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Baja 4-06 (Part 1): Mama Espinoza Museum
Weekend Baja Get-a-way and El Rosario has so much to offer, that's where we went for some fun and adventure!
The trip south was really quick and easy on Friday (4-7-06), crossing about 11 am (Tijuana)...
A stop at Rosarito for Tacos El Yaqui for a couple of 'Perrones' (con todo)... YUMMIE!!
Only two military checks (Santo Tomas north grade & El Rosario mesa) and neither inspecting southbound traffic (but did heading north). The El
Rosario checkpoint now has two lanes, off the pavement for inspections.
New street widening (to 4 lanes) going through Colonia Vicente Guerrero.
Looks like a possible gas station/ market at the Cielito Linda/ La Pinta hotel jcn. (Km. 11) going up.
Beautiful weather all weekend!
Friday afternoon we arrived at Baja Cactus about 3:30 (4 hours driving time from Tijuana!) and when Antonio was done attending to business at the gas
station we went to the new Taco place 'Tacos el Poblado' (#5 on my map) and it was great... Carne asada tacos with all the toppings.
I noticed the building behind El Poblado was the Mama Espinoza museum and Antonio asked if I would like to see inside (as it is always locked)... It
seems an American has been the driving force behind establishing it, providing everything... But, nobody in town has seen the potential of opening it
up daily. Well, if you walk across the highway and ask at Mama Espinoza's restaurant, there is a chance someone will open it for you... which we did.
Here are some photos of the museum...
PHOTOS NOW AT http://vivabaja.com/406
[Edited on 12-5-2006 by David K]
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Here is the final photo I took at the museum...
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The museum is behind #5, the path down to it is between #3 and #5.
PART 2 continues this trip report at: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=16622
[Edited on 4-12-2006 by David K]
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great pics David!
the museum looks very interesting,gotta check it out...is it open all the time?
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Greetings David; >>>>>>> Thank you for that excellent exposure of the Mama Espinosa Museum.. Well done my friend..
>>>>>>> Best Regards, sq.
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Good stuff. Am looking forward to spending some time there. Good work, David...there is always something to do on that great road.
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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Thanks for posting this info David. Two years ago I spent over an hour chatting with Sra. Espinoza in her home. She told me that much of her
collection was lost downstream during one of the major floods. What she had left was there in her home. Glad to see it preserved and displayed. She
was, I believe, 92 years old at the time and quite sharp. Even tho she spoke English, she insisted upon Spanish. She has many tales of the old days
(rode a buckboard for many days just to get up to Arizona). Before we lose this treasure (like Jimmy Smith), I hope someone will spend some serious
time with her recording early Baja history. She is truly a unique person.
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Excellent David!
Feels like I was there. Thanks
I went fishing of the cost of Salinas where that new wanna be harbor is at
its ok: cought a really nice sculpen, eventhough it was redtide.
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David,
Pat & I also stopped at Tacos El Yaqui last Friday...we must have just missed you guys by a couple of hours! Yummy as always!
According to my clock...anytime is \'BAJA TIME\' & as Jimmy Buffett says,
\"It doesn\'t use numbers or moving hands It always just says now...\"
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