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David K
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Since the Baja 1000 race was less than a mile from this cave site, I wonder did any of the support teams or spectators go have a look...? Perhaps 10
years worth of traffic in just one day on that road, yet Baja remains so pristine and beautiful just hours after such an event.
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Archie
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Since the Baja 1000 race was less than a mile from this cave site, I wonder did any of the support teams or spectators go have a look...? Perhaps 10
years worth of traffic in just one day on that road, yet Baja remains so pristine and beautiful just hours after such an event
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The correct name is Baja California, or Baja California Sur if you´re south of the paralelo 28.
For those of us who live and work out of Ensenada and La Paz, where we got nothing but trash, noise, destroyed roads and no benefit from the race or
the organizers I greatly differ from you DK.
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David K
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Location: San Diego County
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Archie
| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
Since the Baja 1000 race was less than a mile from this cave site, I wonder did any of the support teams or spectators go have a look...? Perhaps 10
years worth of traffic in just one day on that road, yet Baja remains so pristine and beautiful just hours after such an event
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The correct name is Baja California, or Baja California Sur if you´re south of the paralelo 28.
For those of us who live and work out of Ensenada and La Paz, where we got nothing but trash, noise, destroyed roads and no benefit from the race or
the organizers I greatly differ from you DK. |
No benefit from the race? Seriously? Maybe because it isn't called the Baja California 1000? Seriously, even in the state of Baja California, locals
consistently call their state "La Baja"... and it is very common to hear Canadians call it "The Baja"... Baja this or Baja that in business names is
proof of how popular Baja is without California attached to it!
I asked this question of the shortened name to Baja California native son Antonio Muñoz, owner of the 'Baja Cactus' motel and Pemex station. Being a
Mexican born in Baja California, I bow to his input when he told me that there is no insult in using the shortened name 'Baja' and that calling the
peninsula 'La Baja' was just fine.
So, while I use 'Baja California' in a full term often, to nit pic at the times I or other Baja Nomads (not Baja California Nomads) use the
abbreviated name 'Baja' is perhaps not justified, as we love the place and want it to be a destination of us and others always.
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