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capt. mike
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posted on 5-16-2009 at 01:50 PM
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are you flying in mexico single eng VFR at night??!!
please go on. i wanna hear how this ends.
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posted on 5-16-2009 at 02:12 PM
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I've always been intrigued with the La Mision area--thanks Bernie for enriching our knowledge a little more...good story! I wonder how the
Crostwaites fared under Pancho Villa? I suppose by then the family had been pretty well integrated into the culture so maybe it wasn't a problem
(unlike the Nordhoffs and the International Company in Maneadero which was kicked out of Baja).
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posted on 5-16-2009 at 09:35 PM
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Interesting, thanks for the report.
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posted on 5-17-2009 at 03:30 AM
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Neat story Bernie , we used to camp at Arturo Croswaite's across the freeway from the beach. We would ride horses up the valley. He was an excellent
vaquero . We would sit around the camp fire drink tequila and listen to his stories. He passed away a few years ago. Blue eyes and hair like a
borrego.
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posted on 6-9-2009 at 09:03 PM
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
That's really good, Mike. First time we've seen the poet in you. How about some more.......... |
I agree.
Very informative thread, Bernie, thanks for starting it. A little more about John and Eve Stocker, predecessor owners of La Fonda before the
Dmytriw's, can be found here starting at page 103:
http://books.google.com/books?id=35WQOduN1F4C&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=John+Stocker+Mexico&source=bl&ots=EKVyJQ
VE67&sig=lVHoahDMxf6fE8zvaBxpeS-3dC8&hl=en&ei=YssuSoe7F5fisgOenbi2CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=9#PPA104,M1
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posted on 6-9-2009 at 09:24 PM
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fishbuck! Good story. You, Osprey and Bernie ought to write a
book.
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posted on 6-27-2009 at 06:40 PM
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Rene Croswaite was a bartender at La Fonda's back in the 1960's and then he managed the hotel until he retired a few years ago. He still lives in
La Mision. In the late 1950's and early 1960's we would rent horses from his dad.
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posted on 6-30-2009 at 06:15 AM
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I'm moving my story out of Bernie's thread. I didn't mean to hijack it. I was inspired by his writing and got carried away.
Thanks Bernie.
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posted on 7-15-2010 at 11:39 PM
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Great read Bernie,
Thanks for sharing.
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