover Heritage Trail books. If you get lost, see him, not Dennis. Along the line, Neal
absorbed a small amount of knowledge from Dennis (history), and the other DesertExplorers writers in Casebier?s books; Alan Romspert (botany), Steve
Pencall (geology), and Annie-Poo Duffield-Stoll (archeology).
1990 was a very stressful year in Neal?s life; he quit his job, gave in to Marian?s demands to get married, and moved into a shack in Lytle Creek
next to water (Famous Aridologists* like Neal do not like water). Things have calmed down a bit since, and he seems resigned to his fate.
He and Marian continue to lead Barstow?s Museum 4WD Desert Explorers http://DesertExplorers.org and Oregon-California Trails Association http://www.octa-trails.org/ trips throughout the Southwest and Mexico. Neal finally outlived his usefulness and was demoted to Chairman Emeritus
of the Desert Explorers.
*An Aridologist is just a Desert Rat, but one cut from a far, far, finer cloth.
No wonder....
Casa P. D. y C. - 12-18-2003 at 10:33 PM
you have W.I.W.!!!!
signed,
P.<*)))><
The only one who could get the famous aridologist close to waters edge, and with a low W.I.W. number at that! ( I can only think of two BAJA ladies
with numbers smaller than mine!)
Hi Skeet
Don Alley - 12-19-2003 at 02:56 PM
Hey Skeet..
Never met the man. Although I've fished all over the state, mostly Ive fished west of the divide, Flathead, Missoula area, and up into British
Cloumbia and Alberta.
I've seen some extraordinary fishing years ago, on the Kootenai (Montana) and the Bow (in Alberta, before it got famous). But I prefer even a so-so
day around Loreto.
Part of the fun is my ignorance, and trying to figure things out.
See ya
Don
Bob H - 12-19-2003 at 03:39 PM
Neal, your story is facinating. And, Hey, I passed through Goffs, CA before (I think). Isn't that on the way to Laughlin going out I-40 (off the
main drag a bit)? Do ya think anything will ever happen in Goffs? It looked pretty deserted to me.
Great reading your story!
Bob H
Neal Johns - 12-19-2003 at 04:04 PM
Bob H, Goffs, which is on old Route 66, a few miles north of Freeway I-15, 35 miles before you get to Needles, is pretty dead. The store/gas station
has been shut down for a few years and shows no sign of re-opening. The only thing going is the East Mojave Museum - Under Construction - where the
big windmill is. They (Dennis Casebier and crew of volunteers) have several historic buildings, 40,000 old photos, the archives of the Weights
(Editors of the old Desert Magazine), E.I. Edwards (desert historian), Arda Haenzel (San Bernardino Co. historian) and others.
There are a lot of old mining stuff on the grounds - a ten stamp mill, a three stamp mill, etc.
The current project is construction of a replica of the old railroad station at Goffs.
The Museum is open the first weekend every month.