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BajaNomad
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For travelers: What reminds you of Baja?
For the Baja travelers - what reminds you of, or makes you think of Baja California? Better said (maybe), is what takes you back to Baja when you're
not there?
Thoughts/images of certain places?
Certain things?
Certain foods? Drinks? What?
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Doug
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
– Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel
We know we must go back if we live, and we don`t know why.
– John Steinbeck, Log from the Sea of Cortez
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Cardon
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Great Salt Lake
Sometimes when I'm standing on the shore of the Great Salt Lake it looks fo much like parts of the Sea of Cortez and Baja that I expect to see whales
and dolphins. Sadly the pioneers killed off all the whales in the Great Salt Lake back in the 1800's.
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Baja Bernie
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Doug
To see what I thing of Baja--see a small sample under Puzzles on todays posts.
My smidgen of a claim to fame is that I have had so many really good friends. By Bernie Swaim December 2007
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bajalou
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I've driven in some parts of Utah that remeind me of some of my travels (back road) in Baja. Have commented to the wife about it.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
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Natalie Ann
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I've had that same experience, Cardon, in early November looking out across the Great Salt Lake. The view was such that you could
see only the rounded peaks of mountains, muted by the mist, which seeminly hovered in midair above an immense body of water... much like how on really
hot days the islands seem to float in midair somewhere between the Sea of Cortez and heaven. I stood there in the chill November air, my heart
radiating warm thoughts of Baja.
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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Diver
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Seeing a "Got Baja" sticker on someone's car or gear !! 
Narrow roads, sandy beaches with cactus or boogums nearby, mexican beer with chips and salsa, colored blankets (striped), mexican hats, the faces of
mexican people, and many, many more lovely things.....
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Mike Humfreville
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Cordon Cactus, buzzards, dusty rocky roads, sweltering heat and humidity, extreme thirst and the flow of icewater in my throat. The reward of
visiting a remote rancho with livestock in the desert a million miles from nowhere and wondering how the lonely souls survive in such desolation. A
sunset on the west coast; a sunrise over the Bahia de Los Angeles and her off-islands glowing in the fresh beginning of a new day. Love is here.
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vgabndo
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At home, on the street or in the market, anywhere I might encounter a Mexican family interacting and speaking their language. I am always taken back
to Baja. Cathy and I will often share a glance, or smile when this happens and we know we've both been transported! We've been away too long and
we're having "withdrawals".
Conversely, the smell of a trash fire can sometimes do the same thing!
[Edited on 7-8-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Mexitron
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Burning oil in car exhaust, Tecate, limes, and salt.
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bajajudy
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I go "back" to Baja everytime I step out my door.....trust me, I know how lucky I am!
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Diver
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Judy, NO FAIR !!!
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Bruce R Leech
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Mood: A lot cooler than Mulege
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TACO BELL
No not really that is a joke
but when i am in the US I think about Baja every time I get hungry
Bruce R Leech
Ensenada
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Capt. George
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Whenever I find myself (physically or spiritually) in a place of peace.
Ahhhhh, Baja!
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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David K
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Nice post Doug!
Baja is a constant in my brain... an addiction perhaps, but it is a good addiction to have 'Baja Fever'!
I have a special love for some types of 'Baja', but I do have a love for all the rest of her, as well...
1) Anywhere boojums (cirios) grow... San Quintin to San Ignacio (not just along Mex. 1, but off the beaten path).
2) Isolated sandy beaches... Shell Island or anywhere that requires 4WD and/or deflating tires, for me.
3) Natural beauty/ geology of the peninsula... just amazing land forms, canyons, plants and animals.
I have a special interest in history, and Baja is FULL of history!
1) Prehistoric in the form of fossils and petrified wood (near El Rosario & Las Pintas, for example).
2) Ancient man, as displayed but the hundreds or more petroglyphs and pictographs/ murals... some of the finest in the world. Baja was a special place
even way back then.
3) European invasion... yes, this pretty much ended the native population but it is history and brought to Baja the people who became Mexicans. The
missions and El Camino Real 'roads' connectiong the missions are very interesting to me.
4) Mines... Baja is/was a wealth of mineral treasures and the old mines and infrustructure is interesting.
5) Old ranchos and the old dirt roads that connected them to the villages before graded and paved roads.
I devoted my web site (VivaBaja.com) to showing these many parts of Baja... there is SO MUCH MORE than Cabo or the other cities and resorts.
Thanks again Doug... these are some of the things that make me think of Baja and why.
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TMW
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The thought of no phones, TV, radio or newspaper. Just the natural sounds of nature be it the ocean or animal. It's another world so different from
where I'm at here. Traveling down some dirt road just thinking of where it goes and who may be there is simple but relaxing. It's my battery charger
and thinking of getting another charge is never far away in my thoughts.
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DanO
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My truck covered with dust.
\"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.\" -- Frank Zappa
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Barry A.
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2 things come to mind--------
(1) Sometimes when I am sitting on my patio in the evening here in HOT Redding when the temp is about 85, and it is quiet and peaceful, sipping a
rum and coke (Cuba Libra), I pine for the remote beaches of Baja, and all the great times------
(2) Drive the "Apache Trail" between Apache Junction and Roosevelt, Arizona (just east of Phoenix) on state route 88-----dirt road, desert down to
the waters edge on remote lakes-----just like Baja, but with fresh water. Fantastic!!!
Barry
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Sharksbaja
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My crew.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
Nomads\' Sunsets
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vgabndo
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From the Deseret News
Whales ? A Provo newspaper in 1890 reported a pod of whales had been spotted swimming in the Great Salt Lake. They were supposedly offspring of a pair
of young whales planted there 15 years earlier. It is doubtful marine mammals could have lived in the lake's extreme salinity.
Come to think of it, seeing whales ANYWHERE reminds me of Baja!
[Edited on 7-8-2006 by vgabndo]
Undoubtedly, there are people who cannot afford to give the anchor of sanity even the slightest tug. Sam Harris
"The situation is far too dire for pessimism."
Bill Kauth
Carl Sagan said, "We are a way for the cosmos to know itself."
PEACE, LOVE AND FISH TACOS
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Sallysouth
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Mood: missing Baja...
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I get taken away to the south when I hear Ranchero music.Also love the aromas(bad and good) of food cooking,and the sight of animals on or beside the
roadways.Then there are the birds, so much more prevalent in Baja than here in So.Cal.So much more.....
Happiness is just a Baja memory away...
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