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DENNIS
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Well, it was early 80's and fame develops over time. I of course knew who he was having followed Jack Smith daily in the L.A. Times as well as read
his book. "God and Mr. Gomez" was a fleshed-out compilation of his articles.
Very close to Mr. Gomez' store is Smiths house....not quite on the edge of land facing the ocean. At the time, I was more in awe of the lava flows
that are the coastline in front.
"YOU CAN'T LITTER ALUMINUM"
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tiotomasbcs
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Backroads Baja by Higginbotham. I'm slowly working my way thru their adventures. They used to live in Mulege, I believe. Good maps and old
stories of beaches and Ranchos. Still in print? Judy? Tomas
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GregN
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Thanks David and BigBearRider. I appreciate your comments about my books, Baja Legends and Baja Fever.
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sancho
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A line from J Smith's book that stuck with me all
these yrs., is after his house was finished in Baja,
he asked the landowner/builder how can he prove
ownership of the house, the landowner replied in so
typical old Baja style, 'you have the key's, don't you'?
B Berger, funny stuff. Ed Darak, (sp), 'Wind, Sun ,Water'
a solo kayak trip from the top of the Cortez, to the East Cape
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Bajahowodd
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Quote: Originally posted by DENNIS  |
Well, it was early 80's and fame develops over time. I of course knew who he was having followed Jack Smith daily in the L.A. Times as well as read
his book. "God and Mr. Gomez" was a fleshed-out compilation of his articles.
Very close to Mr. Gomez' store is Smiths house....not quite on the edge of land facing the ocean. At the time, I was more in awe of the lava flows
that are the coastline in front. |
Gawd, we're getting old!
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by sancho | A line from J Smith's book that stuck with me all
these yrs., is after his house was finished in Baja,
he asked the landowner/builder how can he prove
ownership of the house, the landowner replied in so
typical old Baja style, 'you have the key's, don't you'?
B Berger, funny stuff. Ed Darak, (sp), 'Wind, Sun ,Water'
a solo kayak trip from the top of the Cortez, to the East Cape |
Back cover:
[Edited on 7-6-2016 by David K]
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by tiotomasbcs | | Backroads Baja by Higginbotham. I'm slowly working my way thru their adventures. They used to live in Mulege, I believe. Good maps and old
stories of beaches and Ranchos. Still in print? Judy? Tomas |
This nice road guide to Central Baja was published by Sunbelt in 1996. It contains road logs and sketch maps with mileages on most of the cool dirt
roads to cool places from L.A. Bay in the north to Agua Verde in the south. 20 years later, it is still a good guide for many of these roads... Sadly,
Sunbelt no longer includes it in their online catalog of Baja books: http://sunbeltpublications.com/product-category/all-regions/...
Amazon Books has several!: https://www.amazon.com/Backroad-Baja-Patti-Higginbotham/dp/0...
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fishbuck
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I met Fred once. He had a little travel club I was somewhat interested in.
Didn't he write Baja Beat for Western Outdoor News?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck |
I met Fred once. He had a little travel club I was somewhat interested in.
Didn't he write Baja Beat for Western Outdoor News? |
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Maybe you are thinking of Tom Miller?
He and wife Shirley created the Mexico West Travel Club.
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fishbuck
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I found this:
http://www.mexfish.com/enad/enad/af010908/af010908.htm
An early interest Baja memory of mine.
He ran a little ad in WON and for a small annual fee you could be a member of his club.
On your way south you could check in at his little clubhouse ( Punta Banda?) and he would give maps, info and advice and send you on your way.
Or I made this up from a bunch of old info in my head.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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David K
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| Quote: Originally posted by fishbuck | I found this:
http://www.mexfish.com/enad/enad/af010908/af010908.htm
An early interest Baja memory of mine.
He ran a little ad in WON and for a small annual fee you could be a member of his club.
On your way south you could check in at his little clubhouse ( Punta Banda?) and he would give maps, info and advice and send you on your way.
Or I made this up from a bunch of old info in my head. |
Ask Paulina... she was a neighbor and knew Fred well... I arrived at Campo La Jolla too late on the day of the memorial after camping at Punta Cabras
for the weekend with Fishin' Rich, Desert Bull, Dern, my kids, and Travel Pearl.
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David K
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Western Outdoor News Baja Editors:
Ray Cannon>Tom Miller>Fred Hoctor>Gene Kira
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Gene Kira named Baja Editor of Western Outdoor News
Mexico Fishing News, August 20, 2001
BAJA COASTAL FISHING REPORTS
ALL ARTICLES, REPORTS AND FISHING INFORMATION FOR BAJA COASTAL AREAS
This week, the position of Western Outdoor News Baja Editor is assumed by Gene Kira, who follows in the footsteps of Ray Cannon, Tom Miller, and most
recently, Fred Hoctor, who passed away late last month, after covering Baja California for this publication over the past 15 years.
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sancho
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Isn't that the case, some of us with a decade or 4, of Baja
stuff floating around in memory, is hard to tell where the
real and preceived as real began and end. I regret not keeping some
sort of log. The AAA, '83 or so, Baja travel book is still of value,
little or no advertising, just nuts and bolts info
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sandpoint
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Aside from the pictured Offbeat Baja and the nearly useless Wave Hunter guide, I have 4 binders (two are pictured) of clippings from surf magazines
and other Baja related mags. Some from David K's posts from Desert Magazine and Baja Explorer. So if anyone here in SoCal has boxes of surf magazines
taking up room, let me know. I harvest what I want and give away the rest.
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fishbuck
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I love it when I see people who are even more crazy about baja than I am.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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sancho
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'83 or so, a bimonthly mag, Baja Explorer, there was 10-12,
issues, pure original Old Baja stuff, fishing, camping. Lasted
maybe a yr and a 1/2. Haven't looked at them in yrs., but
I could never toss them, kinda like a ragged AAA map with
many notations, actually they may have been from around '91
or so
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sandpoint
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| Quote: Originally posted by sancho | '83 or so, a bimonthly mag, Baja Explorer, there was 10-12,
issues, pure original Old Baja stuff, fishing, camping. Lasted
maybe a yr and a 1/2. Haven't looked at them in yrs., but
I could never toss them, kinda like a ragged AAA map with
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I stumbled across one in a box of surf magazines. David K posted a couple of the articles for me too. I'm always on the lookout for more of them.
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pniles
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Although fiction, one of my favorite Baja books is Gene Kira's, "King of the Moon, A Novel of Baja California", 1996. A masterpiece.
A quote from the books website (http://www.mexfish.com/apgs/kom/kom.htm):
"It's midsummer in the tiny
fishing village of Caleta Agua Amargosa [alias for Aqua Verde?],
on Mexico's tropical Sea of Cortez.
A spring rain has buried the only road
through the mountains, cutting off the fish truck
and the only source of drinking water.
The village is dying,
as its families load their weary
skiffs and abandon their homes".
But Socorro, stubborn wife
of the panga fisherman, Abundio Rodriguez,
refuses to let her family leave.
She knows,
in the deep well of her heart,
they will find a way".
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fishbuck
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Wow!
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Cardon
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One of my favorites is:
Miraculous Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico
by C.M. Mayo
There are several hardback copies for sale on Amazon right now for $.01 plus $3.99 shipping.
Buy it, Read it - you can thank me later.
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