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David K
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Baja Time Machine! Photos from the 1960's and 1970's.
Over the next few posts/ days/ weeks in this thread, I will share my family Baja photos that were all on slides... and today I just received them on
CD.
Except for a couple, I made prints of many years ago, these have never before been seen on the Internet (or by me for 30 years)!
Since they are not in any special order as I download them, I will add them here randomly, so check back to see if there is some place you recognize
from 40-50 years ago!
The slides were from trips to Gonzaga Bay in '65, Nuevo Mazatlan, '67, L.A. Bay in '67, Loreto, Cabo in '72, again to Baja Sur on the new highway in
'74, the first SCORE Baja race (at Mike's Sky Rancho) in '74, My dune buggy trips to Baja in '74 and '75, etc.
Our Jeep Wagoneer... this photo taken around 1967, I believe on the road between Ensenada and San Felipe... here between Diablo Dry Lake and San
Felipe (?)
South of Puertecitos, on the old, old road!
Heading to Gonzaga Bay, 1965! My first Baja trip!!!
Alfonsina's in 1965... I imagine that is the same concrete pad, with the kitchen on the left, built upon and around today?
Beach in front of Alfonsina's cantina, 50 years ago!
Bahia de los Angeles, Casa Diaz, 1967
Casa Diaz, 1967
Loreto, year? My dad loved fishing... and he flew to the Flying Sportsman Lodge a few times in the 60's, or this may be when he and two
fellow-dentists took a trip to the tip in 1972?
San Antonio del Mar, west of Colonet... fish camp just south of dunes.
Here's my dad on the 1972 trip to Cabo with two other dentists, using his 4WD Chevy Suburban. This man is totally responsible for my happy addiction
to Baja! He taught me four-wheeling, camping, fishing, and kindness as well as showing people a good time! He passed away in 1989, a few months after
my son was born, my mom followed him just a couple years later.
[Edited on 11-21-2015 by David K]
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BornFisher
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Thanks, looking forward to more.
"When you catch a fish, you open the door of happiness."
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CortezBlue
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I would like to hear about your Dad
I want to know what drove him to explore Mexico in the 60's?
What he did for a living etc.
Also if your Mom enjoyed it or not
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Wow, Great pictures David. How time flies.
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 ... Thanks
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[Edited on 10-15-2015 by wessongroup]
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Very cool! can't wait to see more!
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David K
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My parents making lunch at Parador Punta Prieta (L.A. Bay Junction) in July 1974. This was a special trip to Cabo so I could have fresh data for my
second Baja Road Guide, to be published by The Baja Bulletin Magazine, I was 16 when I took this photo.
1972 Boojum Trees
1974, nearing the new Eagle Monument on the border between the north and Sur, 5 miles north and west from Guerrero Negro then.
1972 Cabo San Lucas at the new Hotel Finisterra.
1972, Casa Diaz, Bahia de los Angeles. Most guests still arrived by plane!
1974 Cielito Lindo, south of San Quintin... a new resort. It hasn't changed hardly at all since then!
SCORE CHECKPOINT, Mike's Sky Rancho, the very first Score Race in Mexico.. the July 1974 Baja Internacional.
Stay tuned amigos!
[Edited on 10-15-2015 by David K]
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Great pics! Loving the old photos, David! Look at all that vacant dirt in Cabo....unbelievable!
"Plan your life as if you are going to live forever. Live your life as if you are going to die tomorrow." - Carlos Fiesta
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David K
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Thanks Pacifico... I am leaving for work now, but will try and put a few more up tonight!
I made an edit above, the Casa Diaz photo was from the dentist trip in 1972, not our family trip in 1967... not much difference yet... New road was
bulldozed in 1974 from Hwy. 1, and not paved for a few years, and very thin pavement that didn't last very long. In 1984, it was a mess, full of pot
holes.
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Great photos David, thanks. I lost my own father several decades back and still miss him so very much today. Amazing how after all that time, they
continue to make such an impact on who we are today. And so, their memory lives on through us. I know your dad must be smiling right now, reliving
these memories with you...
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early Baja
David:
Could you post some pictures of the the 3 sisters, showing how rough it was. Late comers to baja won't believe about how rough it really was.
Also the road maintance man with the wheel barrow and shovel.
Thanks
Corky
 
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Thanks for posting those photos and stories, David. I look forward to more of them.
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Thanks keep them coming
what happened to you Mission tour ??
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Love the old photos, especially the 1972 Cabo photo, pre-Marina, pre-$10 beers, pre-huge hotels, pre-drunk Americans - back when Cabo was a real town.
Six years after you took this photo, I camped on the beach immediately east of town, just below the cemetery. All progress, I suppose ...
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Awesome pictures DK! I love that Baja nostalgia!
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David K
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Quote: Originally posted by BajaGringo  | Great photos David, thanks. I lost my own father several decades back and still miss him so very much today. Amazing how after all that time, they
continue to make such an impact on who we are today. And so, their memory lives on through us. I know your dad must be smiling right now, reliving
these memories with you...
[Edited on 10-15-2015 by BajaGringo] |
Yes, we are fortunate to have dad's that make a positive difference in our lives!
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by Corky1 | David:
Could you post some pictures of the the 3 sisters, showing how rough it was. Late comers to baja won't believe about how rough it really was.
Also the road maintance man with the wheel barrow and shovel.
Thanks
Corky |
Yes, Corky... and I will post that photo from the Cliff Cross guidebook that shows the wheel barrel guy, south of Puertecitos in the 60's. When we
drove by, the wheel barrel was there withy a sign asking for donations, but nobody was around (siesta time, perhaps?).
Edit: Corky, photos of the old road below Puertecitos and guy with the wheel barrel are in this thread... scroll down, second page perhaps: http://forums.bajanomad.com/viewthread.php?tid=64948
[Edited on 10-16-2015 by David K]
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David K
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1974
The Eagle, when you could see it all! Parador Paralelo 28°.
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David K
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1974
On the newly graded road bed into Bahia de los Angeles. Blacktop would come a few years later! My next trip to L.A. Bay was in summer 1976, and
pavement still ended just a few miles east of Hwy. 1, but crews were working on it.
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David K
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? Hwy. 1 Under Construction ?
*Thinking this is the Bahia de los Angeles road... in 1974?
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