| Pages:
1
2 |
bajacalifornian
Super Nomad
Posts: 1117
Registered: 9-4-2010
Location: Loreto/Lopez Mateos/Rosarito
Member Is Offline
|
|
Ven. BornFisher invites us for a ride.
This is the mountain we set off to see.
Cerro del Coronel
720m
On the mountain we come across Jose. We'd wandered as far as his gate where we meet him.
Explaining we were there to see the mountain, he wanted us to follow him. Said he was in no hurry.
Towers of Club Marina in the distance
Sugarloaf Rock
JOSE'S PLACE
Jose then invites us to the ranch of his friend Tomes.
Green beans, white sweet corn & cucumbers
Oaks with abundant water
TOMES'S RANCH
[Edited on 7-25-2013 by bajacalifornian]
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
|
|
|
volcano
Nomad
Posts: 348
Registered: 3-5-2007
Location: Cave Junction, Oregon and Boca Del Salado area, Ea
Member Is Offline
Mood: always pining to be there
|
|
your posts just make my days. thanks for the efforts
|
|
|
Paulina
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 3810
Registered: 8-31-2002
Location: BCN
Member Is Offline
|
|
Ditto what Volcano said, they make my day too. I love to follow along with your adventures. Thanks for the ride.
P>*)))>{
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
|
|
|
edm1
Senior Nomad
Posts: 568
Registered: 8-23-2006
Location: Oak Hills, Ca
Member Is Offline
|
|
Nice! Where is this place, a little more info please?
Thanks for sharing.
|
|
|
Ateo
Elite Nomad
Posts: 5901
Registered: 7-18-2011
Member Is Offline
|
|
Thanks. I've always wondered what was up that way.
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
This is the mountain we set off to see.
Cerro del Coronel
|
Lots of legend about this hill. It's said, the Coronel referred to was a deserter from the US Army who brought with him a fortune in stolen money or
gold.......can't remember which.
Maybe someone else has, or can dig up the details.
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by edm1
Nice! Where is this place, a little more info please?
Thanks for sharing. |
It's east of Rosarito. From one of Jeff's fotos, you can look down toward the ocean and see "Toll Road Jesus."
.
[Edited on 7-25-2013 by DENNIS]
|
|
|
bajacalifornian
Super Nomad
Posts: 1117
Registered: 9-4-2010
Location: Loreto/Lopez Mateos/Rosarito
Member Is Offline
|
|
Gracias Dennis. I've been looking for something written about this story, without success. Common lore around here.
Traffic approaching TJ, mountain's been drilled a couple times with aircraft aluminum.
Same climate zone as elevated areas around Temecula. Lots of bees working the blooming white sage.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
I saw an article way back when, but it may have been in the now defunct northern edition of the Gringo Gazette or some other local fish-wrapper.
|
|
|
shari
Select Nomad
Posts: 13048
Registered: 3-10-2006
Location: bahia asuncion, baja sur
Member Is Offline
Mood: there is no reality except the one contained within us "Herman Hesse"
|
|
gracias Jeff...your bus is crowded with Nomads who tag along on your adventures...I really love your photo essays but sure ache for more commentary
explaining your pictures and your comments about the place...more please por favor!
That is one big a$$ tortilla on the grill...did they feed you? no animals?
|
|
|
elgatoloco
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4332
Registered: 11-19-2002
Location: Yes
Member Is Offline
|
|
Great stuff. Thanks for taking us along.
In the photo showing the oaks you can see in the distance the weather phenomenon known as the "Lopez Fog Bank". It could be sunny from San Francisco
to Medio Camino but hit the K-55 marker and poof - there's the fog!
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
woody with a view
PITA Nomad
Posts: 15939
Registered: 11-8-2004
Location: Looking at the Coronado Islands
Member Is Offline
Mood: Everchangin'
|
|
i noticed the ice breaker-Bud Light!
we used to go into the hills behind La Mission and came across a bee farmer. we traded food staples with him every time we came down. he used to
include a chunk of honeycomb in each mason jar which we'd never seen before. this was around 1981 or so.
great thread!
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
In the photo showing the oaks you can see in the distance the weather phenomenon known as the "Lopez Fog Bank". It could be sunny from San Francisco
to Medio Camino but hit the K-55 marker and poof - there's the fog!
|
Ahh yes......Don't I recall you had a connection to Campo Lopez, Matt?
Something way back there is ringing a bell.
|
|
|
bajacalifornian
Super Nomad
Posts: 1117
Registered: 9-4-2010
Location: Loreto/Lopez Mateos/Rosarito
Member Is Offline
|
|
Hey Shar . . . no food the way timing worked out.
However, many horses. Will ride with Tomes next week. You'll see more and hear more.
Had breakfast under the marine layer at Splash Chilly. Wore a sweatshirt. We could look across the bay toward home, K38. Bright sun burning
through.
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
|
|
|
elgatoloco
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4332
Registered: 11-19-2002
Location: Yes
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
In the photo showing the oaks you can see in the distance the weather phenomenon known as the "Lopez Fog Bank". It could be sunny from San Francisco
to Medio Camino but hit the K-55 marker and poof - there's the fog!
|
Ahh yes......Don't I recall you had a connection to Campo Lopez, Matt?
Something way back there is ringing a bell. |
Family has been hanging their sombrero at Campo Lopez since 1960. My now 89 year old father used to camp on the bluff and fish on the rocks with his
dad back in the roaring 40's............he fell in love with Baja and so it goes..........
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
bajacalifornian
Super Nomad
Posts: 1117
Registered: 9-4-2010
Location: Loreto/Lopez Mateos/Rosarito
Member Is Offline
|
|
elgatoloco,
Three generations. Fortunate you.
I fell in love with Campo Lopez, first meeting. Maybe 6 years ago, with a friend . . . lives in Loreto, with a place, & likely vecino de su.
Your Campo . . . "The end of civilization, as Southern California knows it".
American by birth, Mexican by choice.
Signature addendum: Danish physicist — Niels Bohr — who said, “The opposite of one profound truth may very well be another profound truth.
Jeff Petersen
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
Your Campo . . . "The end of civilization, as Southern California knows it". |
It wasn't a very civilized day when a lot of it slid into the drink back in the eighties.
Good ride though.
|
|
|
elgatoloco
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4332
Registered: 11-19-2002
Location: Yes
Member Is Offline
|
|
Baja is full of special places and Campo Lopez is one of them, at least for some of us. From the time I was 2 years old we spent all summer there and
most weekends and holidays, unless we were in Mammoth skiing. It is so much a part of the fabric of my family's lives, not to mention everyone else we
ever took there, I cant even begin to think how different our lives would be without it. I still get the same feeling when I walk out on the porch and
look at the sea. To fall asleep to the sound of the ocean, the people we have met from all walks of life...........I could go on.........did I mention
I first met the woman who would become my wife at Campo Lopez?  Good
times.
Viva Baja! Viva Campo Lopez!
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
elgatoloco
Ultra Nomad
Posts: 4332
Registered: 11-19-2002
Location: Yes
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajacalifornian
Your Campo . . . "The end of civilization, as Southern California knows it". |
It wasn't a very civilized day when a lot of it slid into the drink back in the eighties.
Good ride though. |
El Niño 1983 changed the landscape drastically. Not only the houses that slid onto the beach but all the sand that was washed down the coast. It has
taken 30 years for that sand to return and its still not all back. One of the houses that was lost was originally built and owned by Bruce Meyers, he
let me drive his Manx, it was the first vehicle I ever drove. 
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
|
|
|
DENNIS
Platinum Nomad
Posts: 29510
Registered: 9-2-2006
Location: Punta Banda
Member Is Offline
|
|
| Quote: | Originally posted by elgatoloco
One of the houses that was lost was originally built and owned by Bruce Meyers, he let me drive his Manx, it was the first vehicle I ever drove. |
Was he married to Shirley at the time? I didn't know he had a place there. He once had a large Catamaran which I believe he sold to get funds to
tool up the Manx which he built in his garage on 45th street in Newport. I lived right behind him at the time and watched it all.
Isn't Bruce still happening, leading Manx caravans throughout the Mojave and San Bernadino Mountains?
I hope so.
I remember in the sixties, we were contemplating renting a lot there and building a house. If I recall correctly, the lot rent was seventy five
dollars per year..
Has that gone up? 
[Edited on 7-26-2013 by DENNIS]
|
|
|
| Pages:
1
2 |
![[*]](images/xmbforum/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
